Deathbell - With The Beyond - review
Deathbell - With The Beyond - review
Tracklist
01. With The Beyond02. Emerald Eyes Shine
03. Come To Trouble
04. Over The Rim
05. They Still Wander
06. Rise From Your Grave
A review by
BitterCOld July 16, 2018
Earlier this year, my Professor of Doom, the master of Brolly-fu, Marcel sent me a list of stuff to check out, including With The Beyond. I happily went about the due diligence (doom diligence?) of running down the list and have subsequently found Deathbell, hailing from our own Momo's backyard in Toulouse, France, as a regular choice for my late-night beer-fueled hazy hour fuzzed out soundtrack.
So yeah, most the descriptors you need are right in the first sentence of the review. Not sure there is terribly much more by way of keyboard acrobatics needed. The vibe is that of laid back, groovy fuzz-distorted riffs with some keyboard backing at slow-but-not-coma-inducing pace in a room with a heavy marijuana smoke-haze and plenty of black lights. It's fucking Doomchill. The riffs are pleasantly toasty. The vocals are well done, without being over the top in neither the mix nor "theatrics" with the singer showing off her range by hitting notes only dogs can hear. Again, it's Doomchill.
This is the kind of album I'd play after the party was over, after the wimps and posers left the hall and I just wanted to knock back cervezas with my close friends and relive old glories for a few more hours.
That would be a hell of a lot of words to describe the feel, vibe and doctor-prescribed use of the record, not a lot on the technical aspects or musical specifics. That's the kind of album it is. You can just kick back with some COld ones, some amigos and just enjoy the ride.
Get your doomchill on at Bandcamp. And save a seat and a cerveza for me.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written on 16.07.2018 by
Written on 16.07.2018 by
BitterCOld has been officially reviewing albums for MetalStorm since 2009. Comments
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Nice review! Will check'em out - don't know them yet, seems they're pretty new indeed - even if the style isn't my
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Brolly-fu  btw, I see I scored the album 77/100
---- 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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Seems like something I would like!
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You can always count on the Dutch and the COld for some good doom. This is cool stuff. Cheers 
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It's been a while since I listened to them, so it might not be an entirely accurate comparison, but the first band that came to mind whilst listening to this was Windhand, probably because of the vocals as Deathbell aren't as slow as those guys. It didn't blow me away, but it definitely had its moments, with the outro of Over The Rim really hooking me
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Posts: 40071 Written by musclassia on 18.07.2018 at 17:49 This is what I wrote for a certain webzine "...vocals which more than once come across as a less powerful version of Windhand's Dorthia Cottrell."
---- 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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