SISTRENATUS

"Sensitive Disturbance"

Cold Spring - 2009

CD

Third full-length release for Canada's Sistrenatus, presented in a very dark and blurred artwork that perfectly reflects the sceneries evoked by the music. Indeed, it's almost like the old rusty fences, barbed wire, smelly chimneys and empty tanks portrayed on the cover and inlay were the source of sound used to assemble the CD. Metal thuds, steel sputtering, bits of voice transmissions and distant machinery cacophonies are the elements mixed and assembled to create the disquieting atmospheres of these seven new tracks. The achievement is not less intriguing than the previous chapters, maybe only the eleven minutes of "Lost Transmission" could have used some compression, while final "Forgotten" has a minimal hypnotic and melodic hint that positively changes the CD's sound palette for once.

On the whole, Sistrenatus delivers another effective post-nuclear soundtrack.

- Simon V.

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