There exist releases that you cannot simply put in the player, press play and start describing what you hear. There are releases that you start questioning yourself whether it is possible to review them at all. I mean to try to convey what you hear and feel for the one that has no idea what you are talking about. One of such releases that I stumble upon not that often is the cassette of ritual Egyptian industrial, released by Audial Decimation Records. Egyptian Heka ritual is recorded in here. If I understand it correctly, the performed ritual consisted of two parts - "The Opening of Mouth" (this one is needed for every ritual practice of Heka) and "The Gathering". The main purpose of this ritual was to unlock Ophidian Current - Snake worship. The regular version of the release was packed in a box and together with the cassette there was a slough of snake, ritual cloth and printed description of a ritual that was performed in the Pyramidion. 10 copies came with all the tools, needed for recreating the ritual - knife, mirror, candles etc. Today there are plenty of various ritual music. When a massive production of such rituals begins, you willy-nilly start to think about the chance of jobbery in resounding phrases. At this particular case, respectable label and very strange sonic information in the cassette doesn't give you reasons to think that way. Truth to say, there are lot of rituals from ambient side of music. The sound of this record is different - noisier, more elemental, more powerful... Almost 45 minutes of "wall-like" pulsations. From time to time more tangible and more musical sounds of synth appears, but they are very rare and yet so seemingly important. What is left - incessant pulsations. Waves become calmer, yet bigger and more powerful ones rolls on top of them. This album - sonic mantra that leads you to trance. Of course, if you want to understand this completely, you need to perform the ritual itself because descriptions of sound or ritual separately are of little value. And reviewing this release begins to grow more and more alike to an attempt to describe a painting with its colors and figures to a blind person when you don't fully understand what you see yourself. Is it possible? Will he understand anything? I think not. This is not a musical record, it is a part of a ritual. You should keep this in mind when purchasing this release. It won't fit for simple pleasant listening experience or for listening while driving somewhere or so... This is, I will dare to use the term, a sacred release. And I am very happy that it is in my collection. Hail to spinning Black Sun!

Format: CS
Released: 2009
Label: Audial Decimation Records
Edition: 50