Plateau Sigma/Rituals/Avantgarde Music/2016 CD Review

  Plateau  Sigma  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  funeral  doom/death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Rituals"  which  was  released  by  Avantgarde  Music.

  Nature  sounds,  laughter,  and  clean  playing  starts  off  the  album  and  after  the intro  the  music  goes  into  more  of  a  heavy  and  atmospheric  funeral  doom  metal  direction  while  also  mixing  in  clean  parts  into  certain  sections  of  the  songs  and  the  vocals  start  out  in  more  of  a  melodic  style  while  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are present  on  the  recording.

 Spoken  word  parts  can  be  heard  in  the  music  at  times  and  acoustic  guitars  and  melodic  guitar  leads  could  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  they  also  give  the  songs  more  of  a  progressive  feeling and  a  great  portion  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and   epic  in  length  and  as  the  album  progresses  death  metal  growls  start  making  their  presence  known  in  the  music  and  some  songs  also bring  in  a  very  ritualistic  feeling  and  all of the  songs  stick  to  a  very  slow  musical  direction.

  Plateau  Sigma  plays  a  musical  style  that  is  still  rooted  in  the  funeral  doom  metal  style  of  previous  recordings  while  also  getting  more  experimental,  avant  garde  and  progressive  this  time  around, the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Greek/Roman  Paganism.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Plateau  Sigma  and  if  you  are  a fan  of  funeral  doom  metal  or  avant  garde  music,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  bridge  And  The  Abyss"  and  "Rituals  I".  8  out  of  10.

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Plateau Sigma Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?
-1) we ve had a wonderful minitour in the eastern Europe,together with our Great friends echo,trying to promote the new album

2.In September you had released a new album, how would you describe the musicla sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the ep you had released in 2012?
-2) The new one is more mature,gloomy,armospheric and slow,with a discrete improving on the sound i suppose

3.Your lyrics cover some rituals, ancient mythology, esoteric and science themes, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in these topics?
-3)the lyrics are very important For us,they have more and less the same importance of the music,we talk about dreams,rituals,erotism,science,and antique history and many of them come from unreleased romance and unreleased ideas of Manuel's poems

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Plateau Sigma'?
-4)the name plateau sigma takes origin from a benighted in sodom s name album,he was actually one of the major influences especially in the last.We love His music,and we thought it could be a very particular and evocative name
Especially in the past

5.What are some of the best show that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
-5) our stage performance is built to be simple and effective...no stage dress no make up or complexe game of lights or fireworks we just prefer to let the People be driven the music,and,of Course,we Always try to give our best in every situation and in every condition because being live and seeing How People react is Always a good to motivation to play and to improve!
The best show we did i think we did in Bucarest.Wonderful People,very good sound and a good performance

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
- 6) at the moment we are planning a pair of dates in the North of Italy

7.The new album was released on Beyond Productions, how did you get in contact with this label and also how would you describe the support they have given you so far?
-7) We ve been contacted by the Beyond s boss in the 2012 when we sent him our e p called "White wings of nightmares",then we decided to sign with them,and the support is pretty good so far,and we hope we can improve and grow in strength together

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of doom and death metal?
-8) the feedback is very good especially with our new one and especially in the East of Europe,in fact our next task Will be to take a bit of listeners even in the North,precisely in Germany and Scandinavia,countries with a Great heavy metal culture,and,of Course in Great Britain,the country where our gente is born

9.Are any of the band members also involved with any other musical project or band these days?
-9) Well Francesco,is involvedbin a post rock band called Uragano,Maurizio the bass player has an hardcore punk band called BrutessaHC,and Nino is totally involved in music with jazz and pop projects

10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
-10) We ll Plan to do very good concerts to promote the new album and we ll work to brand new songs in the future...

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
-11) Are influences come from doom to new wave,Evoken,Ahab,the british triades anathema,My dying bride,Paradise lost,fields of the nephilim,dead can dance,cocteau twins,and many Others from Death and Black metal

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
-12) We love reading,watching good Movies,visiting cultural places,making Long walking to Reach our beautiful landscapes,hills and Mountains

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
-13) Thank you For Your interview,thank you For your kindness and keep supporting extreme metal!!Cheers

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Plateau Sigma/The True Shape Of Eskatos/Beyond Productions/2014 CD Review

  Plateau  Sigma  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  funeral  doom/death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "The  True  Shape  Of  Eskatos"  which  was  released  by  Beyond  Productions.

  A  very  dark,  clean  and  atmospheric  sound  starts  off  the  album  and  a  few  seconds  later  the  music  starts  going  into  more  of  a  heavier  doom  metal  direction  while  also  keeping  the  atmospheric  elements  and  after  awhile  spoken  word  parts  are  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  on  the  second  track  death  metal  growls  are  added  into  the  music  and  they  are  a  huge  part  of  the  songs  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them

  At  times  melody  can  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  songs  along  with  a  small  amount  of  melodic  guitar  leads  and  at  times  clean  singing  can  be  heard  in  some  parts  of  the  tracks  along  with  some  of  the  songs  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  as  the  album  progresses  the  vocals  also  mix  in  some  high  pitched  screams  in  with  thee  growls.

  The  clean  parts  that  where  presented  on  the  intro  also  make  a  return  at times  and  it  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  progressive  feeling  along  with  a  few  seconds  of  female  vocals  on  one  of  the  track  while  some  of  the  later  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  saxophones  and  flutes  which  also  add  more  diversity  to  the  album  and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  small  amounts  of  acoustic  guitars.

  Plateau  Sigma  creates  a  style  of  funeral  doom/death  metal  that  is  very  heavy,  melodic,  atmospheric  and  progressive  all  at  the  same  time  and  it  also  adds  new  elements  to  this  genre,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  Death, Rituals,  Ancient  Mythology,  Religion,  Nostalgia,  Love,  Esotericism  and  Science.

  In  my  opinion  Plateau  Sigma  are  a  very  great  sounding  atmospheric  and  progressive  funeral  doom/death  metal  band  an d if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Stalingrad"  "The  River  1917"  and  "Amber  Eyes".  8  out  of  10.  

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