Style: Minimalist Folk/Experimental Atmoblack/Trance (mixed vocals) Review by: Andy Country: Brazil Release date: 13 May, 2022
I am a fanboy of Caio Lemos (Kaatayra, Bríi) and unafraid to admit it. Unfortunately, despite being able to wax poetic about his recent releases like the best of them, objectivity becomes challenging as a reviewer. In Corpos TransparentesBríi expertly weaves together a sonic tapestry out of the threads of his previous works: the gorgeous acoustic black metal barrage of Só Quem Viu o Relâmpago à Sua Direita Sabe, the post-minimalist Brazilian folk leanings of Inpariquipe, and the rainforest-inspired trance elements of Sem Preposito. Will melting down the formulas for three other amazing projects and fusing them into a single thirty-six minute track result in pure gold or a lower quality alloy?
In tradition with the three works already mentioned, Corpos largely eschews traditional metal aesthetics, this time abandoning the electric guitar like fellow black metallers Wreche, instead reveling in piano, synths, and other less common metal textures. However, the record feels so complete, so full of ideas and shifting textures, that I didn’t even realize the lack of electric guitar until multiple listens later. Such experimentation has been used to great effect by other bands in the metal canon (Wreche again), and Bríi’s essentially guitarless (some textures seem to be acoustic guitar but it’s hard to tell) black metal album confirms that Mr. Lemos is quite the alchemist…
Recommended tracks: Corpos Transparentes (lol) Recommended for fans of: Fishmans, Kaatayra You may also like: Wreche, Plague Orphan, Heimsrkingla Final verdict: 9.5/10
[…] production to the pulsating rhythms (e.g. 2:20 in “Lightless”). And Lemos’ projects such as Bríi and Kaatayra seem to come closer to achieving what Vipassi attempt: extreme metal sonic textures […]
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