Light Bearer from the UK deliver a bleak and nihilistic soundscape. At times with a cathedral-like ambience, which builds up into a deep pounding apocalyptic grand finale. I could throw in words like post-hardcore drone etc, but I think that would almost belittle what they are doing. There is a lot of substance behind Light Bearer. The music, art and lyrical content have encompassed an allegorical story of atheist/anti-theist and free thought ideologies into this epic soundscape.
The story is split into four main parts, Lapsus, Silver Tongue, Magisterium and finally Lattermost Sword. The narrative begins with the metaphorical casting out of the protagonist Lucifer, an angel so loyal and in love with god that he could not submit when asked to bow before humanity, personified as Adam. For this act he is banished from heaven into the cold stigeon wastes below. Here he questions the Allfather – an entity who claimed the universe as his own. In doing so he realises his master has lied, and vows to reach out from his desolate prison and become his namesake – to pass on the torch of free will to all life in the multiple universes.The story continues in Silver Tongue, Magisterium and Lattermost Sword in which the torch is borne by the metaphorical Eve – the mitochondrial ancestor of humanity, her rejection of the will of the false god and the attempted rebellion against Heaven, her role and the role of the prophesied second Eve. The establishment of the church and the eventual culmination and war against the patriarchal god.
The high production and concept give this album an almost cinematic quality. Light Bearer have created a brilliant piece of work here. The question is now, how can they follow up such a masterpiece, that is the album ‘Lapsus’.
You can pick up the record from:
www.halooffliesrecords.com or check out lightbearerband.wordpress.com
Aaron
May 11, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Really good, thanks for introducing me to this band!