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Those who know of Karl Sanders may be surprised to find his name
here. His normal outfit, Nile, is a brutal death metal band
that doesn’t exactly have the appropriate traits to be featured on a
prog-site. Rest assured, though, as Karl Sanders’ solo album has
nothing to do with this. Musically, that is, because thematically,
this is right in line with his work in Nile.
This isn’t metal, it isn’t even rock. The pieces of music (you can
hardly call them songs) are built up with exotic percussion and
stringed instruments, menacing sounds and doomy chants, accompanied
by a modern guitar sound. All this should evoke an Old-Egyptian
atmosphere, something that is right up Sanders’ alley.
I’ve always been very interested in Egyptian history and culture,
but I’m afraid this album doesn’t exactly conjure up images of the
splendour of this long lost civilization. It rather makes me think
of smelly mummies come to life again, or mad priests torturing
helpless slaves. Probably just my imagination running wild…
This is not a bad album; it does have some good parts. It’s just
nothing I could listen to for a very long time. As a soundtrack to
an obscure horror movie it would be perfect. Or as background music
while doing the title’s “Saurian Mediatation” (whatever that is). In
any case, this will not exactly be everybody’s cup of tea. |
