Fell Voices - Untitled - review
Fell Voices - Untitled - review
Tracklist
01. Untitled02. Untitled
A review by
Troy Killjoy December 31, 2011
So who are these guys? It's a collaborative project between musicians from New York and California, Gilead Media set them up the bomb, and now all your base are belong to them. Basically.
Okay enough with the militaristic analogies. Onto the music.
Fell Voices have constructed a sound made up of traditional raw black and some subtle post-rock reinforced by a tolerable amount of melody, wandering through the plains of despair while searching for sustenance - a miserable path that leads to nowhere... nowhere... nowhere. And it leaves you there at the bottom of the pit. Of nowhere.
It's not the soft lighthearted kind of black metal a la Alcest or Fen, incorporating shoegaze or obnoxious post-rock elements into the mix, but an enticing and engaging form of "Cascadian" black metal that wears its heart on its sleeve while forcing you to dig through layers of rock before reaching the core emotions: sorrow, regret, rage, loss, confusion. All of this negativity bursts forth through the dense foundation, tunneling skyward like a tornado of pain, plaguing the rich soils of the highest heavens with all the fury of a woman scorned.
It isn't in itself a drone metal album; far from it in fact. But there are moments that tend to drag like a cigarette made by Willy Wonka, and the overall repetition between the two songs highlights the minimalism, making for a relaxing - yet formidable - listen. As soon as you feel ready to pass into oblivion, dreaming of waterfalls and wood nymphs frolicking in the distance... the grounds open up and swallow the surrounding beauty in a black pit of fiery death, Hell consuming innocence and charm in mere moments.
This helps separate Fell Voices from the rest of the atmospheric black metal bands that follow the typical slow-paced, synth-heavy, mellow formula. The balance of good and evil is more cohesive, the mixture of love and hate is more encompassing... the ethereal massage is concluded with quite a rough happy ending.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 10 |
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How about an untitled band releasing untitled albums with untitled songs? I might listen to the band then. Band names are just so damn pretentious.
---- My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com
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Posts: 21306 Written by strade on 01.01.2012 at 01:02 http://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/untitled_musical_project/untitled_musical_project/ Unfortunately the songs are titled.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 677 Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.01.2012 at 01:06 Pfft. Titled songs? Commercial bullshit.
---- My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com
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I'm listening to this album for the first time while reading the review. It's a fun experience I don't often have  So far in my listening I agree with what you've written. The pit of nothingness, etc, is definitely one accurate metaphor. The post-y elements are nice.. more than I was expecting I'll say, but it does set up one hell of an atmosphere. BM like this has a tendency to bore me but Fell Voices are