Tartaros (Nor)

Carnival black metal from a creator of extremely goofy and twisted evil aesthetic.

Clear and textured with the grit of a blasting metal session, yet not obtrusive and nicely integrated to the flow of sound.

Review: Black metal's wicked melodrama found adherents worldwide in the gothic tradition of narrative melodrama as vital forces enact upon one another the combinations of their fate, only to plunge further into the blindness of existence and death. One could say Tartaros is that agency also in its creation of dream music, where the narrative winds through insane tunnels of logic and finally spins itself into nothingness.

Drifting keyboard riffs fill the most of the sound that will come from your CD player, followed by the crashing fire of guitars and the vibrating husk of bass warbling behind. Cymbal crashes punctuate otherwise mechanistic (heh) drumming as the journey permutates through melodic changes to riff, without really leading the melody anywhere - wandering lead keyboards overlay the droning guitar thrash and vocals play dominant rhythm instrument to counterpoint the monolithic river of sound. Song structures are closest to techno, with breaks and breakdowns and re-entry phases. It never loses intensity but winds through the passageways of the mad.

Last known line-up
Charmand Grimloch - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Trym Torson (Kai Johnny Mosaker) - session Drums

Former/past member(s)
Tormentor - Drums

Additional notes
Formerly known as Grimlock (Nor).

Many members of different bands have been part of Tartaros.

Charmand Grimloch's The Thrill has recorded a demo, sent out 3 copies for review but he changed his mind and never released that stuff... He planning to record it again and release on vinyl in the future.

Discography

Tartaros (Nor) - The Heritage from the Past

1.	Intro : den Forseglede Tid	02:55
2.	Skimtet av det Siste Lys	08:34
3.	The Heritage From the Past	07:14
4.	Morkedalen	05:10

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Tartaros (Nor) - The Grand Psychotic Castle

1.	Intro	03:03
2.	Dark Red Light Upon the Bomos	05:03
3.	Images of the Mystic Sphere	04:36
4.	Tones Towards the Empyrean	05:47
5.	The Grand Psychotic Castle	06:38

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Tartaros (Nor) - The Red Jewel

1.	The Lamentable Sonata (Intro)	02:17
2.	The Ruby Mine	05:51
3.	A Shape in Fair Disguise	04:33
4.	Storm of Terror	05:25
5.	Into the Faculty of Wonderful Secrets	04:46
6.	The Red Jewel	05:02
7.	In the Intense Domain of Grievousness	05:12
8.	The 5th and the Hysteric	07:26

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Calling idiot or idiot-savant will not help, most likely; where it is beautiful Tartaros builds exciting bends of melody inside otherwise repetitive ambient rock/metal cyclic structure, and where it is predictable it is more coherently assembled than most music. Aesthetically almost carnival gothic and rhythmically close to the waltzes of Graveland mixed with the pop throb from Ace of Base, this music is both ludicrous and intriguing through the clarity of its ability mixed with its deliberate obscurity.