Style: Classic dungeon synth, black metal?
Primary Emotions/Themes: An experimental journey
Thoughts: There are points in my music journey where I think that I grab too many things from an artist. Just one too many releases, and I end up trimming the fat later on in my musical journey. That very well may happen with the fourth entry into the Depressive Silence discography.
Each of the previous entries in the Depressive Silence discography have been chaotic, but ultimately enjoyable in some way or another. With IV however, that charm and quirkiness is taken a bit too far astray.
This is immediately evident Dark Soul, the band has seemingly abandoned the dungeon synth of the first three entries. In it's place we have a poor attempt at rock inspired black metal. The riffs are... lacking, the vocals are distorted and don't follow the music well. It seems haphazard at best. It's not even the kind of poorly executed black metal that is enjoyable, this is just straight out bad.
Fortunately the second track Lost in My Dreams brings back the project's signature sound with a thirteen minute epic. This follows very much the same foundation that Mourning set out. It's an ever flowing collection of melodies that blend effortlessly into each other. The melodies repeat over and over again, yet never become boring or overstay their welcome. Despite the repetition there is quite a bit of progression to the song... it's slow and subtle but if you listen to the beginning and then the end it's immediately evident that the song played a few subtle tricks on the listener to get to that point.
Depressive Silence is a fascinating project. They seemed to have so many ideas in such a short amount of time. It's hard to believe that all of these releases came out just within a few years of each other. While IV may be my least favorite of the bunch, it still has something to contribute to the early entries in the dungeon synth genre. It's place in history is cemented.
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