The Howling Void - Shadows Over The Cosmos - review
The Howling Void - Shadows Over The Cosmos - review
Tracklist
01. The Primordial Gloom02. Shadows Over The Cosmos
03. Wanderer Of The Wastes
04. The Hidden Sun
05. Lord Of The Black Gulf
A review by
KwonVerge September 23, 2010
Everything you might need is here, the only thing that's missing and you should put into play is your mind, well, actually let it loose and journey through the music's calm waves. The cover artwork may have a bleak aura while drowning in lifeless shades of a darkening, almost barren horizon, strengthening the title of the album, but don't let it misinterpret the main ambiance of Shadows Over The Cosmos. Thanks to the keyboards and the overall atmosphere, Shadows Over The Cosmos succeeds in seducing any bothering thought that might be tresspassing your harmony at the moment, even if some guitar riffing, distressing chords and deep grunts try to bleaken the overall mood, like on the title track. In the end, they seem like the aforementioned state of mind that is being driven away since you've cherished "Wanderer Of The Wastes". The first three compositions float in serenity and only on "The Hidden Sun" a glimpse of overwhelming melancholy makes its appearance underneath the dreary clouds, the weather forecast predicts of rain, prologuing the ending opus, "Lord Of The Black Gulf", that all of a sudden appears as a thorn in the heart of tranquility, dreadful, ominous, desolate. Now you know that all this journey was a hallucination, all you had cherished was nothing more but the calm before the storm.
If you pay attention to the titles of the songs, they are the journey itself, they give you hints, but you can't know for sure, not until The Howling Void's arms caress you while floating on calm water, to suddenly suffocate and finally drown you. Shadows Over The Cosmos is a siren demanding gently for your soul, let her singing do the job.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
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Another pedestrian funeral doom album. Along the lines of the latest Ea maybe just a tad better. A 7.6 I would say. Seems like most funeral doom releases this year don't have that spark that's needed.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Daniell wants to get sandwiched by two guys 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 5068 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2010 at 19:21 I will review the whole thing 
---- Dec. 30, 1334. ...And the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on.
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Aha Rozz loves to watch 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 5068 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2010 at 19:25 It's more doom to watch, you feel doomed in isolation
---- Dec. 30, 1334. ...And the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on.
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I think the review sums it up quite nicely.
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Really like this album, and good review.
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Cool review - I shall check this out soon!
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