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SENMUTH

Experimental/Post Metal • Russia


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Senmuth is a Russian multi-instrumentalist who makes uncompromising and experimental music with guitars, ethnic instruments and electronics. He is also a fequent collaborator with several other experimental Russian bands. His musical output can best be described as eclectic, ranging from ethnically fused ambient to progressive rock. His origins however lie predominately in doom and industrial metal with a healthy dose of ethnic music; whereas his newer albums are more progressive and experimental.

Senmuth's compositions are musical journeys, expansive trips into history and the unknown transporting the listener through distant lands and ancient cultures. The sheer volume of work that Senmuth creates is staggering, having released over 60 albums in less than ten years of active recording, or making about ten albums per year. All of his work is generously released free of charge, and can be downloaded through his website.

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3.07 | 9 ratings
Cognitive Discord
2004
3.48 | 6 ratings
Izoteri-Ka
2004
2.98 | 4 ratings
Vdol Puty k Podnebesnoy
2004
3.00 | 4 ratings
Swadhisthana
2004
3.02 | 3 ratings
Precession
2005
2.50 | 4 ratings
No More Sense
2005
3.20 | 4 ratings
RXG-242-11
2005
3.20 | 4 ratings
Kami-No-Miti
2005
3.00 | 4 ratings
NewOldLive
2005
3.55 | 4 ratings
Oracle Octave (Part I: Orion Mystery)
2005
2.50 | 4 ratings
Slishkom dolgo i pusto
2005
3.07 | 4 ratings
Oracle Octave (Part II: Sirius Mystery)
2005
3.04 | 4 ratings
Rajas
2006
3.00 | 3 ratings
Nasledie
2006
3.85 | 8 ratings
Probuzhdaya Sluchaynost
2006
3.91 | 7 ratings
Path of Satiam
2006
3.60 | 5 ratings
Summarium Symphony
2006
2.40 | 3 ratings
so(znanye)bitya
2006
3.20 | 3 ratings
Sacral Land
2006
3.02 | 4 ratings
Eternal Images
2007
3.93 | 8 ratings
Bark of Ra
2007
3.02 | 4 ratings
Evolution: Exodus
2007
2.57 | 4 ratings
Er Hu Peret Em Heru
2007
3.51 | 4 ratings
Rain Eclipse
2007
3.02 | 5 ratings
Morning Depth of the Sunlight and Emptiness
2007
2.82 | 4 ratings
Ra Dhi
2007
2.61 | 5 ratings
Ancalimon: Fates of Odemyr
2007
2.05 | 3 ratings
Nature
2007
3.59 | 4 ratings
Planetary Dust
2007
2.02 | 3 ratings
Calendar Complex
2007
4.00 | 4 ratings
Contextual
2007
3.00 | 3 ratings
Light, Sound, Sacral Geometry & Energy
2008
2.54 | 3 ratings
Rezonans
2008
3.05 | 4 ratings
Sthana Ekanta
2008
3.00 | 3 ratings
Aethiopia
2008
3.00 | 2 ratings
Intiuatana
2008
3.00 | 2 ratings
Aeonica Monumentarium
2008
3.00 | 2 ratings
YanTra Light
2008
2.07 | 3 ratings
Narration of Time
2008
2.00 | 2 ratings
Great Oppositions of Mars
2008
3.00 | 2 ratings
In Archetypes
2008
3.00 | 4 ratings
Weird
2008
3.62 | 5 ratings
Lotos Prityazhenya
2008
3.02 | 3 ratings
KaaraNa
2008
3.40 | 3 ratings
Velichye i Tainstvo Kavkazskih Gor
2008
4.00 | 4 ratings
Kemet High Tech. Part I: Artefacts
2008
3.62 | 5 ratings
Kemet High Tech. Part II: History Illusions
2008
4.02 | 4 ratings
Sebek
2009
3.53 | 5 ratings
Exouniverse
2009
3.51 | 3 ratings
Zekhenu Uaut Setekh
2009
2.50 | 2 ratings
Tenha Vuva
2009
3.09 | 6 ratings
Ahet Meri Ra
2009
1.80 | 3 ratings
Tishina Posle Vspleska
2009
2.54 | 3 ratings
Neocortex
2009
3.05 | 4 ratings
Rstw
2009
3.21 | 5 ratings
Madinat al-Mayyit
2009
3.00 | 2 ratings
Knigy Voznesenya II
2010
3.02 | 3 ratings
Deathknowledge & Lifeperception
2010
3.00 | 4 ratings
Sekenenra
2010
2.35 | 5 ratings
Chambers
2010
4.00 | 3 ratings
Pat Hof Neu Rog Ene Sis
2010
2.50 | 2 ratings
Ankhiteru
2010
3.05 | 4 ratings
Nagaratyanta
2010
3.00 | 4 ratings
Svara Tiras
2010
3.51 | 4 ratings
Hiperperakion
2010
3.00 | 4 ratings
Muzika Stranstviy / Music of Wanderings
2010
3.00 | 2 ratings
Reconstruction of Infinity
2010
3.00 | 2 ratings
Core
2010
2.50 | 3 ratings
Ancientonica
2010
2.50 | 2 ratings
