Style: Instrumental trip hop
Primary Emotions/Themes: Music that encapsulates the darkness in mans heart but also the beauty that can be found in that darkness. Noir at it's best
Thoughts: There is a darkness inside of me that threatens to consume me. A little voice in me that threatens to end it all. It beckons me to join it in the void and remove myself from this mortal existence. It is a constant, gentle calling. It begs me to sleep.
Fiend may as well be a soundtrack to film noir. It is dark, it is subdued and most of all it is insidious in the way that it works its way into my mind. It's a slow shadow that begins spreading, it's slow creep is almost unnoticeable. Much like a frog that is in a pot of slowly boiling water, by the time the danger is known it is too late.
The execution of this is done through largely ambient sound pads with minimalist percussion. Hidden deep within this mix is sparse melodies played on various instruments, but primarily the piano. The overall effect is haunting at very least and diabolical at its darkest moments.
Fiend is an apt name. It encapsulates the atmosphere and nature of the album perfectly and evokes such a strong image that it can recall nothing else. A fiend of an album written by a Ghoul.
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