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Behind this rather swaying title stands the band Argile, being two members
of the
quite well known French band, Misanthrope. Musically it might be easy to
compare
them to their mainband, but still for me, Argile offers a whole lot more.
Combining avantgarde metal, like maybe a tad old Moonspell or similar bands,
and
olds chool cult metal, in the vein of Celtic Frost. The Celtic Frost
inspiration being
quite obvious at times, doing the same trick from their 'Into the
Pandemonium' disc in
the later years of the 80's. That is anyway not the whole story here, as
Argile also
creates something on their own. A atmosphere that is rare in todays modern
metal
world. It is actually, more about the quality of their performance, and the
touch they
have given to it, like the music has a life on it's own. You can't call it
death or black,
you can't call it heavy, you can't call it doom... It's all in one, being a
album that you
can listen to over and over, grasping a new moment every time.
I do have some questionmarks when they cover a DarkThrone track 'In the
Shadow
of the Horns', but they also come out of that with a reasonable result.
Argile have shown a very strong debut here, I can't think of any bands this
promising out
from France today. Vive la France!
Haavard Holm
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