Listening to 6th Circle is like stepping into a nightmare world of savage occult and apocalyptic themes that does not need lyrics to paint the sacrilegious picture. The artist behind 6th Circle takes listeners down a terrifying highway of sinister post-industrial electronic music on the band's new album. This compilation release contains material from two previous EP releases called, “Pacified” and “Conjuring,” offering listeners elven tracks of unspeakable sounding blasphemy.
I am glad to see 6th Circle working with Sentient Ruin Laboratories for the release of this compilation, because if you want a label to help promote your extreme vision, Sentient Ruin is the label that knows how to get the word out. The entire release is extremely impressive if you are a fan of dark sounding electronic music that also draws influence from classic industrial acts, while moving in an even more fearsome direction. The hypnotic synth arrangements mixed with ghastly vocals makes you feel as though you are listening to a mind altering horror movie soundtrack. I mean, this artist is able to cleverly conjure together some malevolent sounding arrangements that convey an unholy theme of pure dark electronic energy.
The first half of the album really draws you into this heart pounding industrial world of overwhelming malevolency and the opening track, “Era of the Pig,” instantly builds up this chaotic distorted dystopian environment. There is an addictive driving rhythm that hooks you instantly and then develops into a shockwave of distorted hellish sounding entropy. The song, “Burn, Walk Away,” is another mesmerizing track that pulls you through an endless dark dimension of electronic walls of unimaginable sounding evil. I felt like the audio clips helped to strengthen the already haunting atmosphere and injected even more vile aggression into the song’s overall theme.
I thought the second half of the album sounded even more profound than the first half, and if you are into demonic and occult readings you will notice that the names of the songs are taken from actual demons. Tracks like “Agreas,” “Asmodeus,” “Paimon,” “Zepar” and “Balaam,” are all named after different demons and all sound unique in their own nightmarish way. When listening to these songs I felt that the music took on an even darker and more vicious tone, especially on the song, “Paimon,” which I would consider my favorite song off of the album.
I will be honest and say that historically I have not been a massive fan of electronic music in the past, however, as of recent I have come to respect the genre more and I do believe that the ability to compose music without lyrics can be extremely challenging. An artist must really focus on constructing a truly compelling atmosphere, otherwise listeners become disinterested if the music all sounds the same and has no imagination. 6th Circle’s music definitely caught my interest and the creativity that drives this one-man project is not to be overlooked. Right now if you want some music to fuel your dark and diabolic inner musical preferences, then this is the album that I recommend.
Check out the song/video for "Asmodeus" below:
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Enjoyed review Robby.
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