Band:	Decemberance
Album:	Inside
Style:	Death metal, Doom metal
Release date:	December 2009
A review by:	KwonVerge

01. Time
02. Rain
03. Anxiety Grasps Our Perspective
04. A Common Winter
05. Sunset
06. Premonition

Being a metal band from Hellas, chances are few you will get to sign a pleasing contract with a label so as to distribute your wok. Being a doom metal band from the same part of the Mediterranean Sea means… you're actually doomed! Well, almost. At least in the case of Decemberance the tunes and the will of the band were stronger than time. Having been around for more than a decade now, their first full-length, Inside, was released during the end of 2009, with very limited distribution. A re-release followed during 2010 and the band finally got the chance to see its work being available around the globe.

I have some questions for you fellow reader. Do you like Disembowelment? Dusk maybe? Decomposed even? My Dying Bride's As The Flower Withers? Esoteric's extremist attacks? Raw doom/death metal in general with colossal outbursts? Do you like it even more when it has some ultra slow passages and funeral doom comes into play for a while? Oh, yes, huh? Then Decememberance is a band you should definitely listen to, "Anxiety Grasps Our Perspective" proves it. Do you think it's all over? Oh no, Decemberance is not your ordinary influenced doom/death metal band around. Sure, they have their influences, who doesn't, yet there are so many things that partake in their compositions and the changes of season in their lengthier songs blend so goddamn well together that you actually can't get bored, even if you try it. The production is very good, something that helps the overall sound expedition present the songs in the ideal manner.

"Time" which opens the album will be a small surprise of what is to follow, so let's take "Rain" for example and proceed to a sound surgery. Apart from the raging outbursts and more doom metal driven passages you will find the piano playing tricks on your mind at some times, at others you will be forced to think how the duck did this psychedelic passage appear lending a more progressive glimpse. And of course various sounds, FX and samples shine here and there enriching the song, along with the keyboard's distinctive use and the gentle string (violin etc) incorporations. A variety of aggressive vocals also helps to escalate the song, ranging from deep grunts to unearthly black metal oriented shrieks; and it's the drummer performing all of them, forming a wonderful rhythm section on his other task along with the bassist! If you're not complimented enough, examine "A Common Winter" and see for yourself.

If you thought that doom metal has completed its circle as a genre, try Inside, the first time you listen to it will be enough to love it, yet, the more you listen, the more the little sound treasures you discover, making the album more complete in your mind with every spin; and believe me, there will be many spins to explore its map.

Highlights: "Time", for paving the way. "Rain", for the surgery. "Anxiety Grasps Our Perspective" for the groove, the power. "A Common Winter", for the same reason as "Rain", plus the whispering poetic recites in hellenic language. "Sunset", for the acoustic beauty and the vivid imagery of the sun slowly going down as you wander by the seaside. "Premonition", for completing the portrait in the most appropriate way. You will find all Inside.