Garden Of Shadows - Oracle Moon - guest review
Garden Of Shadows - Oracle Moon - guest review
Tracklist
01. Oracle Moon02. Citadel Of Dreams
03. Into Infinity
04. Dissolution Of The Forms
05. Continuum
06. Desert Shadows
07. Twilight Odyssey
Guest review by
BurbotsRevenge January 20, 2008
The music is brutally heavy, yet majestically beautiful at the same time, with a vast number of intricate and inter-weaving lead guitar melodies and harmonies using both melodic structure and amazing technicality. Keyboards are also present, and, while adding to the peaceful side of the album, they do not overpower the ever-present guitars. The long passages of guitar harmonies, generally mid to slow paced, unlike the usual speed of melodic death metal create a most enjoyable listen.
The vocals featured on this album are deep and guttural, and compared to most of the shrieking type vocals of normal melodeath, are often thought to be strange and not suited to the music on the first listen. However, after a few listens the two elements; music and vocals; seem to become a great combination of brutality and peace. On Oracle Moon, Garden of Shadows display magnificent musicianship and songwriting skills. Each song is put together perfectly, with the layers of sound connecting and combining to create the sound that is Oracle Moon.
Overall, Oracle Moon is a brilliant release, and I recommend it to all Opeth fans, and other progressive death metal fans, who are in for a display of melodic brutality. This epic album is a one-of-a-kind, and is a must in any good metal collection.
Highlights: Citadel of Dreams, Dissolution of The Forms, and Oracle Moon.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by BurbotsRevenge | January 20, 2008
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Thx for the review, this band it's awesome
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I love everything related to epic. But can you tell me do they use clean vocal?
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Oracle Moon... I can only agree with the rating. A really great melodic DM album that is clearly "epic". The only thing is that the album is not one of a kind, you have Garden of Shadow's first album also haha..
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Posts: 1603 Written by User 6041 on 20.01.2008 at 09:18 well, if u love epic, you'll love this album  no clean vocals as such, there are some ?choirs? with some symhonic-like vocals in background in a couple of tracks, but no, not really...
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