Siculicidium - A rothadó virágok színüket vesztik (2012)

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We consider ourselves to be very tolerant to most raw, low-fi, closet recorded Raw Black Metal releases, but there are just sometimes when something is so dissonant that it makes you want to puncture your eardrums; this is exactly the case with Siculicidium latest EP titled “A rothadó virágok színüket vesztik”. Luckily for us, this release only lasts around 25 minutes, but it will surely drive you nuts in that small amount of time.

Opening with the super typical “Zuhanas” the band quickly develops a nice enshrouding atmosphere thanks to some good distortion and effective riffing. The vocals are ok, but sound a bit muffled and ‘watered down’. However, the most annoying thing in this song is the production/mixing behind the drums, either the guy doing this job was the drummer itself or somebody that was a bit deaf. The excessive swishing renders them unbearable!, but even worse is the section that starts around minute 2:30 where is just banging on the cymbals excessively. This track made us want to kick somebody in the nuts because it annoyed us that much.

Following a dreadful opening track, “Holnap majd felgyújtom az erdőt” has a completely different production and sound to it. The band seems to have chosen a different pace and approach to BM, sounding a bit deranged and with a very barebones musical foundation. This track is actually enjoyable and entertaining after such a bad opener. Followed by an acoustic track titled “Varnak a varjak”, we are left kind of puzzled and intrigued to where this is going next.

“Okortej” keeps the album flowing and keeps fragmenting this release even more, the vibe is totally dull and very monotonous, not really helped by a very flat production also. This track made us go back into the “this sucks” thoughts about this release due to its lack of quality and innovation. Two rehearsal tracks follow with “Halvanyan az ido ellen” and “A sajnalat utolso lehelete”, both which are very crude an amateurish. The band’s sound might be ‘kvlt’ but when the songs are terrible, not even this could save it. The drumming is very predictable and linear, the riffing is not involved and seems like a robot is playing it.

“Bakarasznyi mumus” delivers the last shit sandwich before this release is finally over, and again, it is a very bad one as well. Labeled as “Transylvanian horrific black metal” and a mixture of Black’n’Roll with Epic Black, we got immediately psyched, but after a few minutes go by you will be hugely disappointed by the lack of quality and direction behind this release. We try not to completely trash releases, but sometimes there is just not much you can say about them. If you are looking for some interesting BM, get something else from Sun and Moon Records, but not this release.

Band: Siculicidium Album: A rothadó virágok színüket vesztik
Label: Sun and Moon Records

Release: March 15th, 2012

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Genre: Black Metal

Country: Romania

Rating: 54/100
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