Raw Nerve - No One Safe review

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Reviewer: Paul Raw Nerve

Track Listing

1. No one safe
2. Thief
3. Lilith
4. Vagina Dentata
5. Death FM
6. Singularity
7. Three of a Perfect Pair

Never judge a CD by its cover.

The simplistic maths equations filled cover would suit an indie rock metal band yet the description claims that this South Russian 5 piece is extreme metal.
Just the press release makes for fascinating reading alone (for once, usually the norm just says ‘this band are great, they've played with all bands...etc.) as L.I.G.O. (or should it be L.I.G.W.I. judging by the acronym Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Interferometer (surely this should be Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory).

So, to the sounds, how do I set about describing the indescribable? Well, within a few seconds, I can hear this is going to be an odd ride, with a razor sharp, bass heavy sound like Entombed mixed with evil black metal-esque vocals, very distorted. Musically very progressive, mid paced for the most parts during ‘No one safe', relying on a groove, intense in production, and just generally rather unique.

The closest relatives I can think of are Satyricon (but less black metal), Meshuggah (although not quite as fast or chaotic), Zao (a little in vocals), Samael and Cynic maybe, and most akin to Gorguts when they turned progressive and even sicker. Tough indeed though, as they chop and change styles and rhythms, yet it flows really well.

And so the odd but very clever musicianship continues and so does my problem in trying to describe what this actually sounds like!

Throw all those bands listed into a fermenting tub of acid, wait a little while then throw a bomb into the middle. Piece together what you have left and you might have something similar here!

What I CAN say is you won't have heard anything like this before, guaranteed! This is beyond a progressive metal experiment. This is pure controlled originality.
AND there is a completely bizarre, almost unrecognisable King Crimson cover at the end in the shape of ‘Three of a perfect pair'. Perhaps the most original reworking of a song I've ever heard.

Pull the Chain - Singularity review

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L.I.G.O.   «No One Safe»  

This is quite easy to guess this encounter of musicians as a band with a slightly different bent, you should…otherwise they probably wouldn't arm themselves with a moniker as L.I.G.O. which stands for Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Interferometer. This extreme metal band (at least musically) come from Krasnodar (somewhere in the south Russia ). Death metal? Well, that was surely the original matrix of L.I.G.O. but judging from the seven tracks recorded here, there's no much left of it. Most of the song structures are really complex and this makes «No One Safe» very unpredictable in general and its access isn't really easy. At first, most of the themes recorded here may sound as noisy / chaotic long tracks but after several careful listens, «No One Safe» reveal some of its secrets. L.I.G.O. possess what I would label as a very Dillinger Escape Plan's feeling (even if both acts can absolutely not be compared). The band special trademark also relies on those exhaustive (completely insane) vocal works that easily attract most of the listener's attention («Vagina Dentata» for instance). «No One Safe» lacks a little bit towards the end but it's still an interesting / original release.
Patricia

Dead Souls - Singularity review

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L.I.G.O (Rus) "No One Safe" CD '04 (Promo)

L.I.G.O ( “Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Interferometer” ) are an interesting death metal(ish) proposition, which was introduced to me by Skip from Black Minds 'zine. The band members of L.I.G.O have taken pseudonyms from scientists and others of a high intellectual pedigree, and I'm pretty sure they'd look silly if it wasn't for the liberal use of irony throughout “ No One Safe ” . The band use a scientific style to analyze and provoke in their lyrics, which are well written and certainly suit the abstract characteristics of the music.

And the music itself is certainly very unique and interesting; you'll probably know from listening to the first ten seconds of this CD as to whether you like it or not. L.I.G.O are heavy, they are brutal, but also very technical and complex; having said that there is not a single guitar solo on this album... Which, in my opinion is a good thing; L.I.G.O use their ability to form a promulgation of riffs into a veritable battering ram of sound that twists and turns so quickly it's hard to keep up with it. Think about how a shark, when caught, struggles frantically to free itself , without regard for anyone who might get in it's way. Well, that's sort of how L.I.G.O sound. A violent, epileptic seizure of sound. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but if you want something challenging and sophisticated within the realms of extreme metal, then I can't recommend this highly enough. Truly one of a kind.

