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Sometimes vocals are a tough issue on a doomesque metal album. Depending on the substyle performed, we have many options. Ozzy bashers are often hateful and disposable. Count Raven vocals, for example, are quite laughable. Funeral doomsters will embrace quickly the deep growls, that create an oppressive atmosphere and act like a background/support to the music despite they can´t offer a great range of emotions certainly... then we´ve got whispers and sweet pseudo-gothic croonery vocal work... well, all this rant is aimed to point out the incredibly monotonous vocals Gloomy Sunday have most of the time. They don´t belong to the mentioned types; the very first song features verses sung by a drunken pimp fired from the last pub closing, these broken words pumped off the worst of livers on Earth could suggest an interesting option to choose when delivering the goods in the vocal side. The rest of the songs are not sung with that peculiar voice. Nevertheless, when the album keeps flowing, the annoying sentiment is really hard to avoid and it makes the overall result decrease. The singer´s efforts partially spoil the impressions left by “Beyond Good And Evil” on me. Not an awful work, really, but it leans the music to dull territories, despite the rest of the instruments themselves are not innovative nor varied at all; it´s easy to hear the same drum fills and breaks in various songs, the riffs are more or less built on the same sonic textures everytime. And then we hear those creeping, boring vocals that strengthen the “correct but not amazing at all” feeling. Musically speaking Gloomy Sunday step on doomy territories halfway between sludgy moors and classic doom patterns. Electric Wizard could be a useful reference for the lost soul. Here we have a respectable dose of crunchy guitar riffs creating an effective (and boring) ambient without being fresh nor groundbreaking whatsoever.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Living Dead At The Tradecentre Morgue |
| 2. Dead Of Season |
| 3. Xanor |
| 4. Beyond The Light |
| 5. Fluoxetin Selena |
| 6. Burn Out The Sun |
| 7. End Trip |
| 8. Sunrise Casualty |
| 9. Dead Love Autumn |
: 50.51
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