Pilori - À Nos Morts


Social media always helps me to find great music. On the Facebook group, There’s No Good Metal Anymore they actually share some great metal albums. And I came across this one: French deathgrind/crust/hardcore band Pilori from France. Their debut album 'À Nos Morts' (To Our Dead) came out on the 26th of June and it is definitely something to mosh to.


Tracklist:

1. Que la Bête Meure (with Dylan Walker from Full Of Hell)
2. Apnée
3. La Grande Terreur
4. Poursuite du Vent (with Matthias Jungbluth from Fange)
5. Roi des Rats
6. À Nos Morts
7. Lorsque Viendra la Nuit
8. Divine Comédie
9. Sous Mes Mains
10. À la Recherche de Temps Perdu
11. Danse Macabre

The force is strong with this one, and that force is only strengthened by the fact that Dylan Walker from Full Of Hell is doing vocals on the opening track. Why? Because Pilori and Full of Hell are brothers so to speak. Their music has some similarities, they but it is their aesthetic that binds them. They both take much time to create meaningful lyrics. The lyrics of the song 'Divine Comédie' perfectly portrays the people of today as huge narcissists:

'Even in the waters of the Styx, you would look for your reflection which only exists in a black mirror.

Is it by updating your photos that you fill the void bloated by your ego? Staging your ignorance, the emptiness of your existence.'

And maybe you’re reading this on your phone or on your computer, who cares, we all are watching our phones more than to what we eat.

When we talk about the music on this record, all I can tell you that its metal. There’s grindcore, hardcore, punk, death metal, and black metal and it melts so beautifully together on this record. It is like walking in your local record store and finding those records you wanted for so long, but could never find them. It is amazing how they write songs, that incorporate so many different levels and still have an anchor that leads them back to the actual song.

Pilori has shared the stage with Full of Hell and The Body, and both those bands have their own style and feel, and Pilori also has that. They make creative, intelligent music that sounds angry as hell.

Best songs: Roi des Rats, Divine Comédie, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.


 
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