Never have bought such a complete set with music. Two full length CD’s that form together “Le Serpent Blanc – Le Serpent Rouge” and next to this the CDS “Nagash”. Next to all this contains “Le Serpent Rouge” also a live video of ‘Shiftwind’ and you can speak of an evening filling program.
This Morn’ Omina left a great impression during their show on the Wave Gotik Treffen and to be honest this CD doest the same “Le Serpent Blanc” colours the term tribal industrial. Worked up rhythms with drums and electronics and different voice/ samples that shape the songs. The result is so dynamic that every dance act should shame them. It’s striking that every song knows to impress for several minutes, a lot of the songs clock around seven or eight minutes. Every time when you think that the band ends a song they come back even stronger. Listen to the first two songs, ‘Epoch’ and ‘Suneater’ (and don’t we hear Ms. Poly Esther on this song?) and you know what’s meant (don’t forget to listen ‘The Immutable Sphere’ as well). But there’s more. The slowly tension built up during ‘(the) Ninth Key’ seem to be the first indication of other times of the quieter second CD “Le Serpent Rouge” (listen also to ‘Taliesin’). Their last record “7 Years Of Famine” had their ups and downs, but this album keeps your head in the right direction. Especially the dragging (with heavy beat) song ‘Toltec’ is a perfect transition and that’s not only because Ms Poly Esther is singing on this song like most of the songs on “Le Serpent Rouge”.
“Le Serpent Rouge” has as theme the zodiac, but there’s only one thing wrong. The album contains 13 songs (find the one that doesn’t fit). This CD is more ambient and at ease than “Le Serpent Blanc”. Ms Poly Esther has proven with Hybryds that her voice fits nicely with this kind of music and this time she proves it again. Sometimes sultry, beseeching, almost whispering to further with a floating voice that enchants you even further. The voice of Delphine Dhaenens has the same qualities. The use of drums gives the CD an own authentic sound. The music sounds pretty dark and sometimes even remember of the obscure sounds of the Sui Generis Umbra. This trip into the underworld of This Morn’ Omina is, like their heavier eruptions, very impressive.
“Nagash” brings you the following songs more compact: ‘Epoch’, ‘(the) Ninth Key’ and ‘The Immutable Sphere’. Possibly with one thing in mind: People can’t impossible dance for ten minutes on such heavy tribal eruptions of 8 minutes. The fourth song ‘Obeah’ (= the evil eye)’ is originally recorded for a magazine, but was never released. With the help of Empusae the result is as oppressing as all the songs before.
This Morn’ Omina has become a constant factor and knows, without any problem, to entertain you for more than two hours of music. There are not many bands that can say the same.
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