Synopsis: Outland
2010
2.00 | 2 ratings
The World's Out-of-place Artefacts I
2010
3.00 | 2 ratings
The World's Out-of-place Artefacts II
2010
3.50 | 2 ratings
Expanding Architecture
2010
3.00 | 2 ratings
Meritseger Cult
2010
2.00 | 2 ratings
Mal'akatu
2010
2.95 | 4 ratings
TE-E-MA
2010
3.02 | 6 ratings
Hexeractime
2011
4.00 | 2 ratings
Farhakote
2011
3.02 | 3 ratings
Enigmatic Nubian Mask
2011
4.00 | 2 ratings
Proscyneme
2011
3.00 | 1 ratings
Cryptomnesia of Hidden Art
2011
2.54 | 3 ratings
Trmmis
2011
3.00 | 3 ratings
Geheimatite
2011
3.00 | 1 ratings
Antiquatorial
2011
3.00 | 1 ratings
Eastextures of Soundstones
2011
3.00 | 1 ratings
Pricelessness of the Passing Time
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Faster Than Light Longer Than Eternity
2012
4.00 | 2 ratings
Bar Do Thos Grol
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Scientific Obscurantism
2012
2.00 | 1 ratings
Монумент 6 / Monument 6
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Sen En Mut
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Reliquarynce
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
M.OMEN.T
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Ts'ahk
2012
2.00 | 1 ratings
The Final Eschatology
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Bolon Yokte: Descent
2012
4.00 | 1 ratings
Deep In The Ecumene
2012
3.00 | 2 ratings
The Primordial Deity
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Nedjemmet
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Amn Tf Nkht
2012
3.05 | 2 ratings
Hagwalah
2012
3.00 | 3 ratings
Sacrumental
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Embrace Stones
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Semrük-Bürküt (feat. Serkan Falay)
2012
3.00 | 1 ratings
Точка Невозврата / Point of No Return
2012
4.00 | 1 ratings
111 111 111 x 111 111 111
2013
3.05 | 2 ratings
Inside The Bent
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
Предзакатный Взор на Земли Папируса
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
Amentsiya
2013
2.00 | 1 ratings
[noemaontos]
2013
3.95 | 2 ratings
με oν
2013
3.05 | 2 ratings
Mistremendum
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
Dиск.Oм.Форт
2013
3.00 | 1 ratings
Nomen Est Omen
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
Seyaat
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
«Saturn. Inside The Elements» Сатурн. Внутри Стихий
2013
4.00 | 3 ratings
Энграмма
2014
2.00 | 9 ratings
Snefru, Lord Of Harmony
2014
3.00 | 7 ratings
WAB SWT WSRKAF
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
ΑiΣΘΗΣΙΣ INTEGRA
2014
4.00 | 1 ratings
Ethnadjentscore
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Triassic
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Jurassic
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Cretaceous
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Урочище
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Archaeoheritage
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Призраки Ахетатона
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Тени Ахетатона
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
.
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Engram [instrumental version]
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Dakhmas
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Tskhigii
2015
4.00 | 1 ratings
Rosetta Mission
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Nakshatra
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Ongtupqa
2015
3.67 | 3 ratings
Уходбище ± Ухожа
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Хетемит
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Aeon:Hadean
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Тамгалан
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Sacred Word
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings

