The wider appearance of sludge/doom bands in the European scene was one of the advantageous features of the underground scene from the late '00s. Similar to most, Saturnine preferred pretty basic themes, and exposing them with the heavy sound and extended song structures of doom metal. In fact, this was nothing new, and also counts as an absolute win recipe that's difficult to ruin, but to hear such minimalistic and effective approach, that focuses on the core essence of the style is quite refreshing. Especially on the side of the long line of hipsterizing endeavors in the hope of coming up with something new, that were (and still are) mainly trending in the metal scene in general. "Mors Vocat" has a strong, down-pulling atmosphere by the sludgy features, but great themes are making it diverse enough to not fall into repetitiveness. The album's mysterious, atmospheric, but still sludgy-noisy approach is pure (dark) magic. If there was an ancient Far East saying about female metal bands, it might sound something like: "If you find any you like, and you are able to watch them live, don't hesitate, cause they might be not active for long. If you want to get their merch, do it now, cause the possibility of reprints and re-releases is quite low." This made-up imaginary rule proved to be pretty accurate about Saturnine, but in case of underground female metal bands in general too. Cause while keeping an underground band together could be definitely challenging, but in case of a female lineup it seems to be even more difficult. In total, "Mors Vocat" might be a potential favorite for the fans of sludge/doom.
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