Style: Industrial black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Hatred towards a creator that forced an unwilling union of machine upon an unknowing human being
Thoughts: We all have masters in one form or another. Even those who proclaim to be free have something, somewhere that they are servitude towards. Ideals, money, religion, physical enslavement... everyone has a master.
Borgne's latest album shows a great disdain and malice towards... something... anything. This is a supremely angry album. The vocals in particular have undergone a drastic change from the previous two opus.
Instead of a higher registered rasp as is pretty typical for black metal, the vocals now have more of a human tone to them. They are almost shouted... in a half shouted half screamed kind of way. It's enough to give them just a tint more humanity than previous.
In stark contrast to this the vocals also will shift to a near death metal like roar. Contrary to the higher vocals these are even more inhumane and present quite the duality for the vocal delivery. The roar is often utilized in the more aggressive parts of the music, amplifying the innate abhorrence of the record.
The music here also seems to have undergone a further refinement from Y. The black metal is a bit more prominent this time around with a stronger emphasis on actual riffs rather than soundscape type moments of songs. There are more "melodic" sections, where the lead guitar will guide the music rather than a chord progression.
There are still quite a bit of ambience on this record, probably more so than Y... but it feels like the band is slowly morphing into more of a black metal act and pushing the industrial elements to the background little by little. Y was the perfect balance of the two, Temps Morts seems to be just a tad too far on the black metal side of this delicate balance - at least for my tastes.
Written May 14th 2024
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