Genre: Death/Doom
Year Released:1994
Label: Requiem Records
Tracklisting/Song Length:
1. ...Majestic Thou In Ruin (8:04)
2. Paled (7:58)
3. Thy Bitter Woe (9:08)
4. The Transfiguration (And It Was So) (7:57)
Review:
Wow, this is DOOM. It's slow, crushing, heavy and creepy sounding! It's atmospheric like a Dario Argento film and just a really nice listen. All the instruments are pulled off very well and the vocals sound great! Those sound very reminiscent of earlier Kam Lee vocals, which is a fucking compliment and a half right there! If you're into death metal and don't mind your death to be a slow one then by all means check this band out, they're gruesome, atmospheric, comprised of very good musicians (especially the drummer) and is just overall a very good album to listen to on a dark, gloomy, foggy night.
The guitars are very well played but you really can't tell just good of a guitarist he is by listening to this album. The guitars on this one, they're just not flashy at all, usually its a chugging, slow death metal riff or a few very brief moments of tremolo picking followed by.... another chugging, death riff. Don't get me wrong, it certainly isn't bad, I just wish it could've been more varied and change up a bit more often, it's good for the style they're playing but not much other then that.
The drums on the other hand are just fucking awesome! Full of weird fills, original cymbal work, really odd drum patterns and beats and just all around masterfully pulled off! The double bass thats thrown in there every now and then sounds really good, very precise, and fucking ungodly when mixed with the cymbal play (you can hear what i'm talking about in the song The Transfiguration). The rolls can last for a very long time and are very tastefully pulled off. There is nothing bad to say about the drumming at all!
The vocals are nice as well. They sound almost pained, very creepy and they always help the music go along. Like a mixture of Kam Lee and Soulside Journey era Darkthrone. They're very well done, the lyrics are very creepy and strangely haunting and just the overall lay-out of the vocal pattern is something that is not usually this noticeably cool. They must've taken a decent amount of time as to mapping out the vocal sections in the songs.
Overall this is a very good album from a US death/doom band that most people ignore for one reason or another. This is what we call badass death/doom dudes, i suggest that if you ever see this CD for sale at a used CD store or something, don't fucking hesitate to buy it!
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Final Rating:
4/5
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