Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting
Release date: | 2002 |
Style: | Melodic death metal |
Owners: |
552 have it 57 want it 1 trades it |
01. Ill-Starred Son
02. Song Of The Storm
03. Medeia
04. Dying Chant
05. The Elder
06. Black Waters
07. Shades Of Deep Green
08. The Bitter End
09. Journey Unknown
10. In The Halls Of Awaiting
02. Song Of The Storm
03. Medeia
04. Dying Chant
05. The Elder
06. Black Waters
07. Shades Of Deep Green
08. The Bitter End
09. Journey Unknown
10. In The Halls Of Awaiting
Rating:
9.6
9.6
Rating: 9.6 |
Insomnium fans have it easy. Not only does their band manage to excel with every subsequent release, they also had it all together from the very start. All the brilliance of their later records is not merely hinted in their debut, it is fully carried out. For starters - have we heard this before? Of course. A majority of the songs on the album have a structure similar to one that made Dark Tranquillity famous back in mid-90s: make the verses brutal, fire a myriad with death metal riffs with a strong emphasis on melody between them and complete it with very technical drumming and nifty acoustic passages. But this formula is like basic cookie dough and a good cook can improve it in various ways to make it spark interest and be different from the starting product. In The Halls Of Awaiting is set apart from similar releases by the mood of the melodies, which are always intense and in the pitch black part of the emotion spectrum. Think somewhere between Sentenced and modern age Amorphis - refined anguish meets experience and playful imagination. Ville Friman surely deserves a ten for his riffing on this effort, and so do Hirvonen and Sevänen for underlining it with awesome rhythm. Niilo Sevänen's also responsible for delivering ferocious growls and haunting whispers. Read more ›› |
Found in 18 lists
Top lists
Comments
Comments: 7
Visited by: 863 users
<O>!<O> Account deleted |
JohnDoe Account deleted |
Dr. Strawberry |
AngelofDeth Cyborg Raptor |
Bad English Tage Westerlund |
Redel Moderator |
AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor |
Hits total: 16164 | This month: 29