Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

8.5 | 319 votes |

Release date:	27 February 2012
Style:	Gothic doom metal
Owners:	297 have it 39 want it

01. Lightning & Snow
02. Death Is Not An Exit
03. Keeper Of The Ledger
04. Traveling Alone
05. Adora Vivos
06. Silver
07. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
08. Modern Life Architecture
09. Kiss My Ashes (Goodbye)
10. Finality
11. Alternate Ending

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Line-up
David "Veillko" Gold - vocals, rhythm guitar, drums
Joel Violette - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass & piano

Guest musicians
Raphael Weinroth-Browne - cello
Angela Schleihauf - Oboe

Additional info
This album was first released as a free promo on the web on December 23, 2011 by Earache Records when they learned of the death of founding member David Gold. The promo contains 192 kbps mp3s, lyrics, and the promo artwork, which does not have the band's original band logo on it. It has a different track order as well, also splitting "Kiss My Ashes (Goodbye)" into two parts and omitting "Keeper Of The Ledger."

Recorded by Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios in Ontario, Canada.

Mixed by John Fryer at Bordello Recording Rooms, Oslo
Shannon O'Shea, SOS Management

Artwork by David D' Andrea

Released on Earache Records.
Released on CD, Vinyl and digital download.

Limited vinyl numbers
Silver - 100 copies only
Blue - 200 Copies only
Snow & Lightning (White/Yellow) 300 Copies only
Black - 400 Copies only

Staff review by
Doc G.

Rating:
N/A

Wow, what a difficult review to write. On one hand, you want to reject any inclination to get caught up in posthumous worship that seems to happen to any deceased artist, on the other, it's hard to claim that the knowledge that you're playing that artists last message to the world doesn't add certain power. Listened to in context with David Gold's death, Woods 5 comes across as the most depressing album to drop in years. However, taken at face value, it's pretty decent. Nothing amazing, but well worth the listen.

