Sun Devoured Earth - The Sunshine Always Fades - review
Sun Devoured Earth - The Sunshine Always Fades - review
Band
Sun Devoured Earth Release date
April 01, 2011 Tracklist
01. The Wind02. Emptiness
03. Spring Again
04. A Song About Hate
05. Everything Always Ends Badly
06. So Lonely
07. I'm Bored Of Living
08. Insomnia
09. Melancholy
10. Crashes Down
11. Birthday Balloons
12. Tides
13. Sorrow
14. Taking The Responsibility
A review by
KwonVerge June 15, 2011
Concerning the sound, you will witness a black metal background being present, more as a feeling rather than in the structure of the songs. It's mainly present when a noisy riffing entrances the atmosphere, the production becomes blurrier or some desperate screams escalate a composition. The main core lies upon an ambient touch, a shoegaze aura and dark aspects of 80s post punk (The Cure, The Sound, Joy Division to name but a few). A dreamlike vibe is omnipresent through the whole duration of The Sunshine Always Fades, yet this euphoric sweetness couldn't last forever. Melancholy's always waiting for the right time to appear and take over. The thing is, Sun Devoured Earth is pure night music, an internal battle between tranquility and your demons, a hallucinating atmosphere either for good or for bad and there's no escape. And the ideal ensemble has to be the dreamy keyboards, the beautiful or melancholic chords/riffing melodies and the heart-felt singing or desperate howls. The production paces really well with the overall attempt, gentle and a little bit distorted at times.
Some songs will appeal to you more, some others less, the key lies in your mood and the moment you will listen to The Sunshine Always Fades, more preferably after sunset as the title indicates. For some weird reason "Everything Always Ends Badly" pierces my mind, "Insomnia" will stick your stare on the clock, hours will pass but you'll still be there, awake, "Melancholy's" bittersweet, "Crashes Down" has to be the few seconds before the impact, "Birthday Balloons" evokes a nostalgic sense of lost innocence, "Sorrow" requires no introduction and "Taking The Responsibility" holds a hallucinating sense of self-acknowledgement.
Anyway, give Sun Devoured Earth a chance, after all almost everything he has offered is self-released. Just relax, free your mind and thoughts/feelings will visit you themselves while the album will be unleashing its tunes.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Well I am no pro in this Blackgaze stuff, I got a touch of Alcest which is really really good but the whole music already goes on my nerves somehow... This sounds but good, maybe cause it isnt that dreamy stuff and with some doom touch. Oh yes almost forget... Nice review  Definetely something worth to check out!
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Posts: 5068 Written by Windrider on 16.06.2011 at 20:55 Thanks mate I remember listening to it for the first time and i was not paying much attention, i was doing something and listening at the same time and then suddenly a good tune entered and i went like "WHAT THE HELL AM I LISTENING TO NOW? COOL!"  Glad you enjoyed it!
---- Dec. 30, 1334. ...And the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on.
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Posts: 684 Written by KwonVerge on 16.06.2011 at 21:15 Lol this is quite the way how I got into Wintersun, when I was wondering what an awesome solo I am listening to for a minute or so already (it was the infamous Winter Madness solo)!
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Posts: 5068 Written by Windrider on 16.06.2011 at 21:49 Yeah, inspiring solo indeed  enough to make you listen to the band even more
---- Dec. 30, 1334. ...And the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on.
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So far I'm only 5 tracks into The Sunshine Always Fades and I definitely enjoy it. I do hear a little bit of Alcest. Some of the atmosphere reminds me of Longing for Dawn which I love. I do wish the vocals were a little more prominant in the mix here and there, but it's obviously he had a vision for the vocals and I can respect that. It's good to come across this because I've been trying to collect more bands like this. Great review - it convinced me to check it out.
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I'm listening to it now. It's quite good and a good discovery, although a blackish metal version of Slowdive might not sound very appealing as a concept... EDIT: turned it off after 7 songs... was getting immensely boring.
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