BLIND RULER CURSED LAND – music for firewalker – DIGICD

“With “Sacred Sorceress”, Alziend Component surveys the subterranean landscapes of an ancient, unexplored territory. The loss of landmarks becomes more pronounced as the winding paths draw us into the depths. Down here, the echo of the world above is still present; archaic litanies With influences including Swans, Popol Vuh, Current 93, Dead Can Dance, Muslimgauze, Rome and Der Blutharsch, this debut album follows two Ep and a split album, and stands out for its original approach, a synthesis of several styles (Neo-folk, Martial Industrial, Ethno-Ambient, World Music, and a dose of experimental). Elements of traditional Indian music blend with European-style military marches.

East and West dance together in a choreography of life and death, spirit and flesh. Music for Firewalkers oscillates between intensity and contemplation, offering us a truly special atmosphere that is both abstract and epic in its depth. The voices, sometimes lyrical, sometimes declaimed, sometimes sung, confer an aura of dramatic devotion.

Blind Ruler Cursed Land’s approach can be described as avant-garde. A track like Embrace illustrates this perfectly: repetitiveness and rupture are at the heart of its mechanics, noise is superimposed on melody, chaos on harmony: steel storms roar and are the theater of human destiny.Music for Firewalkers is also a ritual, that of the search for harmony between opposites, one that anchors us within ourselves – whether the storm rages or peace reigns!