Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Origin: USA
Release Date: 2003 (Compilation of earlier demos)
Label: Dark Vision Productions
If you're into the Funeral Doom scene at all, you've probably heard of Catacombs. Well, this is the same guy, but before he started Catacombs he was the sole guy in a similar band named Hierophant, which released it's first demo in 1994, making it one of the earliest Funeral Doom bands.
This is about as simplistic as it gets. This is the crayons-on-white-paper of Funeral Doom. Every song crawls along at a snails pace, crushing your body with the deep chords and mournful melodies on top. It's crushing, as usually for Funeral Doom, but it's got a sort of ugly-beautiful atmosphere. The guitar sound is dirty and gritty, but the keys (only used sometimes for melody) are pretty and delicate.
There are many, many mistakes on these demos, but that helps the music instead of detracting from it. It makes the whole thing sounds more human and organic. This recording sounds almost ancient, like one of those books you find in a chest in your grandmother's attic.
Metal-Archives
What? USA has good Funeral Doom?
Origin: USA
Release Date: 2003 (Compilation of earlier demos)
Label: Dark Vision Productions
If you're into the Funeral Doom scene at all, you've probably heard of Catacombs. Well, this is the same guy, but before he started Catacombs he was the sole guy in a similar band named Hierophant, which released it's first demo in 1994, making it one of the earliest Funeral Doom bands.
This is about as simplistic as it gets. This is the crayons-on-white-paper of Funeral Doom. Every song crawls along at a snails pace, crushing your body with the deep chords and mournful melodies on top. It's crushing, as usually for Funeral Doom, but it's got a sort of ugly-beautiful atmosphere. The guitar sound is dirty and gritty, but the keys (only used sometimes for melody) are pretty and delicate.
There are many, many mistakes on these demos, but that helps the music instead of detracting from it. It makes the whole thing sounds more human and organic. This recording sounds almost ancient, like one of those books you find in a chest in your grandmother's attic.
| 1. | Forever Dying | 05:45 | |
| 2. | Where No Light Hath Shone | 06:05 | |
| 3. | Forever Dying | 05:37 | |
| 4. | Where No Light Hath Shone | 05:53 | |
| 5. | The Weight of Winter | 13:03 | |
| 6. | From the Dust of Grave | 09:33 | |
| 7. | Ancient Moonlight | 12:16 | |
| 8. | Shades of Aqueous Essence | 08:42 | |
| Total playing time | 01:06:54 | ||
What? USA has good Funeral Doom?
No comments:
Post a Comment