Germ
Loss
Eisenwald
2012
Formed in 2003, Germ are Tim Yatras’ (Austere, Grey Waters, Woods of Desolation, Nazxul, etc) brainchild, who wanted to experiment and try out different things in music. They are now presenting their second release which is out only 8 months after their debut album. “Loss” is somehow a usual prolongation of the debut as it is in the same vein musically. The music of this solo-project is kinda weird, psychotic and abnormal. I like how Tim managed to blend all those diverse music genres while delivering a pretty intriguing final outcome.
Just envision for a while… pop, electronic, trance, psychedelic, progressive metal, atmospheric, black metal, symphonic, classical & rock music pieces inside Germ’s music. Does it sound enthralling? Even though it’s hard to guess how all these music styles can harmonically exist in a song… giving a listen to Germ will make all your reservations go away. Tim’s clean vocals along with his hellish-psycho screeches (ala Varg sometimes) and the atmospheric music contextual are enough to make you wonder how this depressive, atmospheric, dark, gloomy, melancholic (at times), melodic, experimental, obscure & strange music can be so compelling and interesting at the same time. Tim has a high sense of melodies… so he does deliver them in every song, accompanied by specific wonderful & moody synth parts.
“Loss” is considered to be an EP. The album is about 35 minutes overall so it could have been easily be a full-length release. Probably Tim has a lot of things going in his mind and wanted to keep things warm around Germ, that’s why he released a new work before long. Germ may not have the big promotion, the advertisement or the big distribution network so as to be more known to wider audiences but their music is far more fascinating than of those well-advertised bands which get a big push by some major labels. I actually enjoyed this EP… and time passes nicely while listening to it. “Loss” is something that you wanna play again after it is over and that is what makes an album worth getting and worth listening to. Should you fancy anomalous, nonconforming, eccentric, unusual & captivating music then this is something you might wanna try out…
Just envision for a while… pop, electronic, trance, psychedelic, progressive metal, atmospheric, black metal, symphonic, classical & rock music pieces inside Germ’s music. Does it sound enthralling? Even though it’s hard to guess how all these music styles can harmonically exist in a song… giving a listen to Germ will make all your reservations go away. Tim’s clean vocals along with his hellish-psycho screeches (ala Varg sometimes) and the atmospheric music contextual are enough to make you wonder how this depressive, atmospheric, dark, gloomy, melancholic (at times), melodic, experimental, obscure & strange music can be so compelling and interesting at the same time. Tim has a high sense of melodies… so he does deliver them in every song, accompanied by specific wonderful & moody synth parts.
“Loss” is considered to be an EP. The album is about 35 minutes overall so it could have been easily be a full-length release. Probably Tim has a lot of things going in his mind and wanted to keep things warm around Germ, that’s why he released a new work before long. Germ may not have the big promotion, the advertisement or the big distribution network so as to be more known to wider audiences but their music is far more fascinating than of those well-advertised bands which get a big push by some major labels. I actually enjoyed this EP… and time passes nicely while listening to it. “Loss” is something that you wanna play again after it is over and that is what makes an album worth getting and worth listening to. Should you fancy anomalous, nonconforming, eccentric, unusual & captivating music then this is something you might wanna try out…