ARTIST.... Atrium Carceri
TITLE....... Metropolis
STYLE...... Dark Ambient, Industrial
LABEL...... Cryo Chamber
QUALITY..... 320kbps / Joint-Stereo
COUNTRY... Sweden
1 The Gargantuan Tower 3:18
2 The Dark Mother 4:40
3 Across The Sea Of The Dead 7:08
4 Black Needle 5:08
5 Decrepit City 3:44
6 Sacred Slab 3:21
7 200 Days 5:27
8 Industrial District 4:34
9 Heart Of The Metropolis 3:25
10 The Cowled Seers 5:03
11 The Machine 6:37
2 The Dark Mother 4:40
3 Across The Sea Of The Dead 7:08
4 Black Needle 5:08
5 Decrepit City 3:44
6 Sacred Slab 3:21
7 200 Days 5:27
8 Industrial District 4:34
9 Heart Of The Metropolis 3:25
10 The Cowled Seers 5:03
11 The Machine 6:37
"We've been trapped for too long. Trapped inside this machine. The ancient Metropolis. It appears to control us."
Thus
begins the afflictive tale of "Metropolis", the 11th full-length
offering of master sonic storyteller Simon Heath, recording as Atrium
Carceri. Stepping away somewhat from the archetypal approach to dark
ambient music, Heath has created a concept album comprised of rich and
grandiose soundscapes which are busier and more stratified than some of
the more typical ambient compositions. Incidentally, the average track
length on Metropolis is approximately four minutes, which allows for
more fluid inter-thematic movement and deeper immersion.
The
dark brilliance of "Metropolis" lies in the ease with which its
palatial presence communicates the themes of its tracks to the listener.
Here, Heath invites us to go on a perilous journey through Metropolis -
a languishing prison city draped in fog and forgotten by God himself;
and as the listener explores the city's crepuscular terrain, unnervingly
lucid images of this colourless and oppressive macrocosm bombard their
mind's eye.
