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Shadeworks is the solo project of Arnaud
Nicolas, drummer of the Belgian metal bands Obsidian (former) and Icy Winds
(current). He started the project back in 1998 under the name Icy Winds At
Dusk and released an instrumental demo tape called "Endless Snowfields". Now
we are here in the year of 2001, three years later, and the project has
developed into a more serious effort to create innovative and modern music.
The music of Shadeworks is very atmospheric and slightly progressive, unlike
any other band I've heard before. Unfortunately this isn't really my kind of
thing it seems. The music is very nice as background music when doing
something completely different like solving differential equations but it is
not the type of music that makes you want to listen to it over and over again
just for the beauty of it. There are some nice hightlights like the wonderful
female vocals from Fae of Arnaud's other band Icy Winds and a couple of great
melodies. Arnaud's vocals are almost gothic sounding and not that
interesting. Duet singing from both Fae and Arnaud would however sound rather
good I guess and perhaps that's an idea to explore in the future. Shadeworks
is slow, atmospheric and soothing metal that might be something for Anathema
fans (I'm not...).
| Tracklist |
1. Sooty Limbs |
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2. Blind Healing 3. Terra 4. Silky Birds |
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