Autocognition of Light begins with the “Glorious Wounds”, a track that pulls the senses apart and pummels the listener with a ruthless incorporation of raw energetic blast beats and eerie rhythmic single note picking that cascades into a gloomy opus. The song peaks in and out at frequent transitional moments, but the band never wanders from the macabre ritualistic charm that drives their motif.
The minimalistic songwriting helps to drive the primal theme; however, the album certainly lacks strength in variety. Three songs into the album, Autocognition of Light presents itself for all that it’s worth, a chaotic instrument of Luciferian gnostic spiritual liberation, but ultimately cliché and short of outstanding.
Although I appreciate the atmospheric theme that bands like Ignis Haereticum are approaching, so often the template becomes the inevitable enemy of artistic ambition. In this case, I just found Autocognition of Light to be a desolate marker on the plain of esoteric antichristian gnostic bands, and I don’t mean desolate in the way that conjures cool blackened visuals either.
The cyclone of blackened material that sludges its way through 40 minutes could have been better if the whole thing did not feel so contrived, or if it were released simply as a three or four song EP.
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