Ossadas by Carma
“Ossadas” is an immersive concept album inspired by the Conchada Cemetery, located in Coimbra, Portugal. The music captures the funereal mood and channels it through the blend of Funeral Doom, Black Metal and Dark Ambient. Echoing drums, profound bass pulsations, dense multilayered guitars, grievous vocalizations, sorrowful choirs, lugubrious ambient sounds – each and every detail of “Ossadas” is aimed to transmit the funeral ambience in the most authentic form. The lyrics, written in Portuguese, explore various cemeterial aspects, such as the architecture, the burials and the atmosphere, and the related feelings – fatalism, futility, loss, mourning, longing, among others.
“Monumento” is based on the toccata from “Suite Gothique” originally written by Léon Boëllmann in 1895.
Featuring members from EVERTO SIGNUM and LACRAU.
------ REVIEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL PRESS ------
“Carma on selkeästi löytänyt tyylinsä, jolla ilmaista sielun syvimpiä syövereitä” - Inferno magazine, issue #2/2023 - 3.5/5
“Immersive and cinematic” - Metalegion magazine, issue #13 - 7.5/10
“Трагические синусоиды мертвящего эмбиента и агонизирующего Black/Doom характерны для диска Ossadas” - Resurgam Responses - 8/10
“Everything falls into place just right” - Abysmal Hymns - 8.5/10
“Carma's magnum opus” - No Clean Singing
“The Black Metal influence that is so prevalent throughout conjures up some truly explosive moments of hostility and aggression” - VM Underground
“Carma should be lauded for their ambitions on Ossadas” - Sputnikmusic - 3.7/5
“Ossadas è un album che merita molto più di un ascolto distratto sulla spinta della curiosità” - Grind On The Road - 7.5/10
“Sound depression punctuated by slow, massive and heavy riffs of Funeral Doom Metal tinged with Atmospheric Black to create a dull and gloomy atmosphere” - Acta Infernalis - 80/100
“A worthy and creative addition to the annals of melodic doom of the more funereal variety” - Hate Meditations - 80/100
“A slow, steadily creeping feat which unfurls its austere cemeterial glow over the course of an eternally patient, ambiance enriched hourlong dirge” - Grizzly Butts - 77/100
“A work destined to be remembered among the best of this year, and perhaps not only” - Mournful Sounds
“Ossadas marks a huge step up, not just in terms of musicality and song-writing, but also in terms of production” - Distorted Sound - 8/10
“Un disco da scoprire con entusiasmo per poi lasciarsi abbracciare dai sentimenti di mestizia e dolore che l’opera veicola” - Metalhead․it - 8/10
“Ossadas is as majestic as it is morbid” - Angry Metal Guy - 3/5
“O forte dos Carma ... é precisamente a forma como conseguem injectar a sua música de dinâmicas, apesar de tocarem lentamente” - World Of Metal - 9/10
“Riffs de Doom densos y robustos empapados en el vigoroso Black Metal, salpicados con voces desgarradoras, percusión atronadora y una atmósfera melancólica” - Metallerium - 7.8/10
“Ossadas ist ein wunderschönes, trauriges Album” - Metal․de - 8/10
“Uma fenomenal experiência musical” - The Old Coffin Spirit - 8.5/10
“Huge stomping riffs delivered at skull crushing tempos” - Metal Digest - 8/10
“Ossadas von Carma ist ein toller Soundtrack, der einen traurigen Friedhofsspaziergang bestens widerspiegelt” - SchwarzesBayern - 5/5
Tracklist
| 1. | Leirão 1 | 3:17 |
| 2. | Jazigo | 10:13 |
| 3. | Memória | 9:25 |
| 4. | Leirão 4 | 3:34 |
| 5. | Paz | 10:55 |
| 6. | Destino | 9:15 |
| 7. | Leirão 7 | 3:27 |
| 8. | Monumento | 7:19 |
| 9. | Saudade | 10:23 |
Videos
Credits
Music and lyrics written by Nekruss.
All arrangements by Carma.
Vocals and bass performed by Nekruss.
Guitars performed by Æminus.
Drums performed by Igniferum.
Choirs performed by Nekruss and Æminus.
Recorded and produced by Carma.
Mixed and mastered by Nekruss.
Logo, photography, artwork and layout by Infected Minds.
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