review: Sophist

Sophist

Betrothal to the Stone: Conception of Mephisto

16 August 2019

With this Canadian duo it is difficult to tell whether they are simply full of hatred for their own existence and bodies, whether they hate themselves for being height challenged or for being overweight; or whether they are full of hatred for the human race as they know it in their lives and work, as nurses, waiters, social workers, pet detectives, grasshopper communication network managers, Canadians, or something similar. What is not difficult to tell is that their hatred of themselves and/or the human species/Canadians has been translated into the most unpleasant and hideous cacophony of drum-programmed blasting growling uproar.

While during the day at work at the factory, they might enjoy lots of beautiful melodies of all-Canadian legendary icons like Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Avril Lavigne, PSY, BTS, Ricky Martin, Olga Teresa Tañón Ortíz, or the national treasure that is Cèlīnê Dïõn, in their free time while they record their music in the bedroom at grandma’s house they prefer to get down and dirty with the extreme sounds of animal-like monster screams, growls and yells, and the wondrous simplicity of playing one or two chords really, really fast over and over again until they strike the right balance between the blasting chaotic tumult of ugliness, on one hand, and the blasting chaotic tumult of ugliness, on the other. Exquisite DIY homemade hideousness. sophistmetal.bandcamp.com