DELÌRIVM CÒRDIA

Ello first i just want to say that is a definitive masterpiece in the art of making sound atmosphears. It is just fantastic the way Mike Patton manage to get a story told without use of words, and although it can not be reviewed and a normal music album the mood this album captures is terrific!!! First off this is a concept album consisting of a single song that is 74 minutes long and it is takes only one track on the album. The concept is about being operated when the anaesthetic turns out to be faultry. You can not move or talk but you can generally feel the pain of being cut open. Sounds like a nightmare? Yep it is, and that is exactly what this album is all about; capturing the soundtrack of a nightmare. It does so by using alot of strange vocals and choirs but with almost no proper words sung. Also there is alot of soundeffects on this album wich add to the overall creepyness of the album and there can be entire passages of 1-2 minutes with mainly sound specimens from operations. And every now and then there is some piano passages wich sound like taken from some kind of horror movie soundtrack. Fans of the metal side of Fantomas will generally be disappointed because there are really few heavy guitar parts except for perhaps 10 second passages, but i personally think that keeping it very quiet adds to the overall dark mood that washes through this album. Yet after 30 minutes of music it sort of looses direction as there are more random sounds wich has nothing to do with a operation at all. And that is really sad because it looses its scary mood and generally this passage does not have that many interesting melodies either, yet after 15 minutes the song seems to yet again return to its dark feel and goes on for another 10 minutes of real music before it ends with a vinyl record scratching over and over again for the last 20 minutes. Although the ending part is not at all interesting the album still features 55 minutes of fantastic, scary soundscapes. All in all i would rate this album for the total of 5 stars because i belivie that there is no better example on how to create a mood for an album without the use of images and words, and that if you listen to it on a dark night before going to sleep then it certainly is a bit scary and that is great because i cant really recall any album doing that to me. A MUST HEAR FOR EVERYONE!!!

Further investigation: I recommend The directors cut wich is properly the closest to this album although it is yet miles away.

Similar bands: Ah well there is no but generally Tool on lateralus creates many great dark moods on that album. And also Sigur Ros is another great artist wich creates ambient music with imensive soundscapes.