Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason - review
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason - review
Band
Woods Of Desolation Album
Torn Beyond Reason Style
Atmospheric black metal Release date
February 25, 2011 Tracklist
01. Torn Beyond Reason02. Darker Days
03. An Unbroken Moment
04. The Inevitable End
05. November
06. Somehow...
A review by
Troy Killjoy June 19, 2011
Woods of desolation. A barren wasteland. Emptiness. A deserted territory. These images are captured perfectly not only by the spellbinding cover art, but by the mournful atmosphere that nicks a vein and leaves you with a band-aid and a cup of cold water to stop the bleeding. It tears at your cheek with a mighty force, ripping you from the comfort of your abyss, scrutinizes you, evaluates your worth, inspects you for flaws, scoffs at your lack of purpose, considers removing you from your shelter permanently...only to toss you back in again.
It's a catch-and-release expression of pity and joy, a game of cat and mouse interrupted by one of Tolkien's ring-wraiths shrieking before the stupefied animals, as diluted drums blast away in the undertow. Acoustic guitars make their presence felt when necessary, calming the chaos and giving reason to the anarchy, while the profound (and unfortunately all too rare) cello use sends ripples through your wrists as the tide begins to rise.
The austerity of such a release has been watered down slightly, perhaps due to the outside influence of a certain stone-colored water involving our beloved duo - nevertheless, the trees are imposing as ever, and there's nobody else around to hear them fall.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/woodsofdesolation
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 10 |
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Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAefXXgR4g Who calls this music? It's even boring technically...
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Posts: 18622 Written by Mountain King on 11.01.2012 at 19:34 Uhhh... everybody, because it is music. Being boring is a personal opinion though so I won't comment on that.
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Posts: 21306 Written by Mountain King on 11.01.2012 at 19:34 Like the little Doc said... it's music. And it's not supposed to be technical - its primary focus is on atmosphere.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 1361 Written by Troy Killjoy on 11.01.2012 at 23:08 I meant even the technical side sucks if i were to find something interesting in it, i know it's supposed to be atmospheric. Not to mention the growling is overshadowed by the music. Personally i think it's pretty bad, can't understand how it's rated an 8.6 but i guess some ppl just dig this kind of wierd sounds...
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Posts: 132  Second best album of 2011...the best one was Anathema's Falling Deeper 
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Posts: 21306 Written by Ikuinen on 11.03.2012 at 21:56 2011?
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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