Band: Necandi Homines
Album: Da’at
Label: Vacula Productions
Release date: June 5, 2017
Country: Italy
Focus
and direction are two qualities that often are taken for granted. It’s
easy to lose sight of them when they are present in a record, but when
they aren’t there it becomes a glaring omission and the entire work
suffers. Unfortunately, Necandi Homines are missing both on their debut
full length, Da’at. The black/doom outfit attempts to rely on ambiance
and movements to carry their songs, but it comes off as stale and
disjointed. The entire first track (“Memento”) is eight minutes of
choral mood-setting that, used as an intro, could be cut down by six
minutes and still serve the same purpose. There is no payoff, as the
first track fizzles out into another meandering build-up on “The
Faceless Sculpture”. When the track climaxes, it plateaus and fails to
progress, instead dropping off into more atmospheric “mood-building”
that fails to evoke much of anything besides waiting for the next track
to start. The waiting continues throughout “The Fifth Dimension”,
another atmospheric track of mostly bass and drums, until “The Ocean
After the Storm” comes in. This is the first track with any real meat on
the bones, the drums do a good job of driving the song forward, and it
actually feels like there is a purpose here. The vocals, evoke
desperation and despair amidst the strummed chord progressions before
again dropping into what is the saving grace of the record: the
seventeen minute climax track, “Through Deep Waters.” It feels as though
this song has purpose, the transitions between movements are smoother
and the builds actually have payoff. Atmosphere is finally achieved. The
female vocals are extremely well executed and fit right in, they serve
as a highlight of the entire album, followed by the best passage Necandi
Homines offers on the album. Had this track alone been perhaps released
as an EP, the band would have left a much stronger impression, but it’s
almost too late at this point. 3/10 By
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