Botanist – I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead (2011)

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Making its way from the USA, today we have one album that has been generating a lot of fuzz and even my non-Metal hipster friends (I apologize for them) have been talking about the last few months, Botanist’s double debut release: I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead. In this ‘release’ we have a dude tired of playing traditional music going full-retard and delivering something very unique and disturbing: Black Metal with a hammered dulcimer and an extreme plant-loving concept.

While we can’t deny The Botanist’s originality to some extent, we can also notice that the music is complete shit. Random attacks of aggression feature through the 17 + 23 = 50 total ‘tracks’ presented in this release. All songs are highly incoherent and are written around the crap hammered dulcimer elements with some random drums thrown in and so-so vocals. We love experimental stuff, but when these experimental sections sound like a retarded kid whacking at an instrument, we lose all respect for the album.

The plant-related concept is probably the best part of this album. Following the footstep of some Cascadian tree-hugging BM bands but with a twist, Botanist tries to get the hippie message across. Other than this we understand the need for creative music and that Black Metal is raw and powerful, but when you play songs by banging randomly on instruments you lose all real respect and creative power.

Not wasting more of your time and ours (we had to listen to this shit more than 5 times) we have to say that while Metal hipsters (and some regular hipsters) will flock to worship this dissonant pile of dung, if you appreciate yourself and Black Metal in general, you should just avoid this release like the plague.

Band: Botanist Album: I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead
Label: tUMULt

Release: July 2nd, 2011

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Genre: Experimental Black Metal

Country: USA

Rating: 55/100
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