Shinkiro – The Birth Of The Gods (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Industrial, Cinematic.
Format: CD, Digital.
Background/Info: Manabu Hiramoto started making music twenty years ago. The Japanese artist released an impressive number of works by multiple labels like Athanor, Ant-Zen, SSSM, Zhelozebeton ao. He this year released his first album by the leading Dark-Ambient label Cyclic Law.
Content: The work takes off with impressive, overwhelming, soundwaves leading the listener into an icy, frightening sound experience. We next visit imaginary, abyssal, sound depths creating reverie and achieved with subtle sound treatments. The work is progressively evolving featuring metallic- and other Industrial noises plus an impressive canvas of effects.
+ + + : The work is diversified and not always that easy to catch but the opening- and penultimate cut -which are quite different from each other, reveal the strength and creativity of the project. Shinkiro has used a true sonic arsenal to achieve this production appealing for a wider audience and not just Dark-Ambient fans.
– – – : The diversity of the work has something confusing.
Conclusion: I have mixed feelings with this opus but I prefer emphasizing the crushing passages which are just great.
Best songs: “The Wind”, “Mountains”, “Fire”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/ShinkiroOfficial
Label: www.cycliclaw.com / www.facebook.com/cycliclaw
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