HERESIE

Univers Zero's darkest and most unsettling album consists of two tracks which present a chamber rock style much like that found on their classic debut album and a deeply uncomfortable side-long piece (La Faulx) which is the most sinister piece the band has ever produced. Over Roger Trigaux's leprous harmonium the band thrash away like a rust-coated machine coughing and sputtering into life, and wild inhuman chanting and ranting issues forth out of the depths of primal darkness. Not quite on a par with the debut - it's a little too unvaried and unrelenting for a full five stars - but definitely one of the most powerful albums on this entire site. Approach with caution.