2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Nadisamaya
2015
1.00 | 3 ratings
Края Дивного Дебри
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Adoratrice
2015
3.00 | 1 ratings
Abyssopelagic
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Er-Wang-Dong
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Cairo Ambient
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Хрустальный Трек
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Морена
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Безлетно
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Джомо Канг Кар
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Sobek
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Seqenenre
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Terriconique
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Гнев Бога Хнума
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Сетепет
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Paraeidolon
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Mente Et Malleo
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Continent VI
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
В Царстве Пещер
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Sicituradastra
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Axay
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Kushite
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Храм Менмаатра . Abdju Temple of Seti I
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
In Core of Great Attractor
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Храм Менмаатра . Ib Em Hotep Em Abdju
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Храм Менмаатра . Osireion
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Father Sky-God
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Пета​-​ови Ханкешни
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Несуществующий Альбом
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
ΞnDogΞnΞs
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Сihuatlamacazque
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Tlamictiliztli
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Qoriwinaymanta
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Chinkaywanuq
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Kwintu Tukuy
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Музыка Ахетатона
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Peripheral ▲ Cult
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Величие Руин
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Мааткара
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Музыка странствий: аэронавтика
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Музыкальные инструменты Древнего Египта [OST]
2019
0.00 | 0 ratings
Sacred waters of Kebehwet
2020
4.00 | 1 ratings
Ntomokum
2020
0.00 | 0 ratings
Raw Ethos Сhthonical
2020
0.00 | 0 ratings
S​=​k. log W
2020
0.00 | 0 ratings
Сетепет
2020
0.00 | 0 ratings
Tayntnetert
2020
3.00 | 1 ratings
Miccayeyecoa
2022
0.00 | 0 ratings
Monenemiliz Cahuitl
2022
4.00 | 1 ratings
Ichtacatlatolli Сactihuetzi
2022

SENMUTH Live Albums (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

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SENMUTH Boxset & Compilations (CD, LP, MC, SACD, DVD-A, Digital Media Download)

3.00 | 1 ratings
From Saturn to Uran
2006
3.00 | 1 ratings
Life of Songs (the Best)
2007
3.00 | 1 ratings
Songs of Life
2007
2.00 | 1 ratings
E.D.I.E.M.
2009
2.00 | 1 ratings
Wema Tayn
2010
2.00 | 1 ratings
The World's Out-of-place Artefacts III
2010
2.00 | 1 ratings
The World's Out-of-place Artefacts IV
2010
2.00 | 1 ratings
Amenti
2010
0.00 | 0 ratings
Anumana
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Unreminescence
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Emptyness Silence
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Многомерность Иллюзий
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Voices Of Revelation
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Umwelt
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Lightshiftuniverse
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Travellacirotsih
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Песни Арфиста
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Gerekh En Haty (Anima Remasters)
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Необратимость Исканий
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Борьба за Познание
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Безмолвное Наследие
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth & Friends - Trompe L'Oeil Vol.1
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth & Friends - Trompe L'Oeil Vol.2
2016

SENMUTH Official Singles, EPs, Fan Club & Promo (CD, EP/LP, MC, Digital Media Download)

3.00 | 2 ratings
Ser Cercana
2007
3.00 | 1 ratings
Come to the Sabbath
2008
2.00 | 1 ratings
Merytneith
2009
4.00 | 1 ratings
Amenemhet III
2009
3.05 | 2 ratings
Khmerian
2010
3.00 | 1 ratings
29.03.2010
2010
2.00 | 2 ratings
Knigy Voznesenya I
2010
3.00 | 1 ratings
End [?] Сorrelation
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Megiste Syntaxis
2013
4.00 | 1 ratings
Цепи над Небесами
2013
0.00 | 0 ratings
The Cosmogonic Suite
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Paleognosis
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Shepseskaf's Chronicle (Featuring Serkan Falay)
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth and Lyuba Kolesnik (NAKKA) - Гори, История!
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings

