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Rating: We are in 2004 when the Swedish duo composed of Simon Kölle and Simon Heath bring to light their most mysterious, dark, yet also most intense and symphonic work. "Legends Act 2 Vampires", the second chapter of the "poem" started in 2000.
Precisely composed of "Legends Act 1" (2002), "Legends Act 3 - Cults" (2008), and "Legends Act 4 - Orders" (2008). The second act of this splendid saga is a journey into dark worlds hidden in the shadows, bloodthirsty and evil cults, torn by the reverberations of a life that languishes in oblivion and night. The laments and screams hidden in the concept are a clear example of how human fears and atrocities are the pillar of the mystical cult enveloped in the philosophy of "Legends Act 2 Vampires".
The Scandinavian duo has always had a great passion for the meticulous refinement of crafting dark sounds, of music inspired in an orchestral form with gloomy and dark frames, with almost lyrical malt, a lugubrious requiem transports an ancestral movement with a mystical accent, as in "Through Jakesh Eyes", an arcane march composed of moments of sighs. Traversing an artery that dances between gothic and Gregorian choirs, between medieval melodies and interludes formed by fallacious murmurations, they decorate a panorama enveloped in the unknown. The music flows with eagerness; arduous is the path that leads us to "The Curse", a splendid composition formed by a melody that alternates between neoclassicism and predominantly modern arrangements, owing much to the grammar of ambient and dark wave. The suffering and martyrdom for pain flow like the blood running through veins when we face "Halls of Madness"; screams and shouts sway in a sea of agony, a lengthy organ shreds the skins now disturbed by those violent acts for which man has always been stained since birth. "Celestial Bond" and "Morning Dew" take us back to those places shrouded in sadness; percussion and mystical marches decorate the expressiveness of the Swedish duo's art, capable of lulling you in harmony that makes you dreamy, absorbed in a melody full of theatricality.
Soft and pure is the following "The Cult of Rianji", which reveals itself as one of the best moments of the second act, capable of uniting symphonism and tribal-tinted arrangements, in a context wrapped in shadow but filled with passion, in a worm never heavy, lovingly leading us into the arms of the night.
The magic and fantasy of Za Frûmi is immense, Simon Kölle and Simon Heath try through their music to give us moments of refined art nourished by clear nature, long a symbol and pillar of a philosophy that shapes a hostile and incomprehensible world, attempting to convert man by making him a slave to himself.
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