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Cloaked Climax Concealed

A band from Slovakia on a label from India, that’s the power of global trade, as some stupid transport company could have put it. But it is also what it is, this band with a slightly weird name is from Slovakia and this is their new EP, it has a funny name, CCC if you shorten it. And they offer two tracks and about twelve minutes of music, two side of a seven-inch record.

The label says that: “their vision of futuristic cacophony is both numbing and hallucinatory. It's an acid trip to the alien dimensions of a parallel world while retaining some semblance of cognizance. Mired in swathes of electric fuzz are traces of human emotions, drifting away into endless oblivion.” That isn’t a bad description of what to expect, it is more or less how it sounds, fuzzy doomy metal with a nice dark ring to it. It is an album of good production and interesting creative sounds, a bit like a teaser ahead of an upcoming album – something like that.

Good stuff, really good. I think that is rather fresh, it has strong atmospheres and it is a rather exciting release. Too short though so you play it on repeat a few times and then it quickly starts to feel a bit repetitive. But as something to engage and peek your interest ahead of an album it is quite great. I think that after hearing this one you want to hear more from 0N0 and they obviously have some great and interesting ideas – so I guess that now we just wait for that upcoming album.

So, in the end I find this release good and exciting – a well-made effort from a good band. A good teaser for an upcoming album, but perhaps not one that you really need to have – I think it might be wiser to wait for that album. I like this one, and have enjoyed listening to it; but I also think that it is a little bit short and I want more.

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