Style: melodic doom/death metal
Thoughts: Some albums are like time capsules. They manage to capture a sound that no modern band is able to, and in doing so generate instant nostalgia. Futile is one such album for me.
Rapture's debut album is a bit different than the two follow ups. The band is not yet into Katatonia worship mode, instead they are happy to tread mostly their own path. There are no clean vocals and the song writing is more dynamic than I would have expected coming from the later albums.
The drums in particular have more life to them than the standard snare, bass combo that dominates the later albums. These riffs are full, the drums match them with standard yet varied patterns, it all comes together nicely.
The vocals are almost exclusively growled on this release. There are a few moments where spoken word is used, but they soon give way to Petri's mighty growl. What really gets me though is that Petri is the clean vocalist on the later albums, on this album he has no problems with growling - in fact he sounds magnificent. I wonder what happened.
Futile is easily the most diverse album that Rapture ever put out. The songs structures change, they use acoustic guitars more frequently, the vocals are a bit more emotive despite being only growled... it boggles my mind how much the band changed with the next album. It's not that either iteration of the band is better it's simply a huge change. Regardless, Futile remains a favorite in the genre for me and likely my favorite output from the band as well.
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