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Canaan hasn't really changed its style or musical aesthetics (ha, how I love that word, aesthetics) since its inception, even when it was called Ras Algethi and had been considered as doom metal, more than a decade ago. Of course, doom metal it had never really been, nor is it now - however doom is never a musical genre anyways, it is a feeling or an atmosphere - so if anyone wishes to stick to the doom thing here, I'd entitle Canaan's musical approach as 'doom', and leave it there. Doom Rock maybe, doom ambient, doom and gloom? They all adhere to Canaan's style although all seem too pompous and unnecessary when judging this - or any other Canaan - album, as this band works its way modestly, quietly, not asking to be judged, or stigmatized, or labeled, or branded or being categorized in any way whatsoever, for it will not change its vision, its concept, purveying sonic melancholia infused with atmosphere, talent, originality and loads and loads of emotion.
Canaan employ an ethereal - almost hovering above - musical approach of touching-not-touching, of almost caressing and enveloping the listener with warm emotions of sadness and reflection, or soul-searching and this kind of attitude makes 'The unsaid words' a profound musical experience, that although almost devoid of any real musical aggression, it is heavy as fat, dark storm clouds hovering above and encircling the listener's psyche and consciousness.
He who hath a heart in his midst, I encourage him to dwell within this piece of beauty, for - although you really know what you're going to get from these Italians - the outcome is always rewarding, chilling, soothing and electrifying.
| Tracklist |
| 1. The Wrong Side Of Things |
| 2. This World Of Mine |
| 3. Sterile |
| 4. The Possible Nowheres |
| 5. Fragment #1 |
| 6. Senza Una Risposta |
| 7. Fragment #2 |
| 8. Fragile |
| 9. Fragment #3 |
| 10. In A Never Fading Illusion |
| 11. Just Another Noise |
| 12. Il Rimpianto |
| 13. The Unsaid Words |
| 14. Fragment #4 |
| 15. Never Again |
| 16. Nothing Left (To Share) |
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