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The Sins Of Thy Beloved, the
eight-piece band from Norway is back again with their follow-up on the debut
"Lake Of Sorrow" amd it is a distinct recording that should not do much to
disappoint many fans of the band. The sorrowful lyrics, sad and heavy sound,
deep growling, violins and sad female vocals are still there. However, there
are slight changes to the music. First of all the production has improved with
a resulting better sound quality and a heavier sound than before.
Unfortunately the higher sound quality serves a negative purpose since it
makes the sound more modern and mature, removing a slice of sadness, emotions
and passion from the music that can´t be replaced only with the violin. The
music has also lost the strong melodic touch from their last album that has
been replaced with a heavier and more aggressive sound that doesn´t fully
justify the beautiful female vocals as on the first album. I know I am being
real picky here but I really miss some parts from their first sorrowful album
that can´t be found as clearly on opus número due. I feel an urging need to
end this review by telling you that this is by no means a bad release but
indeed one of the finer ones in the unique Norwegian gothic/death/black genre
and it deserves quite a lot of nice words. The band has even managed to
outdone the legendary Metallica with their fabulous cover of "The Thing That
Should Not Be" from the "Master Of Puppets" album. No matter how good this
album is I still hope we will see a more emotional third album from the band.
The album was recorded and mixed at Sound Suite Studio during Sept/Oct 1999,
produced and mixed by the great Terje Refsnes together with the band and
finally mastered at Masterhuset, Oslo. Artwork, design and lettering was done
by Tor Søreide Design and photography by Petter
Hegre.
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1. The Flame |
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Of Wrath 2. Forever 3. Pandemonium 4. Partial Sanity |
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5. Perpetual Desolation 6. Nebula Queen 7. The Mournful |
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Euphony 8. A Tormented Soul 9. The Thing That Should Not Be |
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