{"id":13779,"date":"2017-11-19T18:48:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T17:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=13779"},"modified":"2017-11-19T18:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T17:48:39","slug":"chronique-de-illuminance-virvum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=13779","title":{"rendered":"Chronique de Illuminance – VIRVUM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Groupe<\/strong>: VIRVUM
\nAlbum<\/strong>: Illuminance
\nLabel\u00a0<\/strong>: Season of mist
\nDate de sortie<\/strong>: 24\/11\/2017
\nNote<\/strong>: 18\/20<\/p>\n

Le moins que l\u2019on puisse dire, c\u2019est que les petits gars de Virvum auront pris leur temps pour pondre leur premi\u00e8re galette.<\/p>\n

En effet, le groupe ayant vu le jour en 2007, il aura fallu presque 9 ans pour accoucher de leur album \u00ab\u00a0Illuminance\u00a0\u00bb en autoproduction en 2016. L\u2019album aura d\u2019ailleurs tellement marqu\u00e9 les esprits qu\u2019il lui aura valu une signature sur le label Season of Mist qui nous r\u00e9\u00e9dite donc la b\u00eate ce 24\/11\/2017 (avec \u00e9dition vinyle en prime pour les puristes de la platine).<\/p>\n

Or donc, qu\u2019est ce qui fait qu\u2019un petit groupe suisse relativement inconnu en arrive \u00e0 une telle ascension\u00a0?<\/p>\n

Eh bien, il y a d\u00e9j\u00e0 le fait que son guitariste et t\u00eate pensante Nic Gruhn s\u2019est vu offrir un poste de guitariste pour les californiens de FALLUJAH lors de leur tourn\u00e9e europ\u00e9enne en 2013 en ouverture de gros noms tels que Suffocation et Cephalic Carnage (rien que \u00e7a).<\/p>\n

Une fois rentr\u00e9 de cette tourn\u00e9e et Virvum \u00e0 nouveau au complet, le groupe s\u2019est imm\u00e9diatement attel\u00e9 \u00e0 faire le plus de shows possibles afin d\u2019\u00e9tablir le groupe sur la sc\u00e8ne europ\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n

Avec un premier single \u00ab\u00a0Internal howl\u00a0\u00bb sorti en 2015, le groupe attire l\u2019attention et se fait embarqu\u00e9 comme premi\u00e8re partie de grosses pointures telles que Dying fetus, Fleshgod Apocalypse et Defeated Sanity.<\/p>\n

Et c\u2019est donc en 2016 que sort enfin \u00ab\u00a0Illuminance\u00a0\u00bb, leur premier album mentionn\u00e9 plus haut.<\/p>\n

Alors concr\u00e8tement, il vaut quoi ce disque\u00a0?<\/p>\n

D\u00e9j\u00e0, le groupe \u00e9volue dans un style Death technique moderne qui fait imm\u00e9diatement penser \u00e0 des t\u00e9nors de la sc\u00e8ne comme Beyond Creation, Obscura, Necrophagist, etc\u2026 en bref, des gars qui savent VRAIMENT bien jouer de leurs instruments respectifs.<\/p>\n

J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 cependant rassur\u00e9 d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re \u00e9coute de constater que le groupe ne tombe pas dans le pi\u00e8ge de la d\u00e9monstration technique gratuite (Soyons honn\u00eates, beaucoup de groupes du style deviennent parfois r\u00e9barbatifs dans la d\u00e9bauche de notes et de blasts sans queue ni t\u00eate).<\/p>\n

Rien de tout \u00e7a ici, c\u2019est la qualit\u00e9 des compositions qui est mise en avant. Les morceaux sont, certes, complexes et il faudra quelques \u00e9coutes pour en percevoir toutes les petites nuances mais, ils sont \u00e9galement \u00e9tonnamment accrocheurs et les m\u00e9lodies restent vite coll\u00e9es dans un coin du cerveau.<\/p>\n

D\u00e8s le morceau d\u2019ouverture, le ton est donn\u00e9\u00a0: envol\u00e9es \u00e9piques de guitares, du gros blast batterie entrecoup\u00e9 de saccades millim\u00e9tr\u00e9es, du bon gros groove qui fait travailler les cervicales (attention au torticoli cependant, les breaks arrivent sans pr\u00e9venir) et un jeu de basse fretless<\/em> tout en finesse et notes gliss\u00e9es (et moi, j\u2019aime \u00e7a les notes gliss\u00e9es. \u00c7a rentre tout seul).<\/p>\n

On aura droit \u00e0 plusieurs passages plus calmes et atmosph\u00e9riques ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 des petits passages purement prog \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 la Dream Theater\u00a0\u00bb (ne niez pas, c\u2019est l\u00e0, discret, mais c\u2019est l\u00e0) habillement plac\u00e9s tout au long du disque, v\u00e9ritables moments de respirations salvatrices entre les moments de furie.<\/p>\n

Les morceaux s\u2019enchainent avec une fluidit\u00e9 impressionnante et on se surprend \u00e0 arriver aussi vite \u00e0 la fin des 8 morceaux sans aucune r\u00e9el baisse de qualit\u00e9 (le disque vient encore de faire un tour complet au moment o\u00f9 je termine cette chronique).<\/p>\n

Bien qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse de leur premier disque, le groupe fait d\u00e9j\u00e0 preuve d\u2019une maturit\u00e9 impressionnante et d\u2019un niveau de composition admirable. Alors certes, ce n\u2019est pas la plus grande r\u00e9volution de la sc\u00e8ne Death technique (sc\u00e8ne qui semble accoucher d\u2019un nouveau groupe de prodiges tous les 2 mois) mais le groupe arrive malgr\u00e9 tout \u00e0 se distinguer de la masse.<\/p>\n

Il y a d\u00e9finitivement ici un petit quelque chose de magique dans la musique des suisses qui donne envie d\u2019y revenir encore et encore, un peu comme une fresque devant laquelle on serait pass\u00e9 trop vite.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 noter aussi la production impeccable qui permet de distinguer clairement chaque instrument quasi \u00e0 tout instant de l\u2019\u00e9coute. Tout est \u00e0 sa place et parfaitement audible ce qui, dans une musique aussi pointue et complexe, est un r\u00e9el bonheur et rend v\u00e9ritablement justice au travail de dingue de Virvum.<\/p>\n

Esp\u00e9rons juste ne pas devoir attendre 9 ann\u00e9es suppl\u00e9mentaires pour entendre la suite\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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