Review of Inlitnment – Spiritual Warfare | Čachtice Records / Noisy Plastics Records
I already knew who was behind Inlitnment before pressing play, so I had a rough picture in my head. Franco Sesa and Erol Uenala don't exactly have a history of writing cheerful records, and Spiritual Warfare isn't about to change that. The opening minutes didn't grab me by the throat. They just settled in. Big, slow riffs. Plenty of room between them. No hurry to get anywhere. I kept waiting for the band to suddenly kick into another gear, then realised after a while that they weren't interested in doing that at all. Somewhere around the second track it finally clicked. This record isn't trying to surprise anybody. It just keeps adding weight until you stop expecting anything except the next riff. Funny thing is, I never really missed the extra flourishes. No flashy lead guitar popping up out of nowhere. No dramatic tempo changes just to shake things up. Franco Sesa plays the same way. Nothing wasted. He doesn't fill every gap just because there's space to ...
