{"id":96584,"date":"2022-09-30T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=96584"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:16:04","slug":"album-review-lord-of-confusion-evil-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lord-of-confusion-evil-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"LORD OF CONFUSION – Evil Mystery (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LORD OF CONFUSION
Evil Mystery<\/strong><\/span>
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\nGruesome \/ Morbid And Miserable (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lord Of Confusion is a doom metal act from Portugal, a four-piece that three years ago emerged with an EP entitled Burnin\u2019 Valley<\/em>. This full-length debut however is drenched with creepy, Gothic organ which will provide a soundtrack for any graveyard rendezvous you may conjure up.<\/p>\n

Tolling bells, slow pensive percussion, and plenty of distorted drudgery and Hammer horror atmosphere abounds here, and to top it all off the vocals of Carlota Sousa who provides extra bewitching, if all too familiar tones of terror.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve reviewed a lot of stuff like this over the years and I think a band has to have a certain charm to separate themselves from the over-crowded swamp of similar acts doing the rounds. At times, Lord Of Confusion does have that haunting vibe I dig and it\u2019s mostly down to Carlota\u2019s keyboard work because elsewhere, although the axe work of Danilo Sousa is effective and lumbering, it still remains formulaic doom. However, the longer, pining aesthetics of opener \u2018Land Of Mystery\u2019 does bring an enchanting ooze as the bass of Jo\u00e3o Fonseca works in tandem with the percussive chimes of Nelson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

Evil Mystery<\/em> is drenched in the sort of atmosphere you\u2019d expect from long forgotten castle ruins you stumbled across one thundery night. \u2018Howling Void\u2019 takes on more of a death \/ doom quality as this time the vocals are guttural growls which in turn make me miss Carlota\u2019s haunting swirls. I\u2019m thankful then for the aching heave of \u2018Evil Blood\u2019 which creaks like an oaken floorboard prized up to reveal Count Dracula\u2019s secret hideout.<\/p>\n

It could be argued, however, that Lord Of Confusion is a limited commodity but one happy to trudge along like a black river of congealed blood. So as \u2018Witchfinder\u2019 emerges from the orifice of \u2018Evil Blood\u2019 and \u2018Hell\u2019 leaks to the slow-motion tap drip of impending doom, my patience is at times tested even though my spine is chilled.<\/p>\n

I really do like this album and so will you if you like Pentagram with an Electric Wizard twist.<\/p>\n

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

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