Michel Nienhuis, a founding member of the Dutch avant-garde metal group Dodecahedron, has joined a new group of collaborators under the moniker of Autarkh, and the project’s debut full-length album – Form In Motion, a March release from Season of Mist – is a swirling storm of captivating heaviness. Form In Motion combines blistering metal riffing with an array of uneasy electronica that Autarkh have deftly interwoven throughout the experience. The ambitious avant-garde metal release feels remarkably heavy, the rhythms feel off-kilter yet ambitious, providing somewhat of a psychedelic edge for the musical journey. Lyrically, Nienhuis explores metaphysical questions on Form In Motion. On “Turbulence,” for instance, he sings of a “power greater than ourselves,” while on “Introspec...
The Dusk in Us
1.A Single Tear 2.Eye of the Quarrel 3.Under Duress 4.Arkhipov Calm 5.I Can Tell You About Pain 6.The Dusk in Us 7.Wildlife 8.Murk & Marrow 9.Trigger 10.Broken By Light 11.Cannibals 12.Thousands of Miles Between Us 13.Reptilian