Blackminds - Singularity review

L.I.G.O.'2003 "Singularity" (demo)

Tracklist :

1. Nuclear Silence I

2. Singularity

3. Thief

4. Nuclear Silence II

And now we're going to review a young yet definitely promising progressive-death metal band from Krasnodar named L.I.G.O. L.I.G.O. is a side project of members of several underground bands that are not being disclosed; nor are the names of the musicians. Instead, the guys used famous scientists' names such as Einstein, Bell etc. as pseudonyms. Well, daring enough :) OK, let's get straight to the music.

The demo opens with an intro named ‘Nuclear Silence I'. The sound is plain and simple. It was a smart move to open the demo with growing noises and scratching.

Then follows the title track ‘Singularity'. Not bad at all! The special treat includes various guitar lines and drummer's stunts. Unfortunately, the vocals still leave something to be desired: the screams and growls are OK, while the clean voices are somewhat out of tune. I believe the vocalist should rather sing in a different key. Basically, this relatively long track (12 minutes) is almost not boring (the themes keep changing all the time, plus there are a couple of well-done rhythms), which is worth a lot, you know.

The next track named ‘Thief' is more brutal than the previous one. We've got the same wide variety of riffs and beats that will never let one get bored. The sound is heavy enough, with a couple of melodic pieces. The vocalist is doing a really good job on this track, the vocals are perfect. In the middle of the track there is a piece in a language that I personally do not know. Quite interesting: sounds like a tape playing backwards. Though it's not so.

Th demo closes with a sample named ‘Nuclear Silence II'. Sounds like the intro, yet the sound is fading out, not in.

Now let's talk about the texts. The lyrics covers everlasting topics such as space, time, life and death. Nothing extraordinary, at least it may seem so. But the lyrics is full of scientific terminology, which is quite rare to find. One more thing: the guys did write a lot of texts, and the grammar is good (which is yet another advantage of this recording).

The sound quality is high enough. Recording and mastering of drums and bass could be done better, there are some other problems as well, but that's acceptable for a demo record.

Blackminds - No One Safe review

L.I.G.O.'2004 “No One Safe” (promo)

Tracklist:

1. No One Safe

2. Thief

3. Lilith

4. Vagina Dentata

5. Death FM

6. Singularity

7. Three Of A Perfect Pair (King Crimson)

Not long ago, I've had the honor to familiarize myself and the readers with the debut mini album of a progressive-death metal band fron Krasnodar named L.I.G.O. This mini album helped me take a different look at the CIS death metal scene – now I've got kind of a hope, if that's the right word. And this hope was not in vain… Recently I've listened to and reviewed the latest album of the brutal Mind Eclipse, which is something Russian underground can really be proud of. And now that I've hardly had enough time to catch my breath after listening to them, L.I.G.O.'s long-waited (by me, at least) full-length album is here to strike. OK, let's take a deep breath and get started.

There's no intro, the first track starts off with a solid sound wall. Unlike many other bands, including the progressive death ones, L.I.G.O. uses perfectly nonstandard rhythmic structures and a vast variety of riffs, most of those derived from anywhere but death metal. According to what I was told in an interview (see the interview section), L.I.G.O. is a Western-style band, with the musicians exchanging their ideas by mail instead of rehearsing together. Good for them, as the CD sounds like something absolutely integral. ‘No One Safe', by the way, is also remarkable for its superb and perfectly legible bass lines, which is again something not very common for the Russian metal music. Next item on my plan is vocals and drums. Well, L.I.G.O.'s drums are, so to say, proper. I mean, the drums are not excessive like in Sadist's album of'97, nor are they primitive or straightforward. The drummer's doing a good job keeping the rhythm! As far as the vocals are concerned, again we've got two types of these, namely, screams and clean voices. I would like to apologize to Edwin for not accepting his vocal manner in the previous review, for now I finally understand the very … hmmmm… groove of that. Clean voices add something important and unique to the sound by standing out against the screams. By the way, Edwin's singing is good enough as compared to many metal bands that use clean voices. One more thing I'd like to talk about is the lyrics. The huge texts are written in eloquent and, what's more important, grammatically correct English, and partially in Sanskrit and Latin. This feature is widely used in the text named “Vagina Dentata”. L.I.G.O.'s lyrics covers a lot of subjects from black holes to suicide and this specific teethed vagina :) All the texts are interesting enough and recommendable for reading.

Rezultat-Online - No One Safe review

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(p)2004 More Hate Productions MHP 04-027
release date: November 2004

1. No One Safe  5:16
2. Thief  4:32
3. Lilith  5:16
4. Vagina Dentata  5:09
5. Death FM  5:02
6. Singularity  12:06
7. Three of a Perfect Pair  4:14

running time 41:40 min.

contact address: ligoband@@@yahoo.com
music by A.Einstein / J.Bell / R.Oppenheimer / S.Hawking,  except track 7 by King Crimson
lyrics by E.Hubble, except track 7 by Adrian Belew.

