Band info
Band: Les Guillotines Délirés
Album: Les Guillotines Délirés
Releases: April, 4th 2025
Genre: black metal
Location: Netherlands
Review
Do you ever have insomnia? That horrible feeling of just not being able to sleep because you’re anxious, usually, or for whatever reason? Well, then, black metal might help – not usually because it will make you sleep, but because there’s so many musicians that have like four or five or even more projects where they write and play everything themselves, you can have some schadenfreude in knowing there’s people out there who are probably worse off than you (right, Ayloss and Abyssal Spectre?). Today’s upload is an example of this, marking the return of our good Dutch comrade, Partisan PAVL, who again employs his dual abilities of punny titles and hellish black metal in Les Guillotines Délirés – an album by a “a swarm of vigilante guillotines on a nazi-hunting murder spree“, who actually also plays black metal. We don’t have lyrics in hand yet, unfortunately, but there’s a song called “Misolycanthropes” (for umami lovers?) and another one called “Assassassassins“.
Yes. Really.
Prithee, putting the puns aside for a moment, this is a pretty particular pixie, and a plenty different one from the Partisan‘s previous projects (…you may call me P). It’s still black metal, but it’s WAY more atmospheric than usual, with much longer songs and LOTS of synths, even veering into the psychodelic at times. Don’t be fooled, though; the music is no less urgent and violent for it… and frankly, this is musically probably this reviewer’s favorite PAVL product yet.
There’s a level of deliberateness in the composition here that belies a mastery of the instruments, especially the synths, which was not as obvious in either Imagine a Boot or Netansatan, and it’s honestly amazing to hear. Les Guillotines Délirés has the aggression, the humor, the surprises, and the music chops to really bring awe several times during its playthrough; we doubt it will help you sleep, but it can be a great companion to a sleepless night if you’re willing to risk your neck
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Pixelfed: pixelfed.social/godendac