Attain your hand into the thriller bag of methods on Igorrr‘s upcoming document, Amen, and see what you pull out as a result of there is not any telling what you will discover from the operatic, industrial-metal dubstep band. The outline alone ought to allude to the sheer unpredictably that Igorrr bag up, wrap up tight, and chuck instantly at your brow.
Amen is a document that trudges, soars, screams, wails, blasts, and echoes all through genres with out second thought. Igorrr mastermind Gautier Serre takes the trendy notion that style and categorisation are irrelevant and spins it on its head over the span of a dozen tracks, bouncing between continental influences and methods. All of it balanced with industrial steel and operatic vocals, Amen is a fearless sonic endeavour into the whole sudden.
Indian tones and methods echo all through the whole thing of the document, from the third observe “Limbo” all the way in which till the final observe, “Silence.” Experimenting with each conventional Indian devices just like the sitar and the veena whereas encompassing vocal solos full of vibratos and microtones, as obscure and weird as the selection is to include classical Indian tones right into a steel document already jam full of influences starting from dubstep to doom steel, it fucking works. Igorrr nails it.
“Daemoni,” “Limbo,” “ADHD,” “Mustard Mucous,” and “Infestis” all really feel like tracks lower from the identical fabric, booming with distorted riffs and basslines, trudging by way of steel with dubstep disrupting its each transfer. “ADHD” sees the fashion of Gregorian chants launched on prime of the smorgasboard of sonic components at bay, a prelude of what’s to come back on the unnerving, but mind-numbing “Pure Disproportionate Black and White Nihilism.”
However, “Limbo” additionally sees the introduction of Spanish classical guitars and tones, with operatic vocals cementing itself as a staple all through the document, reappearing on tracks like “Étude n°120” and “Pure Disproportionate Black and White Nihilism.” All of this to say, there’s one thing new to be found inside each observe Igorrr has to supply, each newfound aspect and approach unpredictable as Serre forgoes any and all musical guidelines and paints a cinematic imaginative and prescient of pure annihilation.
So, go forward, attain your hand into the bag of unpredictable methods, chants, and choirs that’s Amen, and pray that the beast of Igorrr‘s fearless steel does not chew your hand off within the course of. Get it right here.
