Current 93
Nature Unveiled

When in 1984 the album "Nature Unveiled" began to circulate among fans and curious enthusiasts of the dark and industrial sound, word spread that something new was emerging from the crowded British post-punk scene. The project called Current 93 quickly made a breakthrough and positioned itself as a cornerstone (and benchmark) of a new trend with strong esoteric connotations, that went far beyond the superficial cultural iconographies brought to the forefront by dark-wave.
The industrial sound borne of Throbbing Gristle was marrying with the dark sensationalism of neo-gothic, producing an incredible magma of "musical" evocations that resembled more of a demonic ritual than a decadent rock ballad.
Hypnotic recitations, distorted voices, acoustic invasions of supernatural creatures, very few references to known instruments and many electronic inserts that, however, had very little electronic about them.

The album consisted of only two compositions, one per side. Two long suites of anguish that, paraphrasing the works of Lautremont (not just the Songs of Maldoror) and drawing from the magical ambitions of Crowley and other personalities of the genre, staged an invisible theater of metaphysical and surreal, sulfurous, and mocking suggestions.
David Tibet’s voice - guru and founder of the project Current 93 - uneasily sneers in the long excursus of "Ach Golgotha (Maldoror Is Dead)", mocking all orthodoxy and dragging the listener into a dark dungeon populated by 18th-century ectoplasms and frescoed like a satanic basilica. Just like in the more enjoyable and mystical "The Mystical Body Of Christ In Chorazaim (The Great In The Small)" where a majestic orchestral loop unfolds through at times incomprehensible litanies and leads along a path that seems to reveal the more sinister aspects of the sacred scriptures.
Admirable in its willingness to break away and fundamental in the recent course of musical history, "Nature Unveiled" is a delightful gem for all palates seeking truly alternative sounds immersed in a context rich with references.
Aged well, today the album might only appear a bit verbose in its complete listening, once the novelty has been digested. At the time it was the perfect backdrop for evenings of total abstraction from the outside world.