La Torture Des Ténèbres constructs a retrofuturistic world on their impending third LP, Civilization Is the Tomb of Our Noble Gods. The Ottawa experimental black metal trio outlines dystopia through a chaotic and turbulent arrangement that feels almost palpable at times. In a previous premiere of another track from the new album (which can be found at Invisible Oranges), the band stated that "The average individual is so caught up in his or her own little world, a world all too often consisting of meaningless, laughable obsessions and vain, self-serving dreams." An all too real and troubling fact that is reflected in the lyrics of a new song, "The Doom of New Orleans", which Metal Injection is incredibly excited to premiere today.
Communications have become our curse
Their thoughts slowly became her own before she could even formulate her own perceptions of the world
Streets flooded with centuries of rain and long clogged sewers forgotten
Pooling into mires of popular corruption
Broadcasts from the phantom district have found their way into our cities
Invisible fingers reaching into the minds of our youth
Damned to follow insidious trends
Leading us all towards our untimely demise in their watery depths
To drown in insidious trends
There is a giant resting within these walls
The great corpse of mankind lies encased within our concrete monuments
Skyscrapers enclose gargantuan limbs reaching in vain towards the sky
As for the song itself, "The Doom of New Orleans" is dizzying. It is an intense orchestration held together through tachycardic guitar melodies and frenzied drum patterns that evokes a weariness much like the lyrics above. Amongst this madness rests heavily distorted vocals embedded within the layers of black noise that are broadcasting the consequences of a culture collapsing on itself. It projects a bleak world view. A society beyond saving. A subject black metal has tackled before, but it is done in unique fashion this time with "The Doom of New Orleans". La Torture Des Ténèbres is building a realm of despondency and black metal anachronism from what they have seen in tea leaves and time machines.
Pre-orders for Civilization Is the Tomb of Our Noble Gods are available as of today through LTDT's Bandcamp page. The album's official release is scheduled for December 31 and physical copies of the album will available soon after, courtesy of Vomiting Choir Records (a sub-label of Fallen Empire.) In the meantime, check out "The Doom of New Orleans" below.
