This album is also not as depressive as the last album, it is actually quite warm and melancholic even though it still has the black metalish spat-out raspy vocals. Musically it is still slow-downed black-metal with bleak doom-metal elements and if you have ever heard the band, Drudkh you will know what to expect for the most part. Album opener, 'Gone' is perhaps the best song on the disc, it is 10 minutes of black metal drowned in gloomy melancholic vibes. Guitars are heavy but with a beautiful warm tone and keyboards are used ever so economically, never drowning anything out. While this my pick for the best tune on the album, it still isn't exactly mind-blowing and it hasn't got the mesmerizing quality that was everywhere on the 'Mortal Aspirations' album. The next three songs, 'After', 'Youth' and 'Flames' come across to me as only 'half-baked'. That luke-warm feeling is also reflected in 'After's running time, only 34 minutes with only 5 tracks, the last one being un-titled. Lyrically, its all about life and death and nature's revolving cycles as reflected in the album's artwork - the worm transforming into the beautiful butterfly only to die and become food for you guessed it, worms.
The musicianship is flawless, the production is incredible, and the artwork/packaging is excellent but sadly for me, the music is a bit lacking. The songwriting isn't up to the same standard as earlier releases as it falls flat especially in the second half of the album. One thing this album has going for it though is the mood it creates, musically and lyrically it gives the listener the feeling that life is great but don't get too used to it because a shitty time is right around the corner and life is always unpredictable. In conclusion, this is definitely worth checking out but from my perspective, a little underdone.....7/10
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Great band but I agree this one is not as good as the previous album.
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