SICULICIDIUM – The Melancholy of Strangerness

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• Band:
  SULICIDE
• Duration: 00:41:03
• Available from: 28/06/2024
• Label:

• Sun & Moon

A courageous move by the Romanian Siculicidium, who simultaneously release two very different albums, although always linked by a common thread.
If with the more classically metal “A Hal​á​l Tengely” which we talked about separately, the final result shows several gaps and some noteworthy ideas, with “Az Elidegened​é​s Melank​ó​li​á​ja” the situation changes decidedly for the better. Paradoxically, between the two, it is precisely the more experimental and far from extreme music album that the duo seems to be most at ease with.
The forty minutes of “Az Elidegened​é​s Melank​ó​li​á​ja” demonstrate an interesting and at times fascinating sound research that embraces different genres – from folk to psychedelic music up to actual electronic music – while always remaining faithful to that spare and minimal sound that distinguishes them.
The ten songs that make up the album are a kaleidoscope of genres ranging from the folk rock of “Az Első”, which also sees the reappearance of those wind sections that had already made some moments of “A Hal​á​l Tengely” interesting, to cinematic “Zúg A Fenyves” almost to the limits of post-rock, up to psychedelia tarantiniana of “Szekler Blues”.
There is no shortage of songs where electronics act as a foundation, among which the disturbing “Áradás” stands out, capable of bringing to mind Plasma Pool, and the lysergic “Hasadás”, a sort of early Coil in lo-fi version. “Együttérzés És Bölcsesség” is by far the best moment of the whole album, mixing synth-pop very well with the depressive electronics of Burzum’s ambient albums.
Apart from a few moments perhaps a little out of place in the general context – such as the funeral doom of the beautiful “Kék Iszap” and the depressive black metal of “Ima” – “Az Elidegened​é​s Melank​ó​li​á​ ja” confirms how Siculicidium shine best when they manage to work at full speed and outside the boundaries imposed by a genre like black metal.
With these premises, we hope that this is precisely the starting point for the future.