L.I.G.O. are:
Stephen ‘Vivid Incarnation of Human-Machine Interface' Hawking
Edwin ‘Telescopic Explorer of the Horizons' Hubble
Albert ‘Exiled Dreamer of the Impossible' Einstein
Jocelyn ‘Sidereal Low Frequencies Master' Bell
Robert ‘Lord of the Fate of Mortals, the Exalted One' Oppenheimer

Recorded and mixed at FREE WIND Studio in January – June 2004
Recording and mixing engineer, sound producer – D.S.
Cover artwork by Alex (Ashen Light)

It would be very unlikely for me to have made up my mind to listen to a death-metal album on my own, had the CD not been sent to me from Krasnodar by Dirty Scoundrel himself with the following comment: «Make sure you listen to this local headbangers, I've been recording them for a few months at our studio and got really mad with all these mind-twisters!» DS really works for a Krasnodar studio named FREE WIND, hence he could have been really asked to help make this recording. However, he also cautioned me that this music was not my stuff at all and asked me not to eject the CD after the first 10 seconds of listening to it. At first, I decided to refresh my memories of what a «Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory» is as applied to Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation, and not the death-metal music.

This is literally what I've “recalled” (with the help of internet, of course):

Gravitational wave trap

Mysterious gravitational waves supposedly radiated by all objects, though predicted a long time ago by Einstein, have not been discovered yet. Shall anybody ever prove them to exist, it would be a tremendous step towards controlling gravitation in the future (just think of all these fantastic antigravitational elevators, etc.) USA are currently developing the LIGO (Laset Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) project the scientists greatly rely on.

Gravitational waves are ripples on the curvature surface, i. e. space-time continuum spreading at the light speed. Having been predicted by Albert Einstein in the general theory of relativity, they have never been discovered so far. However, they have been indirectly identified as such by the movement of double pulsars. These waves are intensively radiated by compact and massive astrophysical objects, e. g. black stars or neutron stars collisions producing no electromagnetic radiation, as a rule. Gravitational waves penetrate significantly deeper than the electromagnetic ones, and are less absorbed. This is one of the most promising investigations into the string gravitation field, the dark side of the Universe.

The LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) project is a USA 's national project.

It was absolutely unclear to me how come searching for gravitational waves could have something to do with today's death-metal. At least this was one of the reasons to listen to the CD. Again, I was eager to listen to a cover version of King Crimson's well-known song.

Here we go! Indeed, the first ten seconds were a deep shock, especially when played loud enough. At that time I didn't listen to the whole CD, the reason being my poorly trained acoustic apparatus. However, I knew well enough what to expect from the second hearing: polyrhythmic guitars, profound bass, smart electric drum sequences, extremely fizzling growling (sometimes intervened with aloof clean voice singing in Latin). Btw, going back to polyrhythmic patterns: the album is really diverse and also is a well-recorded and mixed one, which allowed partially qualifying it as progressive . Periodically used industrial noises added some industrial flavor. Latin verses and obvious old-European melodies hint towards gothic influences. So what have we got now? Progressive-industrial-gothic-death-metal? Which doesn't explain anything and simply highlights the specific musical genres L.I.G.O. was influenced by. Few death-metal-oriented bands can list the same. And very few are daring enough to rework a King Crimson piece.

So what does this Krasnodar band have to do with searching for gravitational waves? Nothing, basically. As long as the General Theory of Relativity (gravitational waves search, in particular) is not used in an attempt to comprehend the Reasons to Live and Die. I. e. eternal and incomprehensible subjects. At least, it's not a trite death-metal band's name. The lyrics are by far not as simple as they could be, by the way, and it's very good they're printed in the booklet as it's absolutely impossible to comprehend this growling at all. Moreover, the first track “No One Safe” is preceded by an extract from the English romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821)'s poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. I didn't notice this epigraph at once – wish I did, though. Says a lot:

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone...
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”
John Keats

Below listed are a couple of texts, just to convince you.

Having listened to the CD a couple of times (yeah, I did listen to it attentively several times!) I even managed to identify the most interesting track (from my point of view). It was Singularity, and not because it was unusually long (12 minutes), but because it was musically most interesting.

