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"Melodic death metal on steroids with a slight doom influence and guttural vocals mixed up with acoustic verses and classical heavy metal guitar solos." Oh, how I do love when a band blurbs itself so that I don't have to. Notwithstanding the dubious and trite "on steroids" addendum, the clauses above pretty much describe this band to a T. A quintet of Finns so young that I probably have Entombed CDs older than them are indebted to a clear and present Opeth influence, evinced by nods to both prog and folk (as well as deliberate song lengths). However, one can also detect traces of classic Edge of Sanity and Pyogenesis within the sobbing, heaving guitar melodies. Certainly Orpheria can dodge the shadows of those largely forgotten prog-death luminaries, but that of Akerfeldt & Co. might loom somewhat larger, especially when considering the bands' alphabetical proximity in the metal glossary. Three long songs is the sum total of what's on offer here, all of which contain a half-dozen good-to-great ideas played with dynamic proficiency and bode well for many more to come, once the band finishes puberty (did I mention they were young?) and asserts more of its own collective musical identity.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Spectre Of The Ravine |
| 2. The Blood Furnace |
| 3. Matricidal |
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