Thirty years after Winter’s groundbreaking death doom debut ‘Into Darkness’, founding member, Stephen Flam, has penned its spiritual follow up with his new band, Göden, on ‘Beyond Darkness’.
Album Reviews
Black Curse manages to give each element a deserving focus. War metal, raw metal or primordial death metal: all these musical traits can be applied to what Black Curse has presented on their debut album.
The cold icy impression of the Norwegian black metal is beautifully conjured on the self titled album.
Cosmic Putrefaction is somewhere in between the cosmic orbits of Tomb Mold’s album, ‘Manor of Infinite Forms’ and the semi-progression of Blood Incantation.
With this album I found myself distracted. I like the songs. They definitely scream party but they lack the power of pirate metal. It is still Alestorm, but not as loud and rough as we are used to.
‘Lamenting of the Innocent’ is extended to one hour and four minutes, ornamented profusely with clean guitar passages. This is why the new album feels diluted and less heavy than the prior releases.
One of the absolute highlights of last years Roadburn edtion, ‘Requiem’ captures Triptykon’s unique performance with the Metropole orchestra.
Epic/atmospheric black metal ensemble Sojourner fulfills their quest once again as they deliver a sentimental piece of melodic romanticism.
Paradise Lost’s sonic architecture is still bound by the modern fashion of melodic gothic/doom, thus they seal their 16th chapter leaving you overshadowed in eerie silence.
‘V’ is fueled by aggression and the coherent intensity the songs is inflated by the dynamic enthusiasm, but its consistency makes some of the tracks sound average.