So, what about the Three of a Perfect Pair cover? Well done, with dashing keyboard roulades (instead of the guitar) in the middle. Again, genre rules reign supreme. Wish somebody sent it to Adrian Belew, would be interested to know what he thinks of it.

Summing up: of course, it's extreme music fans' cup of tea; however, it's not as simple as it may seem. Anyway, it's something worth listening to attentively, at least

AT (August 16, 2005)

Under Black Water - Singularity review

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Frankly speaking, before receiving this tiny CD I could only imagine Krasnodar-the-capital-of-Russian-granary's public metal scene as consisting of the (never)-ever-mythically-anecdotically resurrecting band named MENTAL DISSECTION … alone! Now I know there's at least one more item on this list, bearing in mind L.I.G.O.'s desire to physically exist as opposed to dwelling in the faraway realms of imagination. One can guess it by this mini album, and also by the fact that they're currently recording a full-length album. The band's named Laser Interferometer Gravitation Wave Observatory, which alone speaks and explains a lot, particularly demonstrating the band's desire to be “not like others”. Musically, lyrically, visually etc. As far as the first item is concerned, they've done everything they could for the nose-pickers like myself to spend a lot of time making heads or tails as to how to classify it. Having spent this time thinking about it, I am pleased to inform you that this music can be «more or less, kinda-sorta» categorized (magic word!) as prog-neo-black (yeah, just did it! Her Majesty Music is once again outraged, encapsulated and labeled by a lousy critic!). The stuff was recorded at FREE WIND studio under the vigilant supervision of Dirty Scoundrel influencing the final product both in a positive and questionable manner. The good thing is that DS knows metal stuff fairly well and thus would not (and did not) record a heavy band as if it were pop music, and everything is well-done and properly handled, the sound is distinct and specific. The bad thing is DS's or maybe FAR FROM MIND's influence on L.I.G.O. resulting in «F.F.M.»-ish guitar sound and overall similitude to the platinum “Mentalligence”. And what's good for F.F.M. (see the review in one of the previous issues) is not necessarily good for a prog-neo-black band. Harshness is lacking. I wouldn't be surprised, though, to learn that DS happens to be one of the pseudonymed band members… No let's go back to the lyrics. One can judge it by two tracks only; however, if we put off the “Thief” with its trite pessimistic-philosophical picture we'll realize that the band has a very unique concept (including the aforementioned band's name, the main theme's lyrics, CD artwork and the band members' pseudonyms, to say nothing of how they renamed their trivial duties such as “guitars” and “vocals”…). Don't know what exactly stands behind this idea; yet I suspect that these guys have had too much of their studies to find themselves going nuts at the end of the day. «Laser blah-blah observatories», artwork full of mathematical graphs and formulae, quantum gravitation radiuses etc. in the lyrics … that's all, how do you think? Alas, the band members are neither Johns Smiths nor Draculas nor Jaroslavs-the-Wise at least, no way! Just think of all these names like Albert “Exiled Dreamer of the Impossible” Einstein etc. Nor do they thrum the strings, etc; what they're doing is called “synthesized broadcasts of prophecies and revelations”... Of course, I'm glad that the band's ideologist is that ingenious, however it's somewhat difficult to positively appraise such ingenuity from the practical point of view. Those into higher mathematics have enough of that in their everyday life; and those who are not interested in such things (humanitarians like myself) will only recall their school hardships and other horror stories like that. A full-length album will sure dot the i's and cross the t's, the institutional shock will go away, while the performance skills and professionalism will be there to remain. Which may eventually result in a full-length CD release and Krasnodar UG scene revival.

P.S. Now that I've recently passed the state examinations, why not rename my business into Under Black Law and introduce myself as Charles “Vision of Crime in Socium” Lambrozo?…

Management: Russia 350021, Krasnodar , # 20-251 Vygonnaya Str., Y. A. Primak; ligoband@mail.ru

