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Norway keeps producing new gothic/death/black metal hybrids
and Sorg is one of the latest ones. "Enigma Grotesque" is the first album
from the band signed to the Italian label Scarlet, a subdivision of BL Music.
Sounding a little like their fellow countrymen The Sins Of Thy Beloved
(TSOTB), Sorg consists of six musicians playing heavy music with both male
growling, similiar to Tristania but not as powerful, and female vocals. Just
like TSOTB the band has also hired a guest musician named Mikael Lundemo to
play the violin but this instrument is not as protruding as it was on the
first album from TSOTB. Sorg doesn´t quite reach up to the quality of TSOTB
but the slower emotional parts where the female vocals of Lene Vestrum take
lead are very nice indeed and the album ends with a soothing, beautiful and
suggestive track. Sorg has got potentials, especially with the voice of Lene,
but they need to work on the heavier passages which are a little simple
sometimes and sound too similar throughout the whole album. As always when it
comes to this type of bands I really miss the piano which is one of the most
effective instruments to create the kind of sad emotional atmosphere they´re
so desperately looking for. Still, this is a pretty good album that suits all
fans of early Theatre of Tragedy, Tristania and The Sins Of Thy Beloved. It
was recorded and mixed at Nord-Norsk Filmcenter in Honnigsvåg Jan-Feb 2000,
and mastered at Massive Arts, Milano, in March 2000 by Alberto Cutolo. It was
produced and arranged by the band, engineered and mixed by Steve Riise
Jensen.
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1. Vobiscum 2. Lock Me |
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Under 3. ...And Yours Shall Be 4. Reach Me 5. A Perilous |
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Quest 6. Enigma Grotesque 7. Tears Of Oblivion 8. The |
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Supreme Below 9. (Untitled) |
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