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Artist: Ad Inferna
Title: Ultimum Ominum
Genre: Electro / Industrial
Release Date: 6th April 2012
Label: Different Sound Music (DSM)


Album Review

‘Opus Dei’ begins its haunting nightmare with an ambient noise, some distant blowing wind and background screams which prepares you well for what is to come throughout this album. ‘Shed no Tears’ follows right after with some great but short piano part, whispered vocals leading up to up-paced drums, sinister synths and harsh shouted voice combine the whole mixture to an ear-busting and mind blowing track. Without a break, ‘Hell Within’ following in this mind crushing performance. Electro and Industrial at its best was presented here. The following ‘All Shall Die’ seems to me a standout track of pure electric ecstasy. A high energy bass in conjunction with exceptional synth chorus almost leave an epical feeling so you can not avoid moving to this music. Classical string music filled with an epical chorus open the following track ‘Madone’ the supporting vocals and some sound bites from some TV Series great an intense feeling of participating on a great story.

The use of sound bites which are always present on the whole album from various horror themed TV series like ‘The Walking Dead’ or ‘True Blood’ and they function well with this album creating sometimes an haunting and occult atmosphere. ‘Revelation 17’, ‘Extinction’ and ‘Das Ende’ appear only at the first glance as typical representatives of this music genre, but ensure pleasant shivers while you where listening to these tracks. ‘Litanie de Sang’ and ‘Ad Inferna’ almost compete this wonderful album. While ‘Litanie de Sang’ modified and hit your brain with hart hitting drums and moaned vocals appear ‘Ad Inferna’ again with experimental electro sound combined with always present harsh vocals and sound bites. ‘Infinite Si Mal’ ends ‘Ultimum Omnium’ with a dark ambient track which ensures that you are released slowly back to the normal world. But this ending will surely haunt you long after the album stopped playing.

AD INFERNA presents their new album like a great discharge of dark energy. ‘Ultimum Omnium’ hand over a fast paced musical enjoyment full of hart hitting drums, dark synths and harsh vocals. AD INFERNA creates a mixture that will capture your mind and bring you on your feet and keep dancing. The drums on this album will get you moving but the varied instrumentation also really shines through the hard sound-curtain. Pianos and string instruments follow along the formidable synth-lines creating a real astonishing world of delight. The dark sounds of the synths rage loudly and fiercely, the vocals growl and shout, never straying from their convictions, and the drums pound powerfully like the fist of a giant .With this new album AD INFERNA should be heard on all your local dark discos but ‘Ultimum Omnium’ is also a fantastic listen whenever you just want to play some great dark music… Make no mistake; ‘Ultimum Ominum’ is an enormous album and should not be ignored.


Tracklist

01. Opus Dei
02. Shed No Tears
03. Hell Within
04. All Shall Die
05. Madone
06. Revelations
07. Extinction
08. Das Ende
09. Litanie de Sang
10. Ad Inferna
11. Infinite Si Mal


Line-up

V.V. Arkames : Vocals
Asphodel : Vocals
V.N.A. : Drums
Mr. Hyde : Bass
V. Orias : Guitar, Keyboard, Programming


Website

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Cover Picture

adinferna ultimumomnium


Rating

Music: 9.5
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 9.25 / 10





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