Dark Covenant - Eulogies For The Fallen - review
Dark Covenant - Eulogies For The Fallen - review
Tracklist
01. The End-Time Congregation (Intro)02. Forever Amongst The Ruins
03. Visions Of Salvation
04. Ascension Denied
05. Black Raven
06. Perennial Solitude
07. Black Sun Rising
08. A Broken Sword Reforged
09. Dirgevows (Outro)
A review by
Daniell April 05, 2012
You can guess what should follow those dots. But I'm glad to say that a very bad impression left by the first song is easily forgettable, because what we get here is a very decent portion of epicus doomicus metallicus, err, epic doom metal. Stripped of anything but the basic instruments, the music has only itself to defend against spoiled doom fans. It does a good job, because, non-exsistent originality aside, Eulogies for the Fallen are pretty solid. The album's production is quite raw, but not Ildjarn or Wormphlegm raw. All instruments are clear and audible, but the sound is far from polished. A song that best summarizes the album is ?A Broken Sword Reforged" - it has everything a doom fan could hope for. Great, heavy riffs, ponderous rhythms, interesting mood changes and very melodic vocal lines. Nothing surprising, nothing new, but still quite fun to listen to.
Oh, I almost forgot to expend a bit on the vocals. Vjohrrnt Wodansson is without doubt a very good singer with a strong voice that's perfect for this kind of doom metal. But if you dislike operatic singers, he will drive you mad. Imagine Messiah Marcolin's vocal style, and multiply it by five. That's how operatic and dramatic Wodansson sounds. It's not necessarily a bad thing of course, but such singing is definitely an acquired taste. You've been warned.
You might think that the overall rating is lower than what the review suggests. It would be higher, but I can't turn a blind eye on the copycat song...
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 7 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 7 |
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I won't comment on it, because I don't particularly like trad and/or epic doom... but the singer should be shot.
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Posts: 1088 Written by Merchant of Doom on 05.04.2012 at 17:37 well done
---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com Written by Warman on 07.11.2007 at 22:39
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Posts: 702 Written by theFIST on 05.04.2012 at 18:54 Thanks! 
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Posts: 1088 Written by Merchant of Doom on 05.04.2012 at 19:01 wow, a doom guy with humour, not very doom of you
---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com Written by Warman on 07.11.2007 at 22:39
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Posts: 702 Written by theFIST on 05.04.2012 at 19:11 sometimes it comes out... not very often, mind you. Consider yourself lucky (or unlucky)... 
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Posts: 1088 Written by Merchant of Doom on 05.04.2012 at 19:14 Certainly option 1, happiness and amusement are healthy, i think i deserve credit for having avoided your death
---- http://metalstormmusicianscorner.bandcamp.com Written by Warman on 07.11.2007 at 22:39
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Can you please cut down the on fucking quote pyramid? It drives people nuts.
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Posts: 6212 Written by [user id=4365] on 06.04.2012 at 00:03 Steering wheels are sexy.
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Posts: 702 Written by theFIST on 05.04.2012 at 19:19 I thank you for entertaining me, maybe not on purpose, but even us doomster sometime need a ray of light... but I don't think I'll kill myself any soon, for the disappointment of some of MS's hardcore visitors and staff... EDIT: note the neatly executed trimming of the quoting...
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