THE VISION BLEAK have never been of the modest kind. They just have to go for the grand and sweeping gestures. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the band claims that their new album "Carpathia" has succeeded in being "more in every regard" - even before they have presented their new work.
Indeed: If you compare it to "The Deathship Has A New Captain", that skeletal schooner with which Allen B. Konstanz and Ulf Theodor Schwadorf took to sea merely two years ago, this second outing is not just a fall of masks bringing their grim grimaces to light, but also a manifestation of an even wilder passion. While the debut album's tracks were haunted mainly by movie characters, now THE VISION BLEAK turn more towards weird fiction - their own! The remarkable thing is that the plot at the base of "Carpathia" works even without the music. And its power is not limited to the many shadowy figures and the ephemeral, dark scenarios, but is also effective in the horror reaching towards an inevitable climax - also in the music itself.
"This is the fateful story of a businessman becoming heir to the old estates of his family in far and strange Carpathia," Schwadorf outlines the concept. We, the listeners, accompany the young man on this journey through creepy mountain passes, sit beside him in his cab, sense the slow assembly of evil, share his shivers as he encounters the rustic villagers of Carpathia, travel further into the exotic and fearfully outlandish world of "Arabian Nights", and at the end we know: the protagonist is cursed, probably even possessed.
So you can see already that "Carpathia" is an incomparable and sinister musical drama. Not without good reason have Konstanz and Schwadorf brought up the whole musical spectrum of their artistic careers so far. Even though the Shadow Philharmonics - who already provided the majestic textures on "The Deathship Has A New Captain" - have been increased, it is Death Metal that rises erratically above all: forceful, black riffs, heavyweight drums, full and many-facetted vocals ... All this makes for a more homogenous and at the same time more complex overall picture than you would have expected after their debut. Each track is vibrantly brimming with sheer intensity and energy.
The last word of the album, snarled so sinister that you'll feel chills down your spine, is a long-drawn "darkness" - and is there a way to bring the atmosphere of this album to the point more appropriately?
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Hails to The Vision Bleak, from the embodiment bare in a distant land of earthly name Bulgaria... Thanks for the acceptance guys. It's much appreciated. And for your music, it is indescribable, that's what the art of music stands for, the most abstract form of art, existing in the mere vibrations. Keep the splendid work, and I hope to see you perform live here someday. Cheers...
