Semper Caliga (Unmerciful Death Productions)

 Sirannon is an all female Turkish Black Metal band formed in 2005, and “Semper Caliga” is the first full length of this heretic trio… Sirannon plays raw and traditional sounding Black Metal, with great emphasis in the blurry atmospheres created by the sharpened and cyclic riffing, which combined with a really grim and infernal vocal work results in 13 tracks of obscure musical desecration. The album moves between mid and fast tempos, always leaded by the electrifying guitar work, while the drumming sounds a little low in the mix increasing the somewhat atmospheric sound of this opus. “Semper Caliga” has the distinctive aura of a traditional Black Metal album, but also includes certain doses of Black n’Roll in its structures resulting in a violent, quite catchy and obscure album… These thrashing and old school sounding composition are complemented by some symphonic, gothic flavored instrumental interludes; “Annon Morin”, “Black Annis” and “In Etemenanki” are the responsibles for giving the listener a brake along this tortuous and obscure journey, these are a nice, but not completely necessary detail, that even when does not worsen this opus, does not improves it either… The album production is quite dirty and intentionally slightly blurry, but balanced and powerful, which is specially reflected at the vocals and guitar work, the two leading elements of this record… Originality is not precisely what you’ll find here; Sirannon bases its proposal in the well proved Black Metal formula, discarding all unnecessary arrangement in order to focus on getting a visceral, filthy and infernal traditional Black Metal sound… and that’s precisely what all this record is all about, pure unadulterated, crude and obscure Black Metal, so if you’re looking for a killer piece of True Black Metal you should take a listen to “Semper Caliga”, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed… (AP)