Lustmord
Paradise Disowned

"They have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence, whether much that is glorious, whether all that is profound, does not spring from disease of thought, from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect."

(Edgar Allan Poe)

Now madness and intellect complement each other. Lustmord (aka Brian Williams) is a madman. Never have I heard the destruction of certainties as this man can achieve. Lustmord is an evil person. A psychoanalyst of the outskirts of human psychology. Destructive, dark, annihilating, swallower of sounds. I wouldn't know how else to define him. All the abilities of a madman are present within the album. "Paradise Disowned" is the artist's first album, released in the distant 1984. In its embryonic state, one can already glimpse the ability to weave desecrating, funereal melodies that will evolve throughout his discography.

Lustmord is one of those twisted minds capable of giving you a journey into another world, allowing you to immerse in yourself, into your own abyssal depths. "Beckoning" is fear in its purest form, it's an extrasensory journey. Just like "Pyre" which lacerates the flesh, annoys with its mighty, metallic, distressing screeching...

Established that with any work by Brian Williams you go beyond any musical genre, the album in question represents one of his less successful works. "Paradise Disowned" is still somewhat experimental (as all of his albums indeed are) but sometimes turns out to be devoid of ideas. The concluding "Pure" is unconvincing with its voices in the central part, as is the monotonous "Comahon Q.Q. Comahon" hammering yet quite repetitive.

The madness that Poe spoke of suits Lustmord's state, a genius misunderstood by many. The debut work doesn’t do justice to what would subsequently be his musical career. Perhaps when he gave birth to this album, he wasn't completely insane yet...

1. "Beckoning" (4:11)
   
2. "Utterance" (5:52)
   
3. "Dreams Of Dead Names" (2:53)
   
4. "Pyre" (5:57)
   
5. "Purge" (3:49)
   
6. "Terror Against Terror" (5:03)
   
7. "Comahon Q.Q. Comahon" (6:16)
   
8. "735" (4:09)
   
9. "Pure" (7:18)