IN ROCK #17 - No One Safe review

First and foremost, what's really striking about the Krasnodar quintet named L.I.G.O. is the absolutely astonishing (for a Russian band) lyrics in English. Singing star in the Perseus constellation, mythical Lilith, Freud's psychosexual theories, suicidal radio station … These are just a few of the topics addressed in their debut album entitled “No One Safe”. Not only is it absolutely perfect from the grammatical point of view, but there's also a lot of poetry in it, like the Dark Angel's latest works or Anthrax' classics. As far as the music is concerned, L.I.G.O.'s oriented in yet another direction, which is also easy to guess judging by what the lyrics are about. What first comes to my mind is Fear Factory. However, L.I.G.O. vocals are heavily distorted, and the tempo is lower. Usually, Russians attempting to reproduce the Fear Factory's sound end up with a failure; however, “No One Safe” sounds surprisingly clear yet powerful and brutal. The credit for that goes to a Krasnodar cult musician Dirty Scoundrel (Far From Mind) and his Free Wind Studio. At the same time, L.I.G.O. is much more sophisticated as compared to their American colleagues, so that even King Crimson's cover (“Three of a Perfect Pair”) doesn't fall out against their own songs. However, the musical complexity connected with the blurred musical structure and certain monotony may virtually prevent an inexperienced listener from telling one track from another. Strange enough, but what really stuck in my memory was the longest piece, namely, the 12-minutes track named “ Singularity” with its slow parts, clean vocals and even a guitar solo (not to be found on any other track).

Roman Patrashov , 8 /10

Rockmarket - No One Safe review

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What would you think of a band named Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and the musicians hiding under famous scientists' names like Einstein, Hawking, Hubble, Bell and Oppenheimer? This must be some crazy progressive stuff, you would say. Have a look at the album cover, and you'll to assume there might be some kind of industrial flavor, too. If that's what you think when seeing these five intellectual maniacs' debut album for the first time, you may be congratulated for having successfully passed intuition test No. 1. Actually I have no idea what I've just written here, still I will continue.

I am far from recommending "No One Safe" simply to a death metal fan. To listen to this CD from A to Z, understand it and sincerely enjoy this stuff, one really needs to be a true progressive death gourmet. L.I.G.O. music is extremely complicated and dissonant; however, each note, each beat has been thoroughly elaborated and thought of. Be it unison, pinpoint accents or total sonic chaos, these transitions from one to another are instant. Just add harsh and distorted screaming (that's one of the aforementioned industrial flavorings) and what you'll get will be absolutely indigestible from an ordinary metal or even death metal fan's point of view. However, if you're one of those seeking something new in music and not scared to overload their thinking apparatus during the listening process, don't miss your chance to listen to the music of these extraordinary guys from Krasnodar.

Catalogue #: Sap02
Release year: 2004
Style: Industrial, Death Metal
Made by: Sound Age

Metal Empire - No One Safe review

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L.I.G.O.  "No One Safe" (2004) Progressive Death Metal 8/10

What would you think of a band named Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and the musicians hiding under famous scientists' names like Einstein, Hawking, Hubble, Bell and Oppenheimer? This must be some crazy progressive stuff, you would say. Have a look at the album cover, and you'll to assume there might be some kind of industrial flavor, too. If that's what you think when seeing these five intellectual maniacs' debut album for the first time, you may be congratulated for having successfully passed intuition test No. 1. Actually I have no idea what I've just written here, still I will continue.

I am far from recommending "No One Safe" simply to a death metal fan. To listen to this CD from A to Z, understand it and sincerely enjoy this stuff, one really needs to be a true progressive death gourmet. L.I.G.O. music is extremely complicated and dissonant; however, each note, each beat has been thoroughly elaborated and thought of. Be it unison, pinpoint accents or total sonic chaos, these transitions from one to another are instant. Just add harsh and distorted screaming (that's one of the aforementioned industrial flavorings) and what you'll get will be absolutely indigestible from an ordinary metal or even death metal fan's point of view. However, if you're one of those seeking something new in music and not scared to overload their thinking apparatus during the listening process, don't miss your chance to listen to the music of these extraordinary guys from Krasnodar.

The disk was provided by More Hate Prods.

Metal Library - No One Safe review

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MARCH 20, 2005

Encyclopedia: L.I.G.O.

Added by : Gerion

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4+ /

Do you know what stands for L.I.G.O.? Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. Well done Russians ! Right, the band is from the honored Russian city of Krasnodar . These guys must have graduated from a mighty technical college, I believe. And they must be really modest, hence all these modest pseudonyms like Stephen Hawking, Edwin Hubble, Albert Einstein, Jocelyn Bell, Robert Oppenheimer. Frankly speaking, of these five names I only know two... Anyway, I am not into all this technical stuff.

