Plastic Violins Of Darkness "Spiral"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental Ambient, Doom, Space Rock, Post Metal
Format: digital
Release date: September 23, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Anima In Herba 20:07
2. Spiral 18:59
3. Solstice 13:01

Line-up: 
Marc-André Mahn

Description/Reviews: 

Still taking cues from ambient, post-industrial and gaseous doom, Plastic Violins of Darkness return with ‘Spiral.’ Comprised of 3 trademark lengthy cuts, ‘Spiral’ picks up where we left this Leipzig-based one man machine on PVOD’s debut. If it’s possible, ‘Spiral’ feels fuller and exhales even more than before. PVOD’s dense, atmospheric ooze is certainly not for everyone, though the heightened sense of drama and cosmic Last Judgment vibe lend it a vague soundtrack and cinematic scope that skirts the edge of catastrophic and ruination flavored pop culture references. It’s pure escapism cloaked in a dark, opaque velvety fog that feels both fecund and plague-ridden. PVOD stated at the time of their self-titled that it was brimming with ‘unavoidable artificial aspects,’ all of which are here in abundance. Copious and lavish like the enticingly miasmic moss that drapes the cover. Fittingly, the cuts bleed and discharge into each other making the realization that you’ve managed to move one foot from one swamp to the next slow to dawn, but each has its own sensation once you’re in the thick and thicket of it.

 Read the full review at sunriseoceanbender.com

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Plastic Violins Of Darkness "Plastic Violins Of Darkness"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental Space Rock
Release date: January 30, 2013
Tracklist: 
1.Oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit 13:50
2.Triskaidekaphobia 13:22
3.Götterspeisedämmerung 12:17
4.Eigenwelt 21:18

Line-up: 
Marc-André Mahn - guitar and programming

Description/Reviews: 

Plastic Violins of Darkness is a one-man army from Leipzig with a self-released debut of atmospheric, stoner infused space rock that, though dark and heavy, escapes gravity and any hints of oppressiveness with a wide-open vista of sounds. Taking leads from 90s electronic ambient and post-industrial music, PVOD also tips its hat to metal without relying on the repetitive riff. Cuts like the cascading Triskaidekaphobia offer up the requisite grind, but going for the patient slow-burn gives PVOD a good dose of enigmatic expanse that keeps it free-floating without taking away from the heft. Full of texture and ‘unavoidable artificial aspects,’ PVOD keeps the journey moving forward and swinging wide without meandering into mopey formlessness. With flight times between 12 and 20+ minutes, it would be easy to veer off into the void and lose your way—and there is much in PVOD to make you feel unanchored and untethered—but our pilot keeps purpose in mind as the tracts of space go by. All build and elongate, some slowly whiplashing back into themselves with a rubbery and fat thickness that gives the listener maximum chewing satisfaction. (mratavist.wordpress.com)

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