Style: Doom/death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Rather bland and emotionless doom/death
Thoughts: I don't know why I have this album. I don't know why I keep it. Every time I put it on I'm bored. Yet every time I'm done with it I put it back in my shelves. I really need to stop doing that.
This checks every box for doom/death metal. Slow songs, huge chords, and soaring melodies. While it checks all the boxes, the end result does nothing for me. It's just bland. I think I would rather listen to nothing than have this on to be honest.
The melodies do nothing to stir emotion up in me. The vocals are standard doom/death fare. The drums do nothing to add to the music except keep a beat. It's like a poor mans My Dying Bride without any of the emotion or goth.
For most records I can find some sort of redeeming quality, but here I'm a bit at a loss. Nothing ever rises above mediocrity. Not a single melody, not a single moment in the hour plus of the album. Even if half of the content was cut and the best riffs were put into three songs instead of five... it still would do nothing for me.
That's it. This is the last time this one hits my turn table. Maybe this record can find a better home with someone else, but as for me it's had it's last time. Not every record is for everyone, and this one is certainly not for me.
Written May 1st 2024
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