2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Ostrakon
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Коатликуэ, Богиня Земли и Огня (feat. Люба Колесник NAKKA)
2014
0.00 | 0 ratings
Wingsuit
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Mocochitia
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Work Like An Egyptian
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Мудрость Хорджедефа
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Crosswind Torment
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Унас, Обретающий Силу Богов
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Сон Императора Тайхао (feat. Roman Khrustalev)
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Nemerteya (Feat. Tangorodream)
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth & Berizar - Песни-Наших-Отцов
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth & Fernando Silva - Tempos De Liberdade
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth feat. Naakhum - Змајевски Jезик
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth feat. Чаша Познания - Tarawera
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Нефертари Мериэнмут
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Senmuth And The Shade of Crow - Cracked Mirror
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Ancestral Serbia (Feat. Naakhum)
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Текумсе
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Пентаур
2015
0.00 | 0 ratings
Падиаменопе
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Аахеперра Псусеннес
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Pangaea Ultima
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Chrysopoeia
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Eye Of The Sahara
2016
0.00 | 0 ratings
Meroitic
2017
4.00 | 1 ratings
Napatan
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Hanblicheyapi
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Палеоконтинент
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Пастбище Призрачных Туров
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Мезопамять
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Otlalticpac
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Амену Секхем: Память Песков (feat. Wervolka)
2017
0.00 | 0 ratings
Музыка из гробницы Нахта
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Анхесенамон
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Мересанх III
2018
0.00 | 0 ratings
Несипахерентахат
2018
2.00 | 1 ratings
Neheh Djet
2021

SENMUTH Reviews


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 Ichtacatlatolli Сactihuetzi by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2022
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Ichtacatlatolli Сactihuetzi
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator

— First review of this album —
4 stars His heavy machinery guitar appearances encourage us incredibly. So glad to find SENMUTH came back with his great post-metallic guitar plays in this creation. Especially the first shot track "Acochiztli Macuilpoalxihuitl" is another crazy masterpiece without any apparent new-age-y approach. Of course his newage expression is essential but sometimes we would like to enjoy his simple (and deeply heavy) post-metal production, wouldn't we? His fuzzy dissonant guitar shout is quite immersive, and melodic eccentricity in the middle moment is pretty impressive. We can completely get drenched and drunken in his square guitar techniques. Such a superbly motivating song is definitely fit for the prologue.

"Хicаlliс Еzticа" features his ethnicity full of bizarre distortion with intensive vigorous guitar explosions as well. Strong curiosity to orientalism and experimentalism should be his massive power and energy for prolificacy. And such a contralateral mixture is also promising. "Сhiconquiаhuitl" is amazingly too melodious, mystic, and calm for his production to involve a big charm that can absorb the audience. Sounds like we are deeply meditating in a dark temple with listening to this song. Meanwhile, in the following "Ixpoluia Tepamitl" we can be caught by his deadly guitar-oriented dark nebula and weird ethnic melodic experiment. Such a mysterious orientality created with percussion and wind instruments is fantastic, also as for "Maxelihui Miqui Аhuiyac", where we join serious urgent impression launched via the song's atmosphere. The last "Tlahuacapa Itech Tlalticpac" is a wonderful combination of heaviness, postrock essence, and newage texture ... regardless of the shortest stuff in this album, potential and encouragement through it should be enormous.

Anyway he's been in hibernation for half a year since the latest album released ... it's a kind of serious situation he's gone out of activity for six months or more. I'm afraid he would have been burnt out whilst finishing this opus. Please come back soon.

