Ascetic is the 9th release of Australia’s Norse.
Norse has excelled in making the ugly attractive and compelling as it bathes in perpetual black darkness. Ascetic continues this mindset through natural progression and intense visceral music that commands attention.
Unique and utterly original Ascetic is a record that defies normal convention.
Nothing is the same. For example, Accelerated Subversion begins with its terrifying blast and breaks into dissonant almost industrial torment. Radical depression is exactly the opposite, a subtle introduction in introspection that delves into the band’s strengths of utter despair, heaviness and bleakness.
Members Forge and ADR create uncompromising soundscapes that express their musical vision, uncompromising in their attention to detail and the creation of rhythm without traditional structures and fearless in their presentation. Useless and Fearless Filth Seeker will leave their mark upon your psyche combining blasting speed with the acoustic and the harsh vocals of ADR.
Willing to pursue many different avenues of extremity without ever losing their way.
Ascetic is more than just individual tracks, a complete body of work that pursues the tragedy of the human condition and the emotions that pursue true pain. Multidimensional yet focused. To attempt to label this an insult, yet its heart begins in black metal that continually grows and mutates into other darker heavier dimensions, its soul dissonant, restless and accusatory as Zero Insight reveals.
Uneasy listening at its terrifying best.
Ascetic challenges you, throws you off balance and drowns you in their brutal aesthetic. Superlatives and sound bites are not required, this is a genre-bending release that follows no rules except their own.
Highlights: the whole damn thing!
Four and half terrifying Roos
Track Listing
1.Ascetic
2.Parasite Warmongers
3.Fearless Filth Seeker
4.Accelerated Subversion
5.Radical Depression
6.Zero Insight
7.Blight
8.Useless
Norse: Facebook
Release Year: 2021
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Category: Album
Country: Australia
Reviewed by Sparky
