WAER003
Full length CD, 11 Tracks
Dark ambient with female vocals. The Legend of Ordo Libidis put in music. A dark tale from the times where the Inquisition burnt hundreds of witches at the stake.
 Listen to Encryption
Tracklist
Part 1: A.D. 1552
1. Intro: Spellcraft
2. Dominus Dea
3. To the Gates Beyond
4. Nocturnal Panic
5. Requiem
Part 2: A.D. 1702
6. Ad Ordo Sacrea
7. The Whispering of Shadows
8. In Quest Mortis
9. Luna Adoro
10. Invocatio Divinia
11. Experia Sentima
Reviews of Secrecy (click highlighted text for full review)
"Production and recording is extremely
well, some parts could even be used as soundtrack. This debut features no
less than 11 tracks and lasts for about 40 minutes."
- www.deathmetal.be
"Heavenly voices from Medieval kingdom"
- Alan - Monitor Records
"Encryption creates atmospheric music. Sometimes neo-classic and sometimes minimalistic almost in the vein of early Mortiis. While listening to Encryption i think of Arcana, the famous CMI act."
- David Purdie - Musical Zone Japan
Full Reviews:
Musical Zone Japan - by David Purdie:
I feel that Secrecy is a very beautiful album, and each song is very well-written.
The tracks are in a neoclassical style with synthesized instrumentation and sparse percussion. This type of music has the tendency to totter dangerously on the precipice of becoming corny Renaissance Festival soundtrack material, but this particular endeavor never even touches that line. The instrumentation (probably all synth) are arranged and performed beautifully. Lady Clarisse´s voice is angelic but still kind of strange. You might call the voice week but after several listening´s i have to say it´s not. Encryption lack one thing in the music and that´s good native or classical drums.
In a few songs sound samples set the mood. It is sounds of gates, fire´s, wind etc. The sounds make Encryption more deep and alive. It´s very sad the sound samples are few. Encryption creates atmospheric music. Sometimes neo-classic and sometimes minimalistic almost in the vein of early Mortiis. While listening to Encryption i think of Arcana, the famous CMI act. I wish Encryption in the future try to get a sharper edge, use more sound samples and use more serious percussion. If they follow that advice i think they will go very far!
Monitor records - by Alan:
"Encryption Secrecy... In the bloody dark, ghost is howling around, just like souls fly and reach the sky...Heavenly voices from Medieval kingdom... Enigma meets Dead Can Dance and Jack or Jive? First release under Waerloga records for the Dark Medieval group from Belgium. Recommended."
www.deathmetal.be:
"Set in Medieval Times this album revolves around witchcraft. Consisting of
merely two musicians, Lady Clarysse, female vocals (ex-Avatar) and
Lacrimas, keys (Lugburz), they play a blend of simplistic gothic with
renaissance touches throughout. Church chants are abundant on this release,
a few session musicians added their mark too on "Secrecy". These
atmospheric compositions are in fact droning, and in that it is related to
the doom genre minus guitars. However there are no real surprises to be
found, since most tracks sound very similar. Enjoyable as chamber music it
features lots of synthesizer effects, production and recording is extremely
well, some parts could even be used as soundtrack. This debut features no
less than 11 tracks and lasts for about 40 minutes. Rather originally, it
is separated into two distinct chapters in time which makes the concept
interesting. The cover art reflects the second chapter, and was
painstakingly created by Jan Yrlund. Recommendable for dark romantic souls."
From StillBorn extreme music zine 2004:
"First album for the Belgian duet developed by Lacrimas and Lady Clarisse in the DarkMedieval project called Encryption for the swedish "Waerloga Records" that we remember for Za Frûmi (already reviewed on these pages).
Secrecy is a magical album of mystic.. it´s a concept album acclimated in the period of the hunting of the witches and tells the story of Clarisse, suspected of sorcery for her knowledge in the field of the medicinal grasses.. the story tells us about a day while she is invoking the spirits is interrupted by the vicar, that take the heretics.
She escapes and leave the rite incomplete, takes refuge in a neglected castle and are tormented by the invoked spirits... in the castle Clarisse become crazy and soon she dies.. and on the castle lay a curse.
150 years after her death a young nobleman buy the castle even thou he had been advised not to do so by the people of the close villages because it is known for it´s curse.. he do not listen to them and entering the castle. Weird events occur, he hear screems, objects are moved by themself, creaks and noises.
The nobleman try to contact the spirits to understand them better. He entrusts the ordo Libidis to do it, a secret group of rich people that want to explore the mysteries of the dead. Ordo Libidis succeed to meet the spirits and to conclude the rite, and to free the castle from it´s spirits.
All this told perfectly by "Encryption". The magical journey in the medieval castle and Encryption make it alive to us: the magical rite and the contact with worlds to whom we are strangers.. To follow the story with the booklet in hand is very pleasent. It succeeds better with the booklet and music on than the fine work of music, the keyboards played by Lacrimas and the fantastic voice of Lady Clarisse work alone."
From Mind view december 2003: :
"At last, Belgium has given birth to a dark-wave band which creates music in the vein of Weltenbrand, Autumn Tears, Die Verbannten Kinder Evas etc. Encryption consists of composer Lacrimas (ex-Trollrath) and female vocalist Lady Clarisse, who - merely by playing with vocals, heavy keyboards, samples and sporadic percussion - create a wonderful atmosphere around the medieval legendary secret Ordo Libidis. It sounds like a neo-classical soundtrack. It's nice and dark, slow, sometimes romantic, then again ominous, but more importantly: it's very good."
|
