euthagnosis - Hidden Behind Revelation

Minneapolis, Minnesota based black metal / experimental project Euthagnosis has been active since 2015. In a rather industrial fashion, the band constantly renews their assemblage of instruments, often modifying them to suit their needs. Their latest work “Hidden By Revelation” is a product of their imagination; taken from improv recordings, Euthagnosis cut-up, distilled down, and rearranged those improv sessions into something entirely new. That being said, Euthagnosis fails to deliver on any fronts in terms of engaging, interesting music. Instead, I’m fed eight minutes of generic noise that pans out to nothing and serves to be more irritating and boring than anything else.  

The album starts with the title track ‘Hidden Behind Revelation’. To start with, there’s a very, very disgusting note that sounds like static noise rattled on a guitar string that has a slight echo. It’s raw and unimpressive; like many other experimental / noise bands, rather than crafting something palpable Euthagnosis crafts something that’s off-putting and irritating.  There’s not much else to the song aside from a very light bassline in the background that’s hidden beneath the noise and some distorted voices chanting along. It’s a terrible piece and one that I would never revisit again. 

‘We Need A Fresh OutPouring Of Blood’ has a bit of an interesting start; far off synths squeal in the background as ambiance carries me forward. Around the twelve-second mark comes in cult-like chanting and otherworldly sounds. But just as those interesting sounds build-up are they cut from the song. They do make a return here and there, but Euthagnosis fails to launch something interesting. Instead, a pulse-pounding drum hits and the song descends into bland static noise that can be heard from just about any other bedroom noise producer in the market. Shame, really. 

The final track on the album doesn’t have much to speak of; nothing really comes out of this ambient-noise track aside from a couple of synths and some more cult-like chanting. There’s no meat to it, otherwise, and I feel as if this would be the soundtrack to a cheap haunted-house. 

This is a short review for a short EP, and from what I wrote above you can gather that I’m not a fan of “Hidden Behind Revelation”. Some of what I heard is standard shock-tactics I’ve heard a hundred-times from other bands in similar genres; the rest is boring, bland, and lacking content. Sometimes I feel as if this type of music is made just so someone can say, “You don’t get it,” and act like a snob when people can’t get into it. I’m sure that’s not the case for Euthagnosis, and I’m sure they’re wonderful people, I’ve just seen that happen before. But this is truly abhorrent. Three out of ten.