After one EP, here is the debut by this Swedish doom band. So no double bass
speed drumming, but slow rhytmns with a lot of melody. The music sounds like a
mix of Candlemass, Black Sabbath and Mercyful Fate (or should I say King
Diamond). Even the vocals of Zeb sound a bit like a mix of Tony Martin, Messiah
Marcolin and Ray Alder. A powerful voice, which sticks perfectly with this kind
of music.
The
first track sounds a lot like Candlemass and the second is indeed a kind of
Black Sabbath/Candlemass mix with some unholy King Diamond sounds. The third
song is faster and sounds more like King Diamond and not only because of the
vocal lines. The other songs on the album are all in the same slow melancholy
style and interesting for the general doom
aficionado. The recording took place in
the Andy LaRocque's Sonic Train Studios and also the production was in Andy's
hands.
I
have nothing to bitch about on this album, the only thing I can criticize is the
lack of originality.
