Album Review: Cluster Lizard - Herts

The pulse of the path.

In a massive heartbeat, daring waves rise one after another. The unbreakable tide of the lightning dance, where life and death collide in the eternal vibration of consciousness.

In previous centuries, Ukrainian warriors invented an audacious macabre ritual called Herts, a courageous death dance. Before the battle, a few ruthless Cossacks would leave their ranks to perform a mocking dance right in front of their enemy lines, laughing and shouting insulting indecencies at them. Herts, a mixture of laughter and death, was a psychic attack to crumble and degrade the enemy soldiers’ morale.

This album is dedicated to those who can stare into the abyss with a smile. Fighters of the fight, for their home and their heart.

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Verdict: Not for the faint hearted, Cluster Lizard throw down some very caliginous and immersive electronic soundscapes, layered with heavy rolling beats that shudder its sonic foundations to the core. The brooding clouds intermittently disperse with shimmering string compositions, but they only serve as a brief calm before the next wave of darkness descends. Herts is a wonderfully atmospheric work that has a very cinematic quality, and with its vast depth of complexity it creates a tremendously captivating experience.