Released Via Scarlet Records
Genre: Gothic Black Metal
Track Listing:
1. Velo (The Other Side Of Hate)
2. Carnival Of Doom
3. Free Spirit
4. The Soul That Doesn't Sleep
5. Existence
6. Out Loud
7. Death, Again
8. Exercise1
9. Almost Ghostly
10. Loneliness
11. Strangled Icons
It
is album number five from this Italian so-called horror metal band and unless
you’re the most stereotypical goth on the planet that actually enjoys misery
and the feeling of hopelessness this album is going to offer you nothing at
all. This is gothic music in the least elegant of forms that I have heard to
date. Sure, the clean vocals are good enough, but aren’t really all that. The
less said about the monochrome harsh vocals the better.
Take
‘The Soul That Doesn’t Sleep’; every
element of the song floats past you without any sign conviction, each riff dull
and empty, the melodies unimaginative and passive. It’s all very pedestrian,
failing to demand any attention at all. ‘Existence’
does show a spark at fleeting moments, but it soon becomes just as tiresome. ‘Out Loud’ simply lacks any imagination
and comes across as little more than a throwaway attempt at black metal, while ‘Death, Again’ makes me want to hit my
head against wall as it somehow manages to be even more dull than the preceding
songs.
The
overall sound of the album doesn’t help anything either. Whatever the lead
guitars try to do is so far back in the mix that there was no point including
them in the album. When the clean vocals hit any lower notes they are smothered
by the dirge of monotony that is the music and the savage spirit of black metal
is all but absent. ‘Silence’; ironically,
silence would be preferable by far.
Rating: 1/10
Links: http://www.scarletrecords.it/
http://www.cadaveria.com/
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