 Miccayeyecoa by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2022
3.00 | 1 ratings

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Miccayeyecoa
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator

— First review of this album —
3 stars Let me believe this album should be another wake of Poseidon. Gladly, one of the most prolific Russian multi- instrumentalist / experimental musicians SENMUTH has released at least three albums in late 2022 so far. Although I'm not a long (but a big) fan of SENMUTH actually, I feel very happy that he came back to the scene under such a tough situation around his own nation. And it's remarkably understood for us that he would show various appearances and somewhat mixed feelings via this creation. Please mind ourselves that we listen to this album seriously and sincerely, despite the fact it could not be joyful nor heartwarming.

His energetic memories can be heard especially through the second track "Nitlасhie Imania", the longest one in this album. Darkly atmospheric opening is quite meaningful. Followed by heavy, violent guitar dissonance that should beat our brain. The middle movement full of oriental calmness and weird, mystic ambience cannot stabilize our inner mind. But we can grab out his powerful attitude in the latter part ... he might say he never loses now and forever no matter how difficult the circumstances around him are. Of course, challenging issues will not change in future. Such a painful heart attack might be launched via the following track "Itznoxochiuh" drenched in tribal, ethnic melody texture and global musical essence mixture.

Love also drastically sticky metallic psychedelia in "Caquiztini". Distortion of melodic bases and repetitive rhythmic tremens are pretty attractive and addictive. On the other hand "Tliltic Mixаyahuitl" sounds eerier, weirder along with mysterious percussion and offensive electronika. These vibes drive us into madness. The last "Tonаlpolihuiyampа" could give us a slight warmth of the sun. Wondering if it's only me to feel such a warm atmosphere is kinda personal touch or personal nudge. Or his wondrous ethnicity makes me feel so I imagine? At any rate, this brilliant creation produced by his great creativity should be welcome.

 «Saturn. Inside The Elements» Сатурн. Внутри Стихий by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
4.00 | 1 ratings

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«Saturn. Inside The Elements» Сатурн. Внутри Стихий
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

— First review of this album —
4 stars Inspired to Saturn, both as planet and divinity, the album is opened by Shani who isthe divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism. Musically is a typical Senmuth's track: a dark cinematic repetitive theme backed by distorted guitar and enriched by ethnic percussion. There's not much Indian music, then it fades into an 18 minutes epic which represents the core of the concept. It's a dark psychedelic track. In the first two minutes the guitar works in background in an apparently chaotic way, then the track takes a different shape: a kind of symphonic metal. Two more minutes and it changes again. Lot of things into this track. Unusual chord progressions, distorted bass backing a clean piano, winds and storms. This is about the planet.

The third track is about a physical phenomenon: "Enceladus Cryovolcanism". Harp notes on a windy background. Quite psychedelic.

Honestly I have no idea of what a Musica Pearl Thread means in relation to Saturn, but it may have something to do with the planet surface and the curves painted by the motion of gas on its surface. The track has an interesting melody sustained by a deep bass which unfortunately doesn't stand for the whole track. Anyway, it's unusually melodic compared with the normal Senmuth's output. The last minute seems to belong to a different track, but it's not bad, too.

Electronic noises, possibly the same captured by probes, start Northpolar Hexagonal Cloud Feature. This is a very weird astrophysical curiosity: the North pole on Saturn has a perfect hexagon painted on it. A slow crescendo driven by bass transforms the noises. It's dark, but it may even work as soundtrack for a documentary. Very interesting.

Is CrAO related to chromium oxide? Possible. Now there's some piano and even a bit of acoustic guitar in the deep background. The melody seems to be played by a cetra. If it wasn't so dark, it could be considered a newage track. The drone drums are similar to Vangelis' Chariots of Fire, but we can't expect anything non-dark in a Senmuth's album.

Back on Earth, in the age of the Roman Empire with Saturnalia: the Magna Mater orgiastic rituals. An electronic disease explodes suddenly after a long intro and persists when the main theme from the intro is restarted.

Among The Star Placer is exactly a space-rock piece. Dark, of course, it really gives the idea of space travel on a dark solitary starship. Senmuth has given more importance than usual to his bass which also in this track plays very deep notes.

