Black Mental Vs. Left Hand Path - Miniview: Moon Disk

This is a split release by Black Mental and Left Hand Path off of German record label Schwarzarbeit whose focus is on dark ambient and drone works. "Moon Disk" coincided its release with the new moon at the time, sticking to a coherent theme of spirituality. The two artists have also handcrafted the packaging for the album themselves, making the entire product just a little more personal. You can even request a certain numbered copy (out of forty) to them directly. 

I will say that Black Mental had a much more powerful showcase on the album over Left Hand Path, as both the horror-track inspired, and terrifying 'They Travel With The Wind' and the forty minute behemoth (and digital exclusive) 'Lizard' floored me. The problem with a lot of the other tracks on the album is that they fall into the drone death trap of having little to nothing exciting go on throughout the duration of the song. I will say that I really appreciated the second half of Left Hand Path's 'Formation of Stone Blocks', as it utilized drone sounds as a base, but proceeded to throw in IDM styled beats. 

These two aren't bad at all, but they need to more or less home in on being different, which they succeeded at times, rather than being a copy of so many other dark ambient/drone acts. 
Sep 03 2015