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| 4.0 excellent | Panzerchrist | November 19th 16 |
What a depressing state of affairs. Such a unique voice within the Gothic/Doom Metal scene, snuffed out far too soon. This album is definitely a worthy legacy, though.
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| 4.0 excellent | resident sputbirb with fancy hat | December 15th 16 |
Relatively soft doom metal with some my dying bride'y riffs and beautiful female vocals. Also the tragedy is real here. As one would expect the songwriting reminds one a lot of Swallow the Sun, which is not a bad thing, considering its one of my fav doom metal bands.
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| 5.0 classic | DarkNoctus | November 8th 16 |
'a million tears' is right - as triumphant as it is heartbreaking. what a record.
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| 4.5 superb | Xenorazr | June 16th 17 |
A strange experience to listen to; Hour of the Nightingale is, in many ways, an accessible album that's also difficult to swallow in its entirety. The production wonderfully brings the thin threads of life which do exist to the forefront, resulting in something that can easily pull listeners in, but leave them with a sense of loss and sorrow which is difficult to endure. It's almost like an emulation of the emotional journey which technically concluded for Raivio and Stanbridge last year, but the recency of this backstory still rings strength and hollowness at the same time.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | September 12th 22 |
A very pretty doomy gothic record, Trees of Eternity mostly gets the job done thanks to Starbridge's beautiful vocals and Raivio's beautiful guitar tones. The album does tackle the same aesthetic throughout its runtime, but hey in terms of ethereal doom this is top-notch.
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| 4.5 superb | ManiacBlasphemer | October 15th 19 |
I have heard of this project long before it even released the brilliant demo EP containing 4 very good doom laden gothic tracks. This was the brainchild of Juha Raivio and Aleah Stanbridge. While the first is known as a member of Swallow the Sun, little was known of Aleah. She hadn't contributed much, except for guest vocals on a few albums here and there and a few non-metal side projects. However, I came to notice her voice from her guest session in Amorphis and I was instantly mesmerized. This album saw the moonlight after he untimely death and it only made it difficult to listen especially difficult to properly asses. There is an aura of grief and death surrounding this record more-so than most other such projects and the overall atmosphere puts even more pressure on the songs. Had Aleah died after this album was released, it would have been far easier to listen and asses. If nothing else, it would have at least been faster. It is sentimentality that makes me rate this so high. There are truly stellar moments on this record, masterpieces of gothic doom. The 4 tracks from the demo are the highlight (4, 7-9), the last track with Nick Holmes as guest vocalist, and tracks 1 and 2. Only the title track and The Passage are a bit underwhelming. Although Hallatar explores Aleah's legacy, it does come about as an inferior version of this band due to the rather unwise selection of the Amorphis vocalist as the lead singer. Tomi Joutsen is a great vocalist, but not ideal for this type of music.
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| 4.0 excellent | thegreywind | November 19th 16 |
Such a pleasant surprise for people who like melancholy in their doom..people like myself
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| 4.0 excellent | hexfix93 | February 19th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | LamboGD | December 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spag | November 7th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Halez | July 9th 23 |
| 3.0 good | qt | February 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Luminol | January 14th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Gestapo | December 2nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | July 9th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Voor | June 30th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Azazzel | April 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | bbm | December 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | wingkon | September 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | nashet | August 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kouichi | October 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Luxx | July 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krpa | April 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tibi | January 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | January 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | June 6th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | bahlof | March 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | teamster | February 24th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | N2B3J | February 18th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | valek | December 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kris/KJ | December 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gmork89 | October 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tgdv | May 19th 17 |
| 3.8 excellent | manosg EMERITUS | March 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Enzx | March 7th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Troggy | February 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Difunt0 | February 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | February 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | February 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | gnimas | January 29th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Khu | January 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Hybza | January 10th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | January 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | January 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Gazo | December 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodstar | December 22nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Ulshad | December 20th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | December 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | November 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | dnem | November 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | November 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Pasts | November 23rd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Tasty | November 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | November 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Fractal | November 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Shogun | November 17th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | IceMole | November 13th 16 |
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