III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars
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| Studio album by The Devil's Blood | ||||
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2013 |
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| Label (s) | Ván Records , Metal Blade Records | |||
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CD, double LP |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars is the third studio album by the Dutch band The Devil's Blood . It appeared in 2013 after its dissolution.
Emergence
In III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars is material from the pre-production; Except for two songs, the drums were taken over by a drum computer and all other tracks were recorded and sung by Farida and Selim Lemouchi. According to Selim Lemouchi, "there was never any question of producing 'Tabula Rasa' with the entire band in the studio". After the band split up, he did not listen to the recordings for several weeks. After listening to it again, he realized "that there were all the great feelings that guitars and vocals are absolutely perfect".
Track list
- I Was Promised a Hunt - 22:01
- The Lullaby of the Burning Boy - 4:11
- ... If Not a Vessel? - 4:47
- In the Loving Arms of Lunacy's Secret Demons - 5:54
- Dance of the Elements - 9:39
- White Storm of Teeth - 10:00
- Tabula Rasa - 8:23
Music style and lyrics
According to Allmusic's Gregory Heaney , the album seems to focus more on the influence of bands like Rush and Jethro Tull on heavy metal than a return to the roots of the genre in Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath , as the 22-minute I Was Promised a Hunt sounds like an occult influenced interpretation of 2112 or Thick as a Brick .
reception
According to Götz Kühnemund from Rock Hard , the album contains “a few great songs - but also a drum computer”, which does not go well with Lemouchi's music. He categorized III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars as demos . According to him, the pieces “sounded completely different when produced correctly”. Lemouchi replied that the recordings were the album "in the absolute sense". Heaney also described the release as a compilation of demo recordings, which makes the album look raw and unproduced, which surprisingly really works. So it seems more like a “proto- metal jewel” than the work of a modern band. It is refreshingly raw and a swan song that leaves its listeners with the desire for more.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Götz Kühnemund : The Devil's Blood . III: Tabula Rasa Or Death And The Seven Pillars. In: Rock Hard . No. 314 ( rockhard.de [accessed on March 18, 2014]).
- ↑ a b c d e Götz Kühnemund: Selim Lemouchi . "At the moment I enjoy life". In: Rock Hard . No. 315 , 2013, p. 31 .
- ^ A b Gregory Heaney: III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars - The Devil's Blood. AllMusic, accessed March 24, 2014 .