Ipsissimus - The Three Secrets of Fatima
June 10 2009 at 10:17:15 PM
Despite the cover-art looking like something I doodled during a laborious class on Mystic Traditions in World Religions, unsigned Connecticut (WTF?) Black Metal trio, Ipsissimus, has more going for it than its unpronounceable band name. This EP for one. Recently reissued on vinyl (137 copies only!) as some sorta sly preen for the big euro softies keen on Crowley and jejune desecration,
The Three Secrets of Fatima – besides reminding me endlessly of that fucking Camper Van Beethoven song – is honestly impressive. The musicianship, ambitious, labyrinthine, infatuated with the French (COUGH DsO COUGH) and maybe better for it. The presentation, though, seems kinda forced and I’ll let you whip off to Wikipedia to discover for yourself what exactly those mysteries, three of them, of Fatima, um, are.
“The Third Secret of Fatima,” ahem, the denouement of said triptych, is the stride-finder. Musicianship even more ambitious and labyrinthine and hopelessly infatuated with the French (COUGH DsO COUGH) and maybe better for it… (Killer little riff at the end there!) So, I wonder what these three could do with a better studio, some overdubs, and some art that wasn’t lifted from my sophomore notebook? Say it with me: Ip-sissy-moose. Ipp-see-see-muse. Ip-sis-si-moose….
[Stewart Voegtlin]
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