Larvae
"Acid
Horror Cult"
Dawnbreed Rec. 2022
I am quite prejudiced
against women in metal music. Especially those in the death metal faction,
trying to growl. They usually sound soft, or at least bland. There are
exceptions from the rule, of course, just to mention the legendary Lori Bravo.
I telling this because Larvae is a project under the leadership of Lucilla
Sericata, who calls the tune in this project and is basically responsible for
all the music. I was very skeptical about "Acid Horror Cult,"
especially since I was not familiar with Larvae's previous recordings. In no
time it turned out that in this case literally everything related to this EP
harmonizes with each other. The project's name, the title and artwork perfectly
reflect what the Italian woman has to say musically. Imagine what a swamp
would look like if it boiled. A slow bubbling, splashing sludge, floating to
the surface, partially shredded carcass remains and an incredible stench. The
sounds contained on "Acid Horror Cult" reek of death and decay. The
two compositions included on the wax disc (plus an outro) are an unhurried
torture in sludge / doom tempo. The chords flow slowly, at a maximum d-beat
tempo, crushing with their mass and sucking all the oxygen out of the
atmosphere. Melodies are scarce here, but there's plenty of sick atmosphere, as
if from a B-grade horror film, enhanced by minor synth additions. Associations
with Winter are most appropriate in this case, except that the sound of these
recordings is much more muddled, and the low-tuned guitars may also direct
associations in the direction of Mortician on morphine. Listening to these
tracks, you can actually feel as if you were sinking into quicksand. However,
it is not the music itself that is extraordinary here, as there are few
revealing elements, but the vocals. What this, undoubtedly not sane, woman is
doing with her voice is a disease in an advanced stage. Deep vomits, probably
coming from the colon itself, cringing, possessed screeching, whispering,
laughing, declamations or even singing, in a tune of a psychopath humming a
lullaby to her child, it's all here. And combined with a simple musical
background, it can send shivers down your spine. Undoubtedly, this is not music
composed by a sane social individual, so I doubt I would want to find myself
alone in a room with Ms. Lucilla, despite the fact that she's quite a hot siniorita.
The only objections I have about "Acid Horror Cult" is that this
material is so short. I'm eagerly awaiting the next Larvae chapter, even if
after such a small dose I'm already feeling a little unhealthy.
- jesusatan
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