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The Prophecy impressed me with their
self-financed mini album "To End All Hope" last year and now they have
written enough material for a full-length release which I was eager hear.
Hailing from the same area as British doom pioneers Paradise Lost and My Dying
Bride they have certainly been influenced by the first generation of doom
metal bands and that was very apparent on their first release. Their roots
still clearly show on "Ashes" but now there is more than just the usual
dismal dirges. The vocals have grown to become more mature and varied with
both growls of anguish and clean songs of melancholy and the music show some
more progressive elements than last time. Doom fans don't need to worry
though because The Prophecy have far from abandoned their genre and most of
the music is still as painfully slow and filled with strong emotions like
sorrow, passion and desperation as it should be. A few line-up changes have
occurred since the last time and the band have now lost the former Seer's
Tear member Carl Fairhurst but also gained a new female keyboard player named
Katie Colbrook. I can't really tell you if this could have had a strong
impact on the band as a whole but what I can tell you is that The Prophecy is
one of the most promising new European doom metal bands together with
Ireland's Mourning Beloveth. Big things are starting to happen for them now
as well as they will be heading out on a long American tour in support of
Morgion in August this year, also joined by Mourning Beloveth. I particularly
recommended this album to fans of early My Dying
Bride.
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