SRP is a new dark/horror ambient project from the diabolical
and morose mastermind John Paul Whetzel, also notorious for his suicidal black
metal/harsh noise/ambient fusion project Welter in Thy Blood and the murderous
industrial grind of Pro-Death.
Charnel Houses
accurately depicts what the name implies, dilapidated and abandoned old
buildings with a history of inhuman atrocities that took place inside them. It
reminds me of the documentary Cropsey
and psychological thriller Session 9,
both centered around real mental institutions that were shut down due to the
torture and squalor that were inflicted upon the patients. The use of constant
electronic whirring, many styles of it layered upon each other, with this eerie
distorted screeching sound that fades in and out of the mix and what sounds
like the distinctive whispering or heavy breathing “hoo hoo haa haa ha...” from
Friday the 13th, captures
the haunting atmosphere of an old crumbling house full of death and blood.
“Cutting the Vessel” even has a doctors voice added in talking about cutting
and blood, that is manipulated to where it sounds as though it’s a
hallucination that I’m having through a drugged half conscious state while
being mutilated alive.
“The Rite of Ossilegium” is a fluid and vaporous incantation
that sounds like a voice from a past atrocity calling out as if the event was
still taking place and I’m hearing it underwater, then it becomes a more
distorted power electronic scream of blood choking anger. The handling of the
field recordings, layering of various soft but dense effects to create a heavy
fog, and the gradual changes from the quiet and subtle the dramatic as I
traverse through “Transcending the Threshold” to the final stage of “Blackened
Skeletal Remains” completely hypnotizes me and takes me into a place defined by
absolute terror and sadistic violence. “Blackened Skeletal Remains” even has a
field recording behind the distorted militaristic voice that could potentially be
of a real hospital of institution.
It’s amazing to experience Charnel Houses, as it builds up from a simple and creepy beginning
of “Transcending the Threshold” to the massive and dynamic mindfuck of
“Blackened Skeletal Remains”. With each listen I pick up new details and
horrific images and it never loses its mystery, suspense, or ability to
accurately describe the cruel and abhorring nature of mankind. If you really
want to experience something that will scare the shit out of someone ill
equipped to handle the genuinely depraved and morbid and will definitely play
out like a nightmarish supernatural experience that will take your mind to
places that make your most gruesome fears seem trivial.
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