Urban decrepitude Detached lyrical tatters adorn the
errie booklet of the second album "Chamber Of Divine Elaboration" of the French REVERENCE. Asking I. Luciferia
about the meaning of these lyrical impressions his answer is a little on the short side.
"Lyrics are my personal visions and feelings which I can't explain."
Fortunately, the vocalist, guitarist
and sound creator of REVERENCE turns out to be a bit more talkative in other fields. REVERENCE have been existing
since 1998 and release their debut album "Industrial Mental Concept", produced by a French underground label, in
2005 after several demos and split releases. One year later they sign a deal with Avantgarde Music and prepare the
ground for the current longplayer "Chamber Of Divine Elaboration". The feedback so far is auspicious.
"The album has been available for six weeks now. It's hard to get an overview but the reviews
are very encouraging. We receive a lot of positive messages about this new album. But whatever the feedback, we have
realized this album as we wanted it, and that is the principal thing." Besides I. Luciferia bass player Aym
participates in REVERENCE, and in March 2007 drummer V.R. joins forces with them again which is one of the major
differences compared to the debut album. "These albums are really very different. The concepts
and ideas developed on "Industrial Mental Concept" are like an introspection and contain many feelings. "Chamber Of
Divine Elaboration" is more experimental and visual, the hopeless urban chaos... Since the first opus REVERENCE take
several ways but keep those already traveled for granted to escalate the intensity of the music which is the biggest
important point." Another interesting aspect is I. Luciferia's approach to the music which breaks a deeply emotional
symbiosis of depressive black metal and industrial/ambient to the listener. "I'm rather inspired by
some movies and/or scenes or pictures than by a metal style, of course. REVERENCE is a metal band but it's not important.
The sentiments you feel when listening to REVERENCE are of much more importance. Never mind the rest. We are like an
ambient band where the atmosphere is progressive, each element is important and developed to the extreme. The main
element and base is black metal but other elements are just as essential in the conception of our music."
So it comes hardly as a surprise that I. Luciferia listens to many different music genres which all have a special
significance and offer various emotions. "Dark ambient is a very particular style of music but
many projects are so bad... My preferences are MZ412, Archon Satani, Aghast, Sophia and some others... A lot of classical
music, too." |
A very present characteristic in the music of REVERENCE are the dissonant melodies and choirs which often lead to
comparisms with their fellow countrymen of Blut Aus Nord. "I know that many people appreciate
us and BAN for the musical search and experiments but the results of the two bands are totally different. It's not
the same atmosphere and work... I think these people know it very well but finally I'm not concerned about the
comparisms that people do. With REVERENCE these dissonances all come naturally when a track is composed. They are
an achievement which we see as a gain to be kept and developed to new sounds to reach a new level for each opus."
These dissonances in conjunction with the lurid ambient sounds create a tangible cold, and this is perfectly
intended. "Chamber Of Divine Elaboration" is the soundtrack for the modern world in decrepitude. There is a
coldness unparalleled, oppressive and hopelessly eerie. Whereas REVERENCE is my personal soundtrack and vision of the
actual world but each person reacts differently with his own feelings when confronted with a musical work or a general
artistic way, and this function is also applicable to the daily life. I hope that listeners experience concrete visions
and feelings via "Chamber Of Divine Elaboration" as if they were watching a movie in which they are actors with their
own storyboards..." |
