Le sacre du soleil invaincu

by Neptunian Maximalism

Le sacre du soleil invaincu cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 Apr 2025
  • Label: I
  • Country: Belgium
  • Length: 1:38:42
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 15 ratings

Artists on this release: Reshma Goolamy, Romain Martini, Joaquin Bermudez, Didi茅 Nietzsch, Lukas Melville Bouchenot, Guillaume Cazalet, Alice Thiel, Stephane Fedele, Jean Jacques Duerinckx

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Le sacre du soleil invaincu', the Belgian collective Neptunian Maximalism continues its ambitious fusion of drone metal, spiritual free jazz, and psychedelic ritual music. The album interprets three classical Hindustani ragas across its massive length, creating a hypnotic and overwhelming soundscape built on amplified baritone saxophone, multiple drummers, sitar, and crushing guitars. This dense, largely improvisational performance shifts between meditative ambience and ecstatic, ferocious intensity, exploring themes of solar rites and cosmic spirituality.

Genres

Descriptors: droning, ritualistic, shamanism, monolithic, long-form, experimental, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. At Dusk: Raag Marwa: Alaap (08:39)
  2. At Dusk: Raag Marwa: Vilambit Laya Alaap (12:01)
  3. At Dusk: Raag Marwa: Unisson Composition (04:55)
  4. At Dusk: Raag Marwa: Dream Chord (08:11)
  5. Arcana XX: Raag Todi: Alaap On Surbahar (16:30)
  6. Arcana XX: Raag (Raudra) Todi: Drut Laya, Chaotic Polyphonic Taan Combinations (08:10)
  7. Arcana XX: Raag (Raudra) Todi: MadhyalayaYama DCCLXXI (07:21)
  8. At Dawn: Raag Bairagi: Vilambit Laya Alaap (08:37)
  9. At Dawn: Raag Bairagi: Rite D'Ovairture & Badhat Unisson (05:42)
  10. At Dawn: Raag Bairagi: Sthayi & Antara Composition (07:34)
  11. At Dawn: Raag Bairagi: Layakari In Offer To The Cosmic Serpent (11:02)

Credits

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