Great debut album. Be sure to check it out.

WoW, these are the same guys form Demiurg!!? Checking them out immediately... Thanks for the tip, Marcel...

Definitely among the standouts among 2009. You should have worked harder to get this review out before the awards

Written by Ag Fox on 26.03.2010 at 14:45

You should have worked harder to get this review out before the awards

I know, and I fully agree *bows head and sneaks away totally ashamed.*

Nice review Marcel! I'm actually going to check this one out

Wow...This album takes you in completely.It slowly gets in your head and make it impôssible for you to do anything else but listen.So much power in the vocals and the beat.And this is only a dbut album.They Rock

Written by Edmund Fogg on 26.03.2010 at 18:32

Wow...This album takes you in completely.It slowly gets in your head and make it impôssible for you to do anything else but listen.So much power in the vocals and the beat.And this is only a dbut album.They Rock

Will be seeing them for the second time live tonight (now opening for Esoteric). But live they have Pim Blankenstein of Officium Tirste doing the grunt, plus of course Ed himself doing the clean vocals, and guitars, and Bram Bijlhout also of Officium Triste hadnling guitar, as well as Petra Gruijt on guitar, Dirk Bruinen of Adagio, Patrick Rondat, Elegy handling the drums and Daniël Huijben of Cirrha Niva on bass.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 26.03.2010 at 18:44

Written by Edmund Fogg on 26.03.2010 at 18:32

Wow...This album takes you in completely.It slowly gets in your head and make it impôssible for you to do anything else but listen.So much power in the vocals and the beat.And this is only a dbut album.They Rock

Will be seeing them for the second time live tonight (now opening for Esoteric). But live they have Pim Blankenstein of Officium Tirste doing the grunt, plus of course Ed himself doing the clean vocals, and guitars, and Bram Bijlhout also of Officium Triste hadnling guitar, as well as Petra Gruijt on guitar, Dirk Bruinen of Adagio, Patrick Rondat, Elegy handling the drums and Daniël Huijben of Cirrha Niva on bass.

I gotta say I'm not a huge fan of watching this kind of band live.It doesn't have the same impact.But it does sound like a great show

Loved this album. Reminded me a lot of Silent Ruins.

A very nice debut; I look forward to hearing from these guys again. The rating seems fair, even for someone as pedantic as Marcel.

The review is well written. Also, The 11th Hour seems like a very good band. I've heard at least one of their songs.

Mmm yesterday instead of Petra playing guitar we got Frank Harthoorn instead and he is apparently the new live guitarist. So that is almost some sort of half Gorefest reunion then hahahaha. What should we call thsi live formation? Which is 2 Gorefest now and also Officium Triste and add to that 1 Elegy and 1 Cirrha Niva

2009 was full of awesome Doom metal releases, and this album is not an exception, it wasn't very easy to digest this work but I gotta say that it has some great moments, I'd like to listen subsequent albums to see if Ed Warby can make a successful career in the doom metal scene Nice job!

Listening to "One Last Smoke" I can't help but notice Ed's vocals sound a little low in the mix; like they are behind the guitar's wall of sound. Perhaps it is just my speakers, but does anyone else notice this? Otherwise, it sounds pretty good so far; different for Ed, but good.

Written by Clintagräm on 30.03.2010 at 02:16

Listening to "One Last Smoke" I can't help but notice Ed's vocals sound a little low in the mix; like they are behind the guitar's wall of sound. Perhaps it is just my speakers, but does anyone else notice this? Otherwise, it sounds pretty good so far; different for Ed, but good.

I don't have that problem at all. Okay, it's not like the vocals are totally up front, but they aren't drowned out either.

For someone not in general into doom who enjoys his occasional Candlemass, this album doesn't deliver quite as advertised. I've been listening to it for two weeks now and I'm continuously put off by the profanity of it's lyrics. Just like black metal I like doom to be somewhat mystical and subtle in lyrics. The atmosphere created by the music can either be amplified by well-written lyrics or dampened by blunt worldly ones. The more I listen to this album the more it becomes apparent that the latter is taking place here.

I had this album and didn't like it much but after this review I realized that this is a gem.

Song By Song about the album written by Ed Warby will be put on-line tomorrow.

Written by corrupt on 30.03.2010 at 14:45

For someone not in general into doom who enjoys his occasional Candlemass, this album doesn't deliver quite as advertised. I've been listening to it for two weeks now and I'm continuously put off by the profanity of it's lyrics. Just like black metal I like doom to be somewhat mystical and subtle in lyrics. The atmosphere created by the music can either be amplified by well-written lyrics or dampened by blunt worldly ones. The more I listen to this album the more it becomes apparent that the latter is taking place here.

I don't really see any profanity in the lyrics (where is all the swearing?) However, the lyrics are direct and hit home hard. But imo that is a good thing considering the subject matter which I think doesn't call for something mystical and subtle. But, of course that is just my opinion here.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.03.2010 at 19:35

I don't really see any profanity in the lyrics (where is all the swearing?) However, the lyrics are direct and hit home hard. But imo that is a good thing considering the subject matter which I think doesn't call for something mystical and subtle. But, of course that is just my opinion here.

Profanity doesn't only mean being vulgar. It also describes worldlyness as opposed to using metaphors and actually painting a picture you can reflect upon instead of hitting you in the face with the exact words you want to convey with no room for the listeners fantasy to work on the material.

Written by corrupt on 30.03.2010 at 19:59

Profanity doesn't only mean being vulgar. It also describes worldlyness as opposed to using metaphors and actually painting a picture you can reflect upon instead of hitting you in the face with the exact words you want to convey with no room for the listeners fantasy to work on the material.

OKay, ince I wasn't 100% sure about it I looked it up and here is what profane and profanity mean:

pro·fane (pr-fn, pr-)
adj.
1. Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
2. Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular: sacred and profane music.
3. Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
4. Vulgar; coarse.
tr.v. pro·faned, pro·fan·ing, pro·fanes
1. To treat with irreverence: profane the name of God.
2. To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse

pro·fan·i·ty (pr-fn-t, pr-)
n. pl. pro·fan·i·ties
1. The condition or quality of being profane.
2.
a. Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language.
b. The use of such language.
profanity [prəˈfænɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being profane
2. vulgar or irreverent action, speech, etc.


So, nothing to do with worldiness as opposed to using metaphors. Maybe somehow you mix up the word profanity with smething else. but I do get what you mean now. Well, for me not every single lyric has to use metaphors (but the again even clearcut speech is riddled with metaphors as are Ed's lyrics, for more on those types of metaphors Lakoff & Johnson's Metaphors We Live By is required reading imo) Imo I think with the subject matter of the concept it really works well using every day language.