Now an indian mantra dedicated to the Shani of the first track. Percussion and noises are companions to the mantra sung by a female voice. It makes it not suitable for meditation, but it's a very interesting mix. This is the album closer: as in any good prog album, especially instrumentals, the last track closes the circle with the first, even if the very last track of the album is a 4 minutes edit of track 2.

Artists are not guilt for the crimes of their chairmen so I wanted to review a Russian album in the first day of 2022's spring which reminds me to another spring: that of Prague in 1968.

 Seyaat by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Seyaat
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

— First review of this album —
4 stars Ok, let's go back to Senmuth after some years since my last review of his huge output.

Seyaat is a Turkish word wich means "Journey", or "Trip", and in order to have a journey we need a "Yol" (road in Turkish). It's just a 2 minutes introduction used to set the mood, not dissimilar from the usual dark ambient music typicial of this artist. During the first moments of this trip we have some problems with "Intimidating Water Injury", this is how Google translates the title of the second very short track, which is darker than the previous: about 50 seconds of bells and dreamy sounds which lead to "Yıldız" (Star, but also the name of an University). This track is very unusual in Senmuth's discography. Despite some background sounds and percussion, it's based on a short progression of chords on acoustic and 12-strings guitar. The melody is played on a third clean guitar. I honestly think that he should use guitars more often in his works. This track has a sort of early-Floyd mood.

Now we are in a real place: "Çufut Qale" (Jewish fortress) is in Ukraine (if Crimea can still be considere part of Ukraine). The track starts with a distorted guitar chord Which can remind to "The Nile Song" from Pink Floyd's "More", but it turns into a regular Senmuth's instrumental after few seconds. Again a dark ambient track which luckiky doesn't contain the sudden changes of pitch which I think sometimes jeopardize what may be a good track. This is one of the most melodic albums ever released by Senmuth. This track lasts about 12 minutes and is the album's hilight.

The journey continues to the other side of the Black Sea: "Sağanaq" means "Hard Rain", but now we are in Azerbaijan, even if there's a "Sağanaq Restaurant" in Istanbuln but the thunders which open the track don't leave room to any doubt. Again acoustic guitars and keys on minor chords. This is an excellent track, quite bluesy. I have to say that this album has surprised me. It's a sort of standalone thing between hundreds of albums but still recognisable.

Baqla means fava bean in Urdu. With this track we are back to the usual dark ethnic. Obsessive percussion, a bass keyboard note and various noises and middle eastern sounds. The fava bean was also used as medical herb in Egypt and we know that Valery Androsov thinks he is the reincarnation of Sen-em-muth who was Tut-Ankh-Amon's architect.

Back to Turkey, "Gizli Gece" means "Secret Night. This is another typical Senmuth's track, one of those which can be appreciated if you let them transport your mind to ancient times and civilizations. I think that sometimes Senmuth's music works at a subliminal level. At least, it does for me.

"Çatır Dağ" literally means "Mountain shaped as a tent". It's a mountain close to Simferopol, again in Crimea. It has a middle-eastern feeling and alternates parts full of percussion and darker moments. There's also some good distorted guitar.

Finally, "Anğara Boğazı" (Gorge Throat) closes our trip around the Black Sea. It starts with dark sounds, like a descent into an abyss, A sort of harp takes the lead and is joint by tablas and some other kind of percussion. As many Senmuth's tracks, it's cinematic. It may be a good sountrack for a thriller.

This music needs attention and transport. Better on headphones in the dark, and this is one of the best albums released by Senmuth. I rate this "trip" with 4 PA stars.

 Neheh Djet by SENMUTH album cover Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo, 2021
2.00 | 1 ratings

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Neheh Djet
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator

— First review of this album —
2 stars At first let me say "Welcome back SENMUTH!". He's already been renowned as one of the most prolific artists all over the world, but we have missed him since the mid 2020. This creation "Neheh Djet" was released as a single upon October 27, 2021. Despite the fact this consists of only two tracks (plus a short extra one), "Neheh Djet" will definitely encourage lots of SENMUTH fans like me.

