Lycinna is the belle of Gnosis and this was the
reason of having my first introduction with Spectral Lore and I found this one
as a good avant-garde-instrumental-ambient-atmospheric-post-black-metal
"album". I might be biased in writing this review but honestly this
is my cup of tea although, I shall maintain a balanced momentum here and won't
over specified it. If you like atmospheric black metal/folk metal then this
might become a good taste for you.
Giving a conceptual instrumental album might
be a tough thing but Ayloss did an inventive job in creating the atmosphere of
this album. This is a 50 min EP which gives you chills for sure, only if you
feel that atmosphere. Traditional Greek music influences the whole album and
this is what allure me the most due to the similarity I felt with having an
imagination of a nomad of the Northern coast of Pakistan playing a Bouzouki or
Rubab in a cold frosty night. Gnosis have some of the most lead-esque rhythm
guitar playing with a good use of Harmonic Minor and this is really good but overshadowed the whole album, there are the same oscillating rhythm patterns throughout this album but I think Ayloss wanted to have a connectivity, after all it depends upon the taste and nature of composition to balance the overall atmosphere of
the album.
I want to link the third and the last instrumental in a comparative
manner according to my understanding, Averroes (Ibne Rushd) was a philosopher
and a polymath in Islamic history and considered as the one who spreads secular
mindset, defended the rational reasoning and gave the actual meaning of
Secularism back then which unfortunately still misunderstood as a synonym with
Atheism which sounds ridiculous but this is what I personally observed. Aleppo
is burning under the anti-Rushd mindset and that's why it is the epilogue of
this album. Hence, "Averroes' Search" is actually for the revival of
the forgotten "Aleppo".
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