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Fall Of
Empyrean is one of many new doom metal bands who have formed in the US during
the last five or ten years. The band originally came together in 2000 in
Arizona and the band members have a past in various other local metal bands.
Taking the earlier sound of European groundbreakers like Anathema and My Dying
Bride and mixing this with some rather guttural growling they have created a
rather generic but still well-played brand of doom metal. This is kind of a
demo recording which means that the sound quality isn't perfect but they have
still managed to record a pretty nice sounding mini album on their own.
Accompanied by gloomy and heavy rhytms the vocalist Richard Medina (who by the
way is a big fan of Chopin!) spreads an atmosphere of cruel melancholy
throughout these 25 minutes of epic doom metal where we are taken on a journey
to the darkest corners of the human soul. Fall Of Empyrean have conceived a
pretty solid first release but I think their music could need some sort of
contrast to the dark vocals and soaring guitars. The alternative is to stick
to their own current sound but they need something to take them to the next
level since the competition is very tough today. "Solar Journey" is a sad
yet wonderful song that shows all the good qualities that this band is in
possession of and I also like the epic symphonic feeling of the opening track.
A very decent first
effort.
| Tracklist |
1. Behind Vacant |
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Eyes 2. Cascading Rivers Of Black 3. Solar Journey 4. |
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This Sanguine Farewell |
: 24.59
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