Soufferance, Vision - Travels into Several Remote Nations of the Mind (2010)

Presented in a lush A3 digi-pack format, today we have Soufferance, Vision’s full-length release “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the Mind”. In this ambitious release, Peine (the mastermind behind this project) presents us with one 65 minute long track of chilling Dark Ambient music, with the intention of taking the listener through a journey through the subconscious and the human mind.

Having been disconnected from the Dark Ambient scene for quite a while, we have to say that “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the Mind” feels very ethereal and mystical in nature. It might be the minimalistic nature of it, or the dark atmosphere around this release, but it made us actually sit down and fully open our ears and minds to this release.

As a journey through the subconscious, time seems to fly with such a fine piece of music and makes it irrelevant after the first 30 minutes. We can’t say how many times we listened to this album and just drifted into the void, being deeply transported by the sounds coming out of our sound system.

Most people will know that if you are not into this kind of music, you will find it completely boring and will definitely pass out after 10 minutes. But if you swear by Robert Rich, Raison d'etre, Hieronymus Bosch, Velvet Cacoon, and similar artists, then you will find great value in this mysterious but solid release.

In “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the Mind” you wont find many things going on in terms of Metal, but if you like dark and desolate ambient pieces, you will definitely love this release. For a 65 minute-long track, we have to say that this release keeps things very nicely in place and allows the listener to enjoy what’s going on. And for some, it might even break you out of your body shell and raise you to a new level of consciousness, you never know…

Release: January 2011

Country: Canada