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10-22-2009 02:10 AM |
Okay, so there's While Heaven Wept's Chapter 1 compilation. If you guys are fans of OEF you may or may not like this, considering the fact OEF (and Vast Oceans, for that matter) took a much different approach than their earlier doom material did. I can't really compare the album to anything else, the band really has their own sound. This is definitely my favorite metal album, and in the doom genre as a whole I'd consider it up there with classics such as Nightfall and Epicus. I'll add some descriptions my very favorite songs:
Thus With a Kiss I die - This song is kinda strange, the first 8 minutes or so are in traditional WHW style - slow, doomy, but the vocals are so enunciated and powerful it sounds like a power metal ballad over a Warning track. Seriously. Overall, this song isn't my favorite, as towards the end it dives off into a 7 minute guitar session. Entertaining, yeah, but not really captivating.
The Death of Love - Okay, all of WHW'S material is written in mourning of Tom's ex-girlfriend (if you want more info on this, he explains what exactly happened on their official site) and their sour, depressing relationship. Anyway, it's important if you're a lyric guy to read along with this song - Tom wrote it at his parents' kitchen table, but nonetheless it's still a masterpiece. This was his electric version of the song, the first one they did was completely acoustic and even better, but thankfully it's on this compilation as well (under La Mort D'amour, which is french for the death of love).
The Mourning - This song totally tricked me. It starts off as a total thrasher - blasts, heavy bass, and an[I] awesome[/I] main riff. As it progresses it slows down and rekindles the doominess of the earlier songs, but the really notable difference is the vocals. They're clean, yeah, but low pitched and very commanding. It's hard to explain the exact tone, you have to hear it. This was definitely their best attempt at writing as well. (if you're into poetry, all WHW lyrics take root in poets like Shelly and Byron, and if you read any of their writing you can see where Tom got a lot of his ideas from).
Shores of Desolation: Bassy chuga-chug riff in the intro. This is a pretty captivating song because it's nothing like the previous tracks - it's all growls, sometimes shrieky, and very short. I think they just wrote this to experiment a little bit, as they did a little bit on OEF, but istill it remains a WHW classic to me. Brilliant vocals.
That's all I'm gonna mention 'cause I'm tired of ****ing writing this even if i put no effort into it. the album is just totally perfect and there are a lot of other mentionable songs: some with neo-classical influence, thrash, '80s metal, everything. truly superb, so download it.
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