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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | June 9th 17 |
Vapaus by Kaunis Kuolematon brings melo-doomy death metal with strengths in stellar growls, dramatic melodic guitar riffs, clean-death vocal interplay and songwriting but fails to really set itself apart from things that have been done in the past; not necessarily that long ago either. As mentioned, this vocalist can belt it with the best of them with a growl reminiscent of prime-death era Mikael Akerfeldt. The best part of the music itself is the smooth transitions between groovy death and doom riffs and quiter, acoustic guitar and string laiden sections featuring clean singing. It all takes on a melodic, perhaps melancholy atmosphere and the ups and downs in the music are powerful. Unfortunately a lot of the riffs sound painfully familiar to contemporaries and the production doesn't necessarily do a great job accentuating the beautiful guitar leads and uplifting vocals. Certainly should be checked out by anyone into melo-death but the album loses a lot of steam after the standout tracks Eloton, Hurskas and Yksin.
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| 3.5 great | aGit | September 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnimas | September 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | em17ah | July 10th 17 |
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