Lost Soul are sooo consistently fast that your
face becomes numb by the time you’ve reached the
end of the first track on Scream of the Mourning
Star. With sewing-machine tempos and automatic
rifle double bass, this Polish export might as
well be from Jupiter.
I’m not even going near the six-stringers (which
in Guitar Player Magazine terms contain double
tracked sixteenth-note tremolo picking. Think
‘Flight of the Bumblebee and' you’re close.
Comparisons to a new Zappa-fied Utopia are well
placed. These guys know exactly what they’re
doing when it comes to playing their instruments.
At times this kinetic maelstrom simmers for a
moment to let some foggy, hypnotic keyboards
float towards the surface. I wish they’d utilize
more of that. It’s a very effective contrast.
Entrance to Nothingness gets my vote for the best
song here. Lost Soul redefine the terms ‘Hard
Rock’ or ‘Hard Core’ until most of what normally
seemed ‘angry’ or ‘rebellious’ before now sounds
quaint and huggable. ‘Oooh…Mom would finally
approve of Gimp Bizkit after hearing this.’
The inverted, almost ‘prog’ song structures bring
Yes or King Crimson to mind, but the overall
delivery is more akin to Morbid Angel or
Nocturnus. My complaint was the
relatively thin-sounding production. I think a
recording style that emphasized the leaden
guitars would have suited Lost Soul better. The
whole sore throat vocal approach has
gotten rather tiresome too. Napalm Death are
probably the only band who have always been able
to maximize the claustrophobia and the feeling as
though you’re being violated by a wild, angry
bear while you listen. With almost everyone else
it appears to be excusing the fact that the
singer can...sing.
Dick Dale gets his first hit of crack Speedy
Gonzales has a seizure. Fast and complex.
Progressive grindcore? This cd was so amazingly
out there my body is physically exhausted after
two complete listens. Wired from too much coffee?
Scream...will wear you out. There’s a quote to
that effect on the inside of this cd from an F.
Nietzsche. I think that’s what he was saying.
By Jason Thornberry, CanEHdian.com
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Lost Soul - "Scream of the Mourning Star" 