New Terra Sancta album Disintegration has arrived here at the aerie. It is sounding quite interesting so far, and a nice contrast/companion to the previous, much enjoyed Aeon. Terra Sancta does dark ambient in a very "impressionistic" way, building up layer upon layer that really appeals to my thirst for a visual, tactile sense in music. The texture makes me see things in my inner eye which I nevertheless could not really describe to myself consciously. Special praise must be given to the artwork, even though it is trapped in a jewel case. A nice and heavy, excellently textured card stock foldout is included. The art is beautiful, and works with the theme of the music while becoming its own thing at the same time. Amazing. Malignant is a label worth checking out if you are looking for dark ambient in perhaps a more "undirected" though still visual vein. There's an industrial thrust to its releases, but it is refreshingly untainted by some of the things we have been criticizing in other dark ambient labels.
Curious to know what you think...