Home to a song that really turned me off, this quintuple of mini albums hints a rough patch with A Season Of Frost. Les Sentiments Puissants has Erang delve into Black Metal aesthetics with a style I simply can't enjoy. The influence and direction becomes more obvious on the Leaves chapter but here the lone track shows its blemishes boldly. Tape stretched synths and other garish tactics are deployed to descend its decrepit direction into the unruly strangeness of uncomfortable listening. The song is miserable in nature but rather than offering immersion the production slaps one in the face with its stark ugliness.
The other three tacks happen to be the least interesting non Black Metal types. They stand firm to the gloomy early chapters, ones very enjoyable when fresh over ten years ago. All this time later it feels over explored and stagnant. Opening with At The Gates Of Lobrok, its steely build of atmosphere has a little momentum groaning for whats ahead but its dungeon spirit drops off at the arrival of brash howls and a stiff distortion guitar. Sadly, this and the next chapter did not work for me.