Cover of Sopor Aeternus La Chambre d'Echo
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THE REVIEW

Impact of the airplane I was gliding on towards my vacation: mortacci!
The train I was on derailing on the Milan-Caltanissetta route: mortacci!
The Zeppelin crashes in flames and inspires a famous cover: mortacci!

All this is great pleasure material for his majesty necrophilia Sopore Eterno, whom we will henceforth call by his Italian alter ego Ferretti: Anubis. Well, Anubis started making music strongly inspired by the obsession with the decomposition of flesh, the catacombal call to the underworld, the violet jinx that destroys every remaining desire to take the car on a Sunday and dare: "Well, this time I’ll take a nice trip to Camogli..." But no! Because Anubis will remind you that it will likely happen that a seagull appears suddenly at the tunnel exit, causing you to crash into a bus of South Tyrolean retirees, thereby triggering a destructive domino effect on the viaduct and the town below. Anubis sees everything and everyone! Anubis holds skulls in his hands and pierces your eyes, Anubis reigns over total devastation, at the dawn of the ruins of this poor postmodern world... Anubis makes you touch the flap and you, at the cry of "all’anima de li meglio deli mortacci tua", reflect that the only way to deal with Anubis is to avoid him, not pay attention, not listen.

Otherwise, you end up falling victim to the deception... a bit like what happened to those poor retirees who got swindled by Wanna Marchi and company, with good wishes from Maestro Do Nascimiento still at large; the danger is at the doorstep, we will all surely die... Anubis sings while crying and you rub your nether regions sitting in the living room with a Lasko beer in hand, enjoying the bonfire of neighbors brutally skinned by the flames.

Your washing machine explodes and a piece of the door cuts your carotid artery? Mortacci!
Your cat gave you toxoplasmosis and you died of massive diarrhea? Mortacci!
You're listening to a song and hear: "Lasciami stare, lasciamiii così..."? Mortacci!
Great life that of Anubis!

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Summary by Bot

The review explores the morbid and macabre themes in Sopor Aeternus' album La Chambre d'Echo, highlighting its vivid imagery of death and decay. The figure of Anubis represents the inevitable doom and destruction permeating the music. Despite the grim subject matter, the review's tone blends dark poetry with irony, suggesting a complex appreciation of the album's artistic vision. The listener is cautioned about the consuming power of Anubis' world and the album's chilling atmosphere.

Tracklist Videos

01   The Encoded Cloister (04:44)

02   Backbone Practise (06:00)

03   Idleness & Consequence (05:08)

04   Beyond the Wall of Sleep (03:31)

05   Imhotep (04:48)

06   Hearse-Shaped Basins of Darkest Matter (03:57)

07   Interlude - The Quiet Earth (08:34)

08   We Have a Dog to Exercise (05:50)

09   The Lion's Promise (04:52)

10   Leeches & Deception (09:11)

11   The Skeletal Garden (04:05)

12   Feed the Birds (00:21)

13   Consolatrix Has Left the Building (04:34)

14   Day of the Dead (06:23)

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