KHU – “Flesh Lament/Phoenix Mass” – [American Grizzly]

French duo of MONDRAGON EYE EYE EYE and HELL ACIMOY whose
names may continue to change to help protect their malevolence,
clang, bang, moan and wail. From the album titles maybe
this is sort of supposed to be some black magicke/ritual
mass or even….gasp….performance art. Certainly their
artwork collage is eye-catching. The use of flute gives a
sort of psych flash in the Pan feel that will put a spring
in your cloaven hoaves. I’m trying to avoid my take that
“satanic” music is basically just religious music and should
be filed with K-LOVE staples. Amy Grant and Aleister Crowley,
never see them togther…could be the same tired old soul?
Anyways, as just spooky atmospheres of din and dungeon, this
will arrest the listener. And hell who doesn’t find Halloween
heavenly? The first disc was shorter with some nice loneliness
of the teenage werewolf moments, and come Cthulu catharsis a
la Lustmord with some effect driven beast-cry. Some of the
synthesizers sounded seasick, which was a nice trick.

-Thurston Hunger