#TimeTravelExperiment at home.
Get together with old #friends at a place where you haven't been in a long time. #Immerse deeply. Observe and absorb the sights, sounds, and smells of where you are in the moment, overlaying these with the sights, sounds, and smells in your #memories of being there in the #past.
We can all invite a little Time Travel into our lives.
"On the night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships."
With various landmarks, such as The National Portrait Gallery, The Shard, The Elizabeth Tower and many more, immerse yourself in Londonβs sunny architectural landscape!
#immerse #architecture #london #shotoniphone #sun #landscape #photography #buildings #gallery #city #landmark
By Kenstrosity
At the risk of making light of a serious situation, Iβve been on the struggle bus as of late. My mental health nosedived somewhere in late February, for what reason I still donβt comprehend, and itβs been a trial and a tribulation to claw my way back out. Needless to say, during this difficult time, I havenβt been the best person to be aroundβlashing out against even the smallest jest, forgetfully neglecting my friends when they message to check on me, and isolating myself from everyone and everything out of shame and embarrassment. Youβd think that, in the midst of all of this, I would reach for something uplifting to compensate. Instead, I cling to emotionally dour and violently depressive material, as it brings me a specific and rare kind of catharsis. Serendipity bore a cosmic kindness to me, then, when it delivered international depressive atmoblack project Acathexisβ long-awaited sophomore record, Immerse, into my clutches.
After the immensely affecting self-titled debut released at the end of 2018, Acathexis rapidly became one of my more closely watched new acts. A dream team of Mare Cognitumβs Jacob Buczarski (drums), DΓ©hΓ (guitars, bass), and Los Males del Mundoβs Dany Tee (vocals, lyrics) comprises the talent, and melancholic black metal rife with weeping melodies and misty atmosphere makes up the content. Long-form epics are the bandβs bread and butter, with expansive, tremolo-laden tidal waves crashing down on the listener with devastating impact. If youβre looking for straightforward riffing and pumping rhythms, you wonβt find them here. You will, on the other hand, find a trove of soaring leads, smooth blasts and double-bass runs, and a cavalcade of soul-rending wails, heart-wrenching rasps, and subterranean roars.
Over the course of these four songs, spanning across fifty minutes, the wonderfully collaborative nature of Immerse becomes crystal clear. At every turn, a gorgeous, shimmering lead blooms from the recordβs core, bearing a conjoined DΓ©hΓ /Mare Cognitum imprint that lights up the spine (βDreams of Scorched Mirrorsβ). Coursing through the recordβs veins, an undercurrent of Silver Knifeβs scathing character coalesces with Slowβs woeful melody that, in tandem with the aforementioned shimmers, forms a lush and deeply immersive soundscape which handily lives up to the albumβs title (βAdrift in Endless Tides,β βA Slow, Weary Windβ). Danyβs simply unhinged delivery not only marks him as one of the best vocalists in the style, but also often elevates these songs to a higher tier, particularly when unleashing high-pitched howls that seem to contain the tortured cries of a thousand haunted spirits (βDreams of Scorched Mirrors,β βThe Otherβ).
Much of my critique for Immerse falls under the same umbrella as that garnered by the majority of atmospheric black metal: overly strict adherence to limited songwriting formulas. Primarily invigorated by Jacobβs brilliant rhythmic pacing and percussive creativity (note the cymbal acrobatics in βAdrift in Endless Tidesβ), DΓ©hΓ βs uncanny merger of each playerβs respective sounds into deeply affecting melodies and sweeps, and Danyβs haunting voice, a lot of this material unfortunately presents a generic interpretation of the genre. Songwriting frameworks that challenge the genre standards or move the field into new territory just donβt occur over much of Immerseβs runtime. Instead, Acathexis banked on emotional immersion, immaculate detailing, and expressive delivery from each performer to bolster material that otherwise feels homogenous (βThe Otherβ) or sounds repetitive (βA Slow, Weary Windβ). This is a risky move when playing a style maligned for its lack of dynamics or creativity, and while Acathexis just pulled it off this time, I worry that future efforts wonβt fare so well without more concerted effort allotted to robust, evolving songwriting approaches.
Despite my misgivings regarding the continued application of a well-worn set of songwriting structures in this genre, there are precious few I trust more to build it well than those in Acathexis. Immerse doesnβt challenge any standards, and certainly wonβt convert any naysayers. At the same time, I consider this record a beautiful, harrowing piece of depressive music. Moreover, it came to me at just the right time to strike at the heart. So, even though Immerse isnβt the game-changing record it couldβve been, that tempered bond I formed with it ensures that even after the fog lifts and the sun shines again, Iβll come back to Immerse without reservation.
Rating: Good!
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Labels: Amor Fati Productions (Physical) | Extraconscious Records (Digital)
Websites: facebook.com/acathexisband | acathexis.bandcamp.com
Releases worldwide: March 20th, 2024
#2024 #30 #Acathexis #AmericanMetal #AmorFatiProductions #ArgentinianMetal #AtmosphericBlackMetal #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DΓ©hΓ #DepressiveBlackMetal #DSBM #ExtraconsciousRecords #Immerse #InternationalMetal #LosMalesDelMundo #Mar24 #MareCognitum #Review #Reviews #SilverKnife #Slow
Gig Review: Written By Wolves / Immerse β Satanβs Hollow, Manchester (17th November 2023)
My first impressions of Satanβs Hollow in Manchester were that itβs probably the most unique venue Iβve ever been to. With the demonic dΓ©cor and central platform for the bands to preform, this venue is very distinctiv
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This #iMMERSE! podcast, The Magnetic Still Point, comes in conjunction with the release of Charlie Morrowβs album #CHANTER [Recital] & the soon-to-be-released 11 LP deluxe box set of 11 LPs from the New Wilderness / Audiographics 1970-80s catalogue on VOD.
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Charlie Morrow: The Magnetic Still Point | iMMERSE! with Charlie...
Charlie Morrow: The Magnetic Still Point [horsserie iMMERSE! podcast]
Applying a Cognitive Architecture to Control of Virtual Non-Player Characters
(2004) : McCollum, C. and Barba, C. and Santarelli, T. and Deaton, J.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2004.1371404
#CHI #IMMERSE #NPC #VECTOR #cognitive #culture #design #
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