{"id":95334,"date":"2022-08-19T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95334"},"modified":"2022-09-08T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:42:33","slug":"album-review-sisteria-dark-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sisteria-dark-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"SISTERIA – Dark Matter (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SISTERIA
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\nHorton (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fronted by vocalist Katie Williams, Sisteria, according to the press release, \u201cis a thunderous new psychedelic band from Norman, Oklahoma\u201d, and that \u201cfrom the outset the band unchains itself from streaming algorithms and expectations, choosing instead to feed the desires of art itself\u201d.<\/p>\n

For me, Sisteria explores the female-fronted doom \/ stoner realm touched upon by so many artists, only this time there\u2019s less occult waffle, even with that familiar Jefferson Airplane groove at times mixed with an almost off-the-wall Kate Bush-cum-PJ Harvey-style vocal appreciation.<\/p>\n

For those seeking the heavier side of things, fear not, as you\u2019ll still be treated by the usual Black Sabbath<\/a> influences and high doses of fuzziness from the off as Sisteria embarks on a trajectory similar to, say, Purson, but with more fuzz as evidenced with the exceptional \u2018Wade My Way\u2019 with its heavy construction and wistful vocals, while \u2018Hunger\u2019 stomps with a distorted Led Zeppelin<\/a> menace to the gale of Katie\u2019s ethereal warbles.<\/p>\n

The theme throughout is clear; heavyweight chops caressed by Katie\u2019s haunting voice, but not in the generic contemporary occult rock sense. These guys appear to have more depth without being propelled by black magic imagery, but one cannot argue with the initially stark, stone-baked \u2018Reaper\u2019 which leads into the dark soundscape of \u2018Burial Ground\u2019, a surreal, often eerie trickle of tapping percussion and samples.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere \u2018Om\/Yes\u2019 unravels as a vast, sprawling nod born from reflective origins, while \u2018Ramblin\u2019 Woman\u2019 really does showcase Katie\u2019s soulful tones. Dark Matter<\/em> is strangely and, I assume, intentionally therapeutic throughout. \u2018Star Child\u2019 creeps and crawls with a foreboding but also a comforting, haunting sprawl before it cascades with a brilliant organ drench, \u2018Pale In The Darkness\u2019 feels like a bewitching Stevie Nicks outtake of unadorned drum and ethereal design, and \u2018Winter Crow\u2019 is just one of those unexpected organ-fused gems that\u2019s ridiculously infectious with its funkiness.<\/p>\n

Dark Matter<\/em> is an all-rounder of a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll record daubed in 70s grooves, 60s psychedelia, flashes of doominess, but above all a moreish blend of coolness that enables it to step away from the current fads bogging down the so-called \u201cdoom \/ stoner\u201d scene.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SISTERIADark Matter Horton (2022)Rating: 8.5\/10 Fronted by vocalist Katie Williams, Sisteria, according to the press release, \u201cis a thunderous new psychedelic band from Norman, Oklahoma\u201d, and that \u201cfrom the outset the band unchains itself from streaming algorithms and expectations, choosing instead to feed the desires of art itself\u201d. For me, Sisteria explores the female-fronted doom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-sisteria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95335,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95334\/revisions\/95335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}