Colosseum - Chapter 2: Numquam - review
Colosseum - Chapter 2: Numquam - review
Tracklist
01. Numquam02. Towards The Infinite
03. Demons Swarm By My Side
04. The River
05. Narcosis
06. Prosperity
07. Outro
A review by
Lucas January 12, 2009
"Chapter II: Numquam" is a Funeral Doom album in the trademark Finnish style. You can count on slow dirges, deep and drawn out growls, the famous "hit bass drums-go to the restroom-come back-hit again"-type of drums. This band is a little faster than usual though, you can only make it back in time if you're only going for a quick number one. These basic ingredients are covered under a massive layer of synthesizers. If you're a fan of Shape Of Despair, you know exactly what this layer of synthesizers sounds like. Immense, sweet and melancholic are keywords for this wall of sound.
Within this enormous layer they have built the best part of their music: orchestral arrangements of such grand nature that they will even take the most seasoned Funeral Doom lover by surprise. Listen to the second half of "Towards The Infinite" to know what I mean. With great movements waves of melancholy forged by (synthesizer-) trumpets, cellos and soaring lead guitars sweep throughout the album, sparsely enough to still surprise and often enough to pleasure the listeners.
My only issue with the album is that it is a little on the safe side. This is a problem I have with more Finnish Funeral Doom bands, they often just lack that extra bite. Sadness can be translated into wonderful, beautiful music with free-flowing and emotive solos, immense walls of mourning and deeply anguished growls, but man, do I wish these guys would throw in an angrier, more fucked off part. But that's probably just me and my definition of depression.
By all means this is a great album for the (Funeral) Doom fanatic and it might even bring new fans to the genre. As for me? It's time for a long due purchase. Two, actually.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Looking forward to the impending release. nice work on the review.
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New funeral doom!? I'll check this out
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It'll be out tomorrow. 
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I just heard their debut. Really good funeral doom that fans shouldn't miss.
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Nice review, Lucas. I just have to remind you all, that in addition to the layer of synthesizers, this album includes also real trumpet, cello, violin and flute. All of these are performed by session musicians.
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Excellent album. Recommended.
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Posts: 2796 Written by HardSide on 24.04.2010 at 17:36 I don't believe that Funeral Doom sounds the same at all , I am actually a fan of the genre and I found the album good but the Shape of despair influence is clear "maybe too clear" some synthe sections sounds exactly like Shape od Despair The band is pretty strong but I still want more from them
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I liked this one more than their other works
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