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MATHREYANA

Dark Buddha Rising

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

3.86 | 3 ratings

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DamoXt7942
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4 stars I'm sure this creation should be fit for such a dark, confusing world. "Mathreyata" was launched in November 2020 as the latest album by a Finnish stoner combo DARK BUDDHA RISING. Upon this opus, we can hear their 'Black Arts of Psychedelia' be vividly active and more offensive. Every single person all over the world is in trouble with such terrible pandemic and depressive circumstances. Their shout and scream based upon crazy deep heavy sound structure would represent our suffering or painfulness. Honest to say I've looked forward to their strong invitation to another dimension via their production, and I'm very glad to meet such a fantastic, fanatical departure for the next decade.

The beginning of the first "Sunyaga" is kinda killer. Dark, deep, heavy (a bit metallic) sound construction especially grave tones by the rhythm section drives us mad definitely. Slightly complicated but simply repetitive deadly rumble is pretty poisonous, addictive for the audience. Sounds like the audience would fall into sticky vertigo under their darkness. Slowtempo, monotonous melody lines are also hallucinogenic but the sound basis is too violent and magnificent for us to fall asleep. Their big screams amongst the deep instrumental phrases sound like antiviral agents. Mysteriously this track makes us safe and sound, in a sense. The following "Negathma" is flooded with more complex rhythmic lines but the overall impression is similar to the previous one. Insistent melodic repetitions obviously scratch our inner mind again and again. Another oceanic ambience "Uni" full of guitar fuzz and feedback is quite dreamy and suggestive. This stuff reminds me of sorta similar vein to "Ora È Sempre" by Perizona Experiment but much darker and heavier. The latter phase goes forward with greatly improvisational approaches where all instruments are unified and compromised regardless of improvisation. "Mahathgata III" the last excessive epilogue is the most colourful and variable one all over the album. Assaulting melodic repetitions based upon stoner shoegaze loudness kick us into DBR sound abuse. The last speedy spacey sound collective sounds like our palpitation under their dark sky.

Encourage, enforce our vigour. Through the whole opus of theirs every single stoner rock fan could work off any stress all over the world.

DamoXt7942 | 4/5 |

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