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Yerusalem: The Sublime

Emerging from the vibrant mind of Vindsval of Blut Aus Nord fame, French experimentalist outfit Yeruselem seems to be a place for the avantgarde black metal musician to write without borders. His inspiration manifests in the form of The Sublime, the debut album released a short time ago on Debemur Morti Productions. The ferocious metal stylings of his day job put aside, Vindsval instead infuses Yeruselem with an industrial metal heart.

Somewhere between electronica, industrial, and new wave, The Sublime is an album that does not seek to ape the more accessible works of a Ministry or a Godflesh. The vocals are cavernous and multi-faceted, such as on the hypnotic “Eternal,” which evokes a dystopian soundtrack vibe and manages to sound uplifting despite the darkness within it. Thick, ropey basslines permeate “Autoimmunity,” a bedrock-deep opposition to the faraway, near-choral vocal going on over top. This one will get inside the skin.

Opening up the album, the title track begins with echoed pulses of sound, before programmed beats, those ethereal vocals, and one really wonderful, emotion-filled guitar lead takes over. The song treads the same path in a sort of loop, as beat-driven music often does, but at 4:41 in length, it doesn’t overstay its welcome. “Joyless” is a bit choppier of an affair, similar to “Autoimmunity.” Perhaps too similar? Nevertheless, it has a very off-putting feeling to it which adds to the abandoned-factory-at-night atmosphere. It ends on a mind-bending breakdown.

The Sublime does not veer from its chosen path very much, but its liquid darkness is a smooth salve, and it sounds out of this world in headphones. On “Babel,” high-pitched guitar leads add to programmed beats that would be completely at home on a late 90’s hip-hop album. The bottom end is entrancing, vocals come in subtly, in the background, and this song winds up being a personal favorite. More interesting leads adorn “Reverso,” with a stark vocal line as grim as the images of bombed out cities and ashen skies this album evokes.

Yeruselem proves on their debut that cold industrial music is a fertile field upon which to build. Having such a creative mastermind as Vindsval certainly helps, and though outside the stricter realm of heavy metal, there’s no denying that The Sublime is a weighty, brick-heavy slab of enjoyability.


Track listing:
1) The Sublime
2) Autoimmunity
3) Eternal
4) Sound Over Matter
5) Joyless
6) Triiiunity
7) Babel
8) Reverso
9) Textures of Silence

Added: March 20th 2019
Reviewer: Nicholas Franco
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Related Link: Band @ Bandcamp
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Language: english

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