The guys play sophisticated music I'm still struggling to classify. Sounds like death but with muffled guitars, protruded resonant bass and blackish screaming... Plus an extremely chilling industrial flavor which does give me creeps. The songs are intricate and structurally sophisticated. There is no Meshuggah-type polyrhythm; however, the rhythm constantly changes, and following the theme in progress can be a hard task at first, yet an interesting one. Some tracks (especially "Lilith") have a hypnotizing effect so that listening to these feels like getting your head up in the clouds. Need to point out the 12-minute track named "Singularity", by far the most diverse one, ranging from the coldness of metal to obscure melodies to gloomy solos and speedy pieces. A pleasure to listen.

One more interesting thing: there are a couple of verses in Sanskrit (if I am not mistaken) and Latin. Here comes higher education ! :-)

A wonderful release, monotonous a little bit ("Singularity" compensates for this monotony a lot, though) yet definitely worth paying attention. Would like to see more complicated music in the future. And the debut is very promising.

The Metallist - No One Safe review

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A really nice death metal album. I would not call it plain death but rather techno death because of the obviously distorted vocals (THE KOVENANTish), yet it's а rather good death, except that the sound as a whole is also kind of artificial ;). Worth special attention is the track named Vagina Dentata. Quite a stylish thing with heavy rhythm section (not too many guitars, though) underlying what may be a prayer or a sermon in Latin;) Guess what this sermon's about by the name ;). All the rest is so-so, the music often dominates the vocals, which is one of the biggest problems from my viewpoint; at times is may sound OK, yet it's not an instrumental album, is it.

Agressor 6,5-7/10

M - Magazine #1, 2005 - No One Safe review

This album was announced to be a piece of select progressive death metal. “One more progressive band, here we go…” was my thought as I was proceeding to the phase-by-phase preparation. Studying the booklet, namely, various yellowed drawings and plans suggested the idea of a new musical genre named road construction metal, which does not fall in line with the band's full name, though (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory). Luckily, the lyrics was not about rotten corpses coming back to life; instead, it was a poetic representation of a total mixture of astral esoteric, fatalism, symbolism, Latin and ancient incantations, life and death, supernova stars and black holes… In other words, I couldn't understand what to expect from these brutal astronauts. And what expected me was a wild, truly progressive and extremely aggressive blend of death, grind, noise and jazz. The sound somehow resembling the Filosofem and ANAAL NATHRAKH's stuff was presumably achieved by listening to the faraway galaxies' signals using the Laser Interferometer followed by gravitational waves transformation into the sonic ones. The whirlpool of insane FM sounds accompanied by the vocalist's heart-rending screams blurred by space dust and solar wind interference draws in to never let go again. Well done, honestly and with full heart. Except that monotonous a little bit. Recommended for playing as loud as possible with as few piercing and cutting object at hand as possible. Welcome to the Black Hole! No-one will be safe .

Ion, 7/10

Froster Online - No One Safe review

I would like to apologize in advance for a very long review. But the band's worth it.

To begin with, when I saw the CD I was shocked by the astonishing artwork mostly made of the drawings of this L.I.G.O. thing. This abracadabra stands for Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, that's the name of an astrophysical observatory in the US . No wonder that the band members took the names of famous physicists (both dead and still living) like Einstein, Hubble, Hawking, Oppenheimer.

The album stands out against the ever-growing mass of clone-like releases. The fact that this was made in Krasnodar and not in the far-far-away foreign lands is yet more exciting. Labeling this music as prog-death is on the tip of my tongue; however, this will only be an approximation. The foreground is occupied by bass guitar (handled by a girl) playing square and broken parts. The drums, though pushed aside a little bit, are a good match. Yet the guitar is far, far away, and almost blends with the bass when playing the rhythm. There are 2 vocals, a heavily distorted scream (as if heard from a cheap piece of a radio). The second vocal is clean . Generally, the recording is intentionally noisy, which is not typical of those pretending to play prog rock. Lyrics are unexpectedly abundant for six tracks. Main topics are space, black holes, Lilith and vagina. Mostly good English texts, plus some pieces in Latin and even in Sanskrit (wow!!!). The songs merge into one big lunacy with a KING CRIMSON cover (Three of a Perfect Pair) on top having been adequately treated, of course. Sounds like an asphalt roller having gone mad and rushing at 120 KM/H to trample down everything around including your ears. BTW, the great physicists virtually don't rehearse together and work by correspondence instead.

To cut the long story short: a must-have for all those into really bright, authentic and uncompromising music.

The CD was provided by More Hate Productions

Added: March 20th 2005
Reviewer: BlackMan
Score: 9/10

Band site: http://www.ligoband.com