Lord Brain Shiva Releases "Trisula"

 

    Lord Brain Shiva is a band from Verona, Italy that formed in 2012. Since then, they've been perfecting a sound they describe as "Himalayan Sludge". According to the band, they achieve this by following "a musical philosophy based on Oriental mantric-repetitive methodologies...and Western rock aesthetics." The band's sound has evolved since their first two albums to include weightier, lengthier songs that tend to be more complex. 

    This is very apparent on the band's new album, Trisula. Overall, the album has a lumbering, hypnotic quality that is guaranteed to entrance you and transport you to another world. "Varuna" and "Stupas" are two of my favorite tracks that represent these characteristics particularly well. Other songs, such as "Al Cisneros" and "Rising Eclipse", while certainly jauntier, still have that hypnotic quality that I love so much about Lord Brain Shiva's sound. While you may be nodding along to the beat, your brain is somewhere else entirely, creating a rather meditative experience. This is certainly unique for a sludge band, and what I appreciate most about Lord Brain Shiva; they have a unique ability to produce a soothing kind of chaos. 

    I happened upon the single "Al Cisneros" somewhere in social media/music streaming platform land when it first came out, and of course my curiosity was piqued by that title. "Someone wrote a song about Al Cisneros?" I thought, "I gotta hear this." And, I pressed play. Five minutes and fifty-eight seconds later, I emerged from trance...and pressed play again. I couldn't get enough of it. 

    I'm also a fan of the lyrical trip the song provides, as evidenced here:

"Rays of ancient wisdom / Disperse in boring situations / Antipodes / by Al Cisneros

Handrails detected / as a pile of stones / and follow all the notes/ of Al Cisneros"

 

Whatever you do, don't sleep on Trisula; this is one mesmeric journey that you definitely need to go on. 

Trisula is now available on Spotify and Apple Music. Lord Brain Shiva's first two albums are also available on Bandcamp. You can also follow the band on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. 

If you like Lord Brain Shiva, you might also enjoy Onkalo!