The two songs in "Neheh Djet" are filled with oriental, tribal atmosphere and soundgarden as well. A female vocalist ArcAnicA sings quite powerfully and energetically like a voice angel or magician. Her clear and cool voices make SENMUTH's experimental orientalism more and more delightful and vivacious. Especially the second track "Kha Neb Sneferu" has a superb melodic impression featuring dynamic, uptempo, serious sound development by him and sensitive, solemn, enthusiastic choir by her. Their massive enthusiasm would be influential for us even if we enjoy strong Vodka and fall into freakout completely. Not so innovative nor novel as his previous works indeed but we will get immersed in his fineness and a (small but) good opus. Looking forward to his upcoming full-length work.

 Nomen Est Omen by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
3.00 | 1 ratings

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Nomen Est Omen
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

— First review of this album —
3 stars "Nomen est Omen" is a Latin sentence that means "Your destiny is in your name". This nth Senmuth's album is made of 6 tracks with some circularity made evident also by the titles of the opener and the closer. Let's start: imagine the opening of Pink Floyd's "Obscured by Clouds" made darker and darker, more electronic and with Gilmour's guitar repaced by the low-tone 7-strings guitar. The mood is almost the same for the first half. It's not repetitivity, I'd call it "continuity", like they were parts of a single suite.

In the second half the ethnic element reappears mainly in the percussion. The hypnotic rhythm which closes the album leaves the listener (myself currrently) almost satisfied. In brief, it's a dark ambient suite in Senmuth's usual style but it seems that he was actually giving up to his unusual sudden changes of tonality and ethnic breaks which sometimes jeopardize his work. Not a masterpiece, but surely a good and enjoyable album if you are in the right (dark) mood.

 Ntomokum by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2020
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Ntomokum
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator

— First review of this album —
4 stars Wondering where he is now. A Russian multi-instrumentalist SENMUTH is well renowned as one of the most prolific progressive rock artists all over the world (surprisingly he's created hundreds of albums for one and half a decade!) but sadly this album "Ntomokum" released in August 2020 is currently his latest official stuff if I'm not wrong (and actually this is my first SENMUTH). "Ntomokum" is tremendously filled with stable acoustic religious movements like mindfulness, and tribal, oriental hints, regardless of his own metallic experimentalism. As if he would have got spiritually awakened ...

Every single track has intensional tense atmosphere but it's great the entire album is veiled in a relaxing quiet environment launched by his instruments. "Ivory Ornament" features his beautiful acoustic guitar-based 'spoken words' along with delightful melody lines and soft, smooth percussive rhythmic vibes. The last "Bandiagara" has sticky, repetitive phrases that absorb and wrap up the audience. On the contrary, in "Arak Gorges" we can enjoy weird dissection ambience drenched in fuzzy, freaky electric guitar sounds. Sounds like this soundscape gives us his foresight to the current pandemic situation. The seventh track (how should we pronounce the title?) flooded with mysterious atmospheric endeavour drives us mad really. Anyway, I consider the second masterpiece "Anti-Atlas" should determine the potential of this whole creation. Solemn spiritual activity and lyrical, atmospheric melody lines are crazy fantastic. We would get immersed in his impressive, strong messages.

Finally. Let me say thanks to my progressive rock mate Luca (octopus-4) for notifying me of his wonderful creations.

 Dиск.Oм.Форт by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
4.00 | 1 ratings

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Dиск.Oм.Форт
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

— First review of this album —
4 stars I have to say that I prefer Senmuth when he remembers to be a guitarist and picks his 7 strings guitar up like in this album. The russian title is a sharade: "Disc" "om" "fort" (Discomfort).

The first of the three tracks starts with the mentioned guitar, naintaining an ethnic middle eastern mood from the beginning, but the closure is hypnotic with distorted guitar in background, the percussion and that sort of arabic trumpet. The second track is 24 minutes long but reprises the final theme of the previous one. After the intro there's some clean guitar, which is what I like the most from Senmuth: guitar; clean or distorted. And there's a lot of guitar in this album.

The track titles are a sort of loop: Symbol of Light, Light of Sound, Sound of Fortis. Effectively there are recurring themes.

