THE WORD AS POWER

The Word As Power became the first release of the famous dark ambient master Lustmord, in which the vocals are put at the forefront. Well, how to say... rather vocalise, as it is simply impossible to identify anything concrete from such glossolalia, reminiscent of Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance. What's even more ironic is that in the compositions here, you can't recognize the big names stated in the press release, and if the name of Aina Skinnes Olsen does not say anything to the standard listener, although her voice appears in 4 compositions out of 7, it's really hard to recognize Jarboe in Andras Sodom, and it's impossible to recognize Maynard James Keenan himself, who voices in Abaddon.

Well, what about names, still it's about music. The Word As Power is a ritual dark ambient with folk motifs. The space of the album is amazing, exposing another familiar skeleton of Lustmord, but with its special muscles. These muscles grow from the creativity of the already mentioned Dead Can Dance (especially Yulunga from Into the Labyrinth) and classical ritual, shamanic music.

Hypnotizing, enveloping dark ambient keeps in suspense all 74 minutes of timekeeping. A sample of almost biblical dark ambient, though Lustmord himself is an atheist, but it is no coincidence that the name of the album has something in common with the first line of the Gospel of John. The power of the word is truly powerful, and this album clearly demonstrates it.