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| 4.0 excellent | Voivod STAFF | September 21st 14 |
Veni Domine have taken many left turns since their first two highly acclaimed albums in the early '90s and for better or for worse, most of them were not fully embraced by fans of adventurous doom metal. This year's Light album however, is the exception that justifies the rule. The Swedes have brought the lyricism of progressive doom metal with the (often) void existence of melodic (some call it adult oriented) rock in holy matrimony. In that light, the lack of guitar distortion is balanced by the simple, yet adequately elaborate arrangements and the divine vocals of Fredrik Fredrik Sjoholm, who sounds as if he's releasing the burdens of his soul to his confessor. The success of the album is also reflected in the superb rendition of the 1991 song "Oh Great City" (from the debut Fall Babylon Fall album), which sounds even better than the original version.
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| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 18th 14 |
Queensryche-style prog. Kind of reminds me of Rage for Order-era stuff, but mellower. Maybe a little bit of Pain of Salvation too, because this is kind of odd. The main issue is the vocals. There are some terrible fucking vocals in places.
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| 4.5 superb | jybt | May 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Goyle | November 15th 14 |
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