The anonymous extreme music collective NON SERVIAM is ready to drown the spring of 2021 in the darkness of their new record Le Coeur Bat. They are described as French dystopian metal, though it is extremely hard to define their style by calling a particular genre. Their style is uncommon, experimental, and savage. NON SERVIAM knows exactly how to blend industrial, black metal, grindcore, baroque, doom, crust, etc. – and make it sound interesting.
The album opens with the epic 25-minute title track. Le Coeur Bat is a little hard to listen to because of its length, but overall I enjoyed this dark and beautiful track with some graceful noises, screams, and sound effects. I would like to specifically mention screams in that song – they sound absolutely inhuman and demonic. Fascinating. With smart use of effects, it feels like the screaming is being produced by a nightmarish supernatural beast, not a person.
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