Tideless - Eye Of Water
| Release date: | 15 September 2023 |
| Style: | Shoegaze, Atmospheric death metal, Death doom metal |
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Owners: |
10 have it 2 want it |
Disc I
01. Drowning (19° 40′ 49″ N, 99° 0′ 36″ W)
02. Fields At Dawn
03. Oblations For The Sun
Disc II
01. Laurel Of Victory
02. Lush.Serene.Dissolved
01. Drowning (19° 40′ 49″ N, 99° 0′ 36″ W)
02. Fields At Dawn
03. Oblations For The Sun
Disc II
01. Laurel Of Victory
02. Lush.Serene.Dissolved
Review
Lyrics Produced, engineered, and mixed by Charlie Koryn.
Mastered by Matthew Williams at Sub Odin Studios in Portland, OR.
Drums recorded at Toadhouse Recording in Portland, OR May 2021
Guitar and bass recorded at Ramona Music Center in Ramona, CA September 2021
Vocals, synthesizers and keyboards recorded at Tideless HQ in Escondido, CA February-July 2022.
Cover artwork by Wang Yang.
Additional artwork by Wang Yang and Oded Castro.
Rating:
8.4
8.4
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Rating: 8.4 |
Extreme doom metal and post-rock, while on the face of it seeming like polar opposites, aren’t actually all that incompatible; both are often geared towards atmosphere and emotion, both are often on the slower side of the spectrum, and both can feature climactic swells of volume. To that end, in a world where metal musicians constantly seek whatever musical territory that remains unchartered, it’s perhaps unsurprising to see bands exploring the similarities and contrasts of hellish and heavenly sounds. Read more ›› |
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Comments
Comments: 6
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7633  |
I'm not sure it's quite well written enough to justify that mammoth 75-minute runtime, but the combination of genuine old school-sounding death metal contrasted with melancholic clean passages and full-blown shoegaze/post-rock is really intriguing and mostly well executed. One could argue how effectively the contrasts are integrated together, but the bleed from the really soft, sad midsection of "Oblations For The Sun" into more extreme doom works really well for me Edit: You know what, on reflection, it might actually justify the runtime - I am super impressed by this record, the more blackened doom closing song in particular I enjoy a lot
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 9030  |
I'm pretty sure I've heard a similar genre blend before, but I love how well it blends here.
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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| Khold Baroness Posts: 634  |
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7633 |
Written by Khold Baroness on 23.11.2023 at 23:47 I can't say that this has much funeral doom or much of a resemblance of Ahab; the extreme doom passages are too rooted in up-tempo death metal or blackened doom to resemble funeral doom, and the lighter passages are far more post-rock/shoegaze than much that Ahab has done outside of moments on The Giant. However, at 75 minutes it's naturally not going to be for everyone
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| Nejde Posts: 1695  |
Written by Khold Baroness on 23.11.2023 at 23:47 If so, you should rate it higher than a 5.
---- Liebe ist für alle da.
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| tintinb Posts: 2029 |
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