Dark, heavy, seedy psychedelic rock out of Leipzig Germany. Uncertainty is Bliss is the Relapse
Records debut of Black Salvation, the controlled substance-enhanced side
project of Uno Bruniusson, lead singer of modern death-rock band Grave
Pleasures. It’s hedonistically hypnotic and brimming with magical maleficence,
reminiscent of labelmates Ecstatic Vision, but with less guitar wankery.
Bruinusson embraces an economical approach to his song-craft, gifting these
tracks a tense logic of restraint and secrecy that enhances their shrouded and darkly transcendent
appeal. Check out the bluesy bulging chords and tread-jumping groves of
“Floating Torpids," the subterranean mysticism, tunneling groves, and
mercurial mood shifts of “Breathing Hands," and the haunted, sludgy,
suspended and distended 9-minute jam “A Direction is Futile" for a taste of that desolate yearning that beckons to you from beyond the sheath of this mortal veil.
On Relapse... because I am apparently once again covering records from big metal labels... It's like I'm back in 2021 or something.