Surprisingly, the long Sound of Symbol is like a bridge: after a lazy progression driven by few bass guitar notes, started fron the end of the first track, in the middle of the track it suddenly turns into a dark psychedelic piece made of percussion and background sounds like bells, noises, rings...very dark ambient music. Even if the guitar disappears in this section, also this is very good if you are in the right mood for it. This is the "discomfortable" thing the album title is likely referencing to. The background noises grow slowly involume and more bells enrich the soundscape, arriving to a sudden stop when the percussion becomes obsessively slow but loud. Behind is like wooden objects are percussed. Knowng Senmuth, it may represent people working on building something.

While this slows down and fades out, the initial theme returns from "downside". This is the bridge to the last track.

There's no pause between the end of the second track and the beginning of the third. Tabla percussion, a minor keyboard's chord, cymbals introduce a strange rhythm, an ethnic interlude and we are suddenly into dark metal with a loud and strongly distorted guitar, but the ethnic part persists in background and is alternated to the distorted phase. The sound of a violin is the glue between the metal and the ethnic parts. Tablas and cymbals are then left alone with some other percussion. It's another hypnotic passage. Accelerations with the presence of the guitar and dark ambient moments alternate continuously and approaching the end of the track there's also a bit of psychedelia before returning to the tablas main theme. Usually I don't like tracks fading out, but in this case I think that there wasn't a best way to close the album. It remains suspended.

Another very good album, despite the incredibly huge number of releases.

 Mistremendum by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
3.05 | 2 ratings

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Mistremendum
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

3 stars The visual impact of the album cover comes first. It's. I suppose, a shot of the explosion of the shuttle Columbia, but it looks like a sort of big Angel of Death. Mistremendum is a word which appears in a christian book of 1602. All the track titles have something mystic: Boginya (track 6) in Russian means "Goddess", "Null Dies Sine Linea" is a sentence taken from the latin "Plinius the Old", so it seems that the concept behind resides in ancient books.

This is an unusually calm and melodic album for Senmuth. Dark as usual but with very few percussion. All the tracks are quite short. The whole album scores few more than 30 minutes and some are faded out in the final. Tremendum, which closes the album is a real highlight. Its melody is more consistent than usual. Who is familiar with Senmuth knows that the purpose of the music consists mainly in setting a mood, like an attempt to describe a place, a situation or whatever he wants using only the sensations provided by the music, and melody isn't very relevant in this environment. Mistremendum, instead has a very good balance between the exigence of dramaticity and the melody. The alternance of hard and slow parts doesn't cause any disturb. I just don't like the fading out at the end.

So, despite its shortness, this is a good album, good also for who approaches Senmuth for the first time.

 με oν by SENMUTH album cover Studio Album, 2013
3.95 | 2 ratings

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με oν
Senmuth Experimental/Post Metal

Review by octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams

4 stars The continuous repetition of five heavy guitar chords for the first minutes of this over 40 minutes metal epic cam make you worry about it. Relax. It doesn't rely on those five chords for all its duration. It's a long suite made of different sections, and great part of them are very good.

Even if the sounds are typical of this artist and the ethnic middle eastern interludes aren't missed, "Me On" ("With Me" in Greek), is honestly one of the best Senmuth's albums that I've listened to up to now. For those who are used with his music, I can say that there's nothing really new, it's just better than usual. For the others, Senmuth is a one man band usually based on electronics, but he's also a good metal guitarist who uses 7 to 9 strings guitars. His music is very often insoired to the ancient civilizations, Egyptian in particular, and his ethnic interludes are often related to Egypt. His music is dark, even when he goes more "ambient", and this album is not different.

What I find good, is the continuity. Even changing from dark metal to ambient, to ethnic and back, there aren't sudden changes. The various parts flow one into the next so that it can be perceived as a true single track, not a patchwork of shorter pieces tied together (sometimes he did so in the past).

Despite the heavyness of some parts, strange to say, it may work also as background music, depending on your state of mind.

Thanks to Any Colour You Like and J-Man for the artist addition. and to NotAProghead for the last updates

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