There are some people who have fantasies about creating the perfect football team, their dream team of athletes who have proven themselves worthy on a personal level. Since I'm indifferent to sports the dream teams I fantasize about are collaborations of musicians, groups that should get together because a shared project would be undoubtedly captivating. The vague interest took on a new form when I first listened to Altar, a collaboration between drone veterans Sunn 0))) and Boris. That album was perfect, and I wanted more. And it wasn't until 2011 until I heard something of a similar genre that really effected me. Garten Der Unbewusstheit by Corrupted was the album I was waiting for.
This is not a collaboration though, so prefacing this review the way I did might seem awkward, until explaining that the only way I can describe Corrupted's sound is Earth+Boris. The beginning of Garten is very Earth-like, with clean guitars, a slight twang, played excruciatingly slowly. For every gently strummed chord there is a melody written to emphasize the feeling of being lost. Each line leads into the next seamlessly with a low whispered vocal acting as a guide through endless layers of dark reverberating atmosphere.
Then like a landslide of molten lava, a very Boris-esque riff comes in accompanied by a subterranean growl and the word heavy is instantly and forever redefined. This is perfection in composition, this is an example of veteran musicians who know exactly how to manipulate their listeners. Even though it might take a little patience for someone not accustomed to drone, given time, Garten Der Unbewusstheit will raise the bar for drone, for great album-writing in general.
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