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Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 29.08.2011 - 11:20 Rating: 9 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 I've never been so excited for any album ever. Loading...
trendkill- Posts: 51	Permalink 29.08.2011 - 21:30 Rating: 10 trendkill- Posts: 51 Written by Skøllgrim on 29.08.2011 at 11:20 I've never been so excited for any album ever. I Agree. It can't come soon enough! Loading...
Evilquince Posts: 36	Permalink 30.08.2011 - 23:16 Rating: 10 Evilquince Posts: 36 To any god out there - may this December come faster, please. ---- Some suffer to the point when they grow numb. Others are so numb they deserve to suffer. Loading...
Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 12:14 Rating: 9 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 With the departure of the Madden brothers, it seems that David Gold is to take on drum duties Here's a picture that does imply so: http://earache.tumblr.com/post/10128438230/woods-of-ypres-hard-at-work-on-the-new-album Loading...
Absak Posts: 189	Permalink 23.12.2011 - 15:52 Absak Posts: 189 I hope this album still gets released, despite this horrible tragedy. Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 23.12.2011 - 21:18 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by Absak on 23.12.2011 at 15:52 I hope this album still gets released, despite this horrible tragedy. I'm sure it will, and the proceeds will likely go towards paying off debts from the cost of the funeral. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 24.12.2011 - 15:28 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 A shame that David Gold dies leaving this boring album behind as his final legacy. ---- 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 Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 25.12.2011 - 04:02 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 This thread is now pretty creepy. ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 05:44 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 I must have this. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 05:54 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 I really hope this band continues, even without dave. i see they lost they're bassist and drummer... if need be i will fill in for the bass how awesome that would be. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 05:58 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 05:54 I really hope this band continues, even without dave. Why? I'm pretty sure he was the primary composer, if not the sole composer. The sound would be completely different. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 06:04 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.01.2012 at 05:58 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 05:54 I really hope this band continues, even without dave. Why? I'm pretty sure he was the primary composer, if not the sole composer. The sound would be completely different. I suppose your right. Maybe they'll pull an AC/DC, but even if it is like that it will never be the same. We need to have a way to bring back the dead. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 06:07 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 06:04 I suppose your right. Maybe they'll pull an AC/DC, but even if it is like that it will never be the same. We need to have a way to bring back the dead. You might like The Green Evening Requiem, featuring the Madden brothers. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 06:14 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.01.2012 at 06:07 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 06:04 I suppose your right. Maybe they'll pull an AC/DC, but even if it is like that it will never be the same. We need to have a way to bring back the dead. You might like The Green Evening Requiem, featuring the Madden brothers. not bad, but its missing that amazing vocalist ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 06:15 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.12.2011 at 15:28 A shame that David Gold dies leaving this boring album behind as his final legacy. you've heard it? link? e-mail me the audio file?! something!!?!? ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 10:59 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 06:04 Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.01.2012 at 05:58 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 05:54 I really hope this band continues, even without dave. Why? I'm pretty sure he was the primary composer, if not the sole composer. The sound would be completely different. I suppose your right. Maybe they'll pull an AC/DC, but even if it is like that it will never be the same. We need to have a way to bring back the dead. With AC/DC Bon Scott only wrote the lyrics. So it was much easier to replace him. Here Gold also composed the music. ---- 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 Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 01.01.2012 - 15:19 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.01.2012 at 10:59 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 06:04 Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.01.2012 at 05:58 Written by Boxcar Willy on 01.01.2012 at 05:54 I really hope this band continues, even without dave. Why? I'm pretty sure he was the primary composer, if not the sole composer. The sound would be completely different. I suppose your right. Maybe they'll pull an AC/DC, but even if it is like that it will never be the same. We need to have a way to bring back the dead. With AC/DC Bon Scott only wrote the lyrics. So it was much easier to replace him. Here Gold also composed the music. I know... im just... sad. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 08.01.2012 - 00:24 Rating: 9 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 Earache's webstore has loads of cool stuff on Woods 5 now for all the fans. CD/Vinyl/7 inch/poster/t-shirt. And David Gold was the guy who wrote the music and lyrics all the way from the first release were he was the drummer 'til this newest release, even though I read that on the latest album Joel actually wrote some parts. There is no hope of more WoY, David Gold was WoY. Even through insane amounts of lineup changes he kept the core always. Loading...
Fredd Account deleted	Permalink 13.01.2012 - 19:37 Fredd Account deleted I have this one already Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 13.01.2012 - 19:45 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=114127] on 13.01.2012 at 19:37 I have this one already it's not even released yet ---- 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 Loading...
Fredd Account deleted	Permalink 13.01.2012 - 19:49 Fredd Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.01.2012 at 19:45 Written by [user id=114127] on 13.01.2012 at 19:37 I have this one already it's not even released yet I found it... somewhere. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 13.01.2012 - 20:07 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by [user id=114127] on 13.01.2012 at 19:49 I found it... somewhere. I already have it for nearly two months now as legal promo download and it's immensely boring and wya too long, though not as bad as IV ---- 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 Loading...
Fredd Account deleted	Permalink 13.01.2012 - 22:04 Fredd Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.01.2012 at 20:07 Written by [user id=114127] on 13.01.2012 at 19:49 I found it... somewhere. I already have it for nearly two months now as legal promo download and it's immensely boring and wya too long, though not as bad as IV How the hell? Loading...
Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9723	Permalink 14.01.2012 - 09:58 Rating: 8 Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9723 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.01.2012 at 20:07 Written by [user id=114127] on 13.01.2012 at 19:49 I found it... somewhere. I already have it for nearly two months now as legal promo download and it's immensely boring and wya too long, though not as bad as IV I was listening to it earlier today. I quite enjoyed it. Not perfect, but decent. I remember talking to David a few months ago, and his description of the upcoming album was perfect: sad, classy and dark. I think he hit the nail on the head with that description. He was an interesting guy. Kind of weird how a person you only met a small handful of times can still leave you with that lump in your throat when they die. EDIT: I see he used the same words in the interview I sat in on on that same night: http://metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=610 TL;DR version: Quote: Emily: Describe Woods 5 (The Next Album) David: If there's a colour it's black, if there's a time of day it's at night, if there's a season at all its winter. It will be sad, classy, dark and heavy. I like storytelling and lyrical based songs because that's what I get in to. I'm almost 30 years old I've heard a lot of blast beats and a lot of guitar wanking but at this age I like a good song writing. I think people get into the music and connect with it because of that. ---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin Loading...
Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 06:23 Rating: 9 Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9216 Written by Doc G. on 14.01.2012 at 09:58 I was listening to it earlier today. I quite enjoyed it. Not perfect, but decent. I remember talking to David a few months ago, and his description of the upcoming album was perfect: sad, classy and dark. I think he hit the nail on the head with that description. He was an interesting guy. Kind of weird how a person you only met a small handful of times can still leave you with that lump in your throat when they die. EDIT: I see he used the same words in the interview I sat in on on that same night: http://metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=610 TL;DR version: Quote: Emily: Describe Woods 5 (The Next Album) David: If there's a colour it's black, if there's a time of day it's at night, if there's a season at all its winter. It will be sad, classy, dark and heavy. I like storytelling and lyrical based songs because that's what I get in to. I'm almost 30 years old I've heard a lot of blast beats and a lot of guitar wanking but at this age I like a good song writing. I think people get into the music and connect with it because of that. I wish I could have met him... I really connected with his music. I'm going to miss him. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Fade To Black Posts: 72	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 01:21 Rating: 9 Fade To Black Posts: 72 The Song "Adora Vivos" is kinda weird to listen to if you consider what happened to Dave Gold Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 14:37 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Very very average album built around discarded Paradise Lost riffs and Katatonia melodies. ---- 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 Loading...
ChrisWinther Posts: 123	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 20:03 Rating: 9 ChrisWinther Posts: 123 A very great album! Kinda reminds of Type O Negative Loading...
hadriel Posts: 257	Permalink 04.02.2012 - 03:12 Rating: 8 hadriel Posts: 257 Written by Fade To Black on 02.02.2012 at 01:21 The Song "Adora Vivos" is kinda weird to listen to if you consider what happened to Dave Gold Go listen to "The Shams of Optimism" off of Against the Seasons. Sent shivers all down my spine. Loading...
Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 04.02.2012 - 20:21 Rating: 9 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 The album isn't really released apart from the promo that earache let out, so it's sort of stupid to give ratings already (even though the fanboy in me couldn't resist) To me the promo really hits home, everything just sounds right, I've been obsessively playing the album since it hit the web and it still feels great. Loading...