Lustlcon 1 is a solo black metal project from the United States. Sometime in June 2024, Lustlcon released his latest demo, They Fall. The demo draws back to the 90s black metal heydays.
Introduction:
Lustlcon, They Fall: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of They Fall
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Lustlcon and his album, They Fall.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features raw and atmospheric riffs, additional dark melodies, and sorrowful-haunting keys add depth to the music while capturing its emotional essence. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves raw and emotional cries and harsh vocals. While clean female vocals break through the darkness of the music, giving the music some light and hope, there is still pain and loss…. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of various drum strikes, beats, and fills.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Offers the listener a kaleidoscope of compositions in his music and instrumentation.
As soon as the listener presses the play button, the opening piece, Beautiful and Obscene, greets the listener with this composition, (feels like) three acts/compositions. The listener will encounter moments of aggressive vocals and instrumentation and intermissions of dark and clean -but beautiful atmosphere clean vocals and sorrowful keys, setting the tone and atmosphere of what is to come…
As the listener embarks on the musical journey of the second piece, The Waiting Blind, the remaining two pieces immediately immerse the listener in a lyrical theme of raw exploration of life’s harsh realities. They delve into themes of anger, betrayal, and the struggle to overcome past trauma. This emotional depth not only offers a stark and often contradictory view of life. But also evokes a robust emotional response, fostering a deep sense of connection and empathy with the listener.
With a runtime of under twenty minutes, the four songs in They Fall showcase a rich tapestry of influences. Lustlcon’s devilmanship offers the listener a kaleidoscope of compositions in his music and instrumentation; the album provides a variety of tones, moods, tempos, and atmospheres.
Each song is a unique blend of nineties black, doom, and death metal compositions, with the influences of bands such as Hypocrisy, Anathema, Satyricon, Arcturus, Tiamat, and Paradise Lost shine through. This invites the listener to explore and discover these diverse influences.
Each song unfolds with remarkable precision and artistry as you immerse yourself in the music. The compositions skillfully interweave acoustic, sorrowful-haunting keys, hard rock riffs and elements of hardcore punk seamlessly integrated. Clean female vocals pierce through the raw, aggressive ambience, adding depth to the gritty, old-school black aesthetic.
The production, meticulously crafted in Lustlcon’s home studio, effectively captures the unrefined essence and raw energy of old-school extreme metal, akin to the quality of a demo cassette. This painstaking attention to detail ensures that the listener experiences the music in its most authentic form, with all its raw power and emotion intact, creating a visceral and powerful listening experience.
They Fall by Lustlcon is a fruit of art that will especially resonate with fans of 90s back, doom, and death genres. This latest release is a must-listen for anyone who appreciates powerful and emotive music.
The album comes to an end with the last song, They Always Fall. We want to give a shoutout to Lustlcon for letting us review his album, They Fall. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Lustlcon and his album, They Fall.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: As much as I love every moment of the demo. What truly resonated with me was the addition of the female vocals. The doomy Paradise Lost atmosphere evokes a sense of impending doom, as do the harsh 90s black metal vocals and the key/synth work. Combined with the overall composition, these elements make this album a standout fruit of art and a must-listen.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork seems to be based on the concept of the lyrical theme. It seems to capture something…
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Lustlcon, and his album, They Fall.
This concludes the Lustlcon, They Fall review.
Track-Listing:
- Beautiful and Obscene
- The Waiting Blind
- Screaming About Treachery
- They Always Fall
- Lustlcon (Jerry Barksdale) is also the guitarist, keyboardist, and primary member of the United States Gothic death doom band The Promise Of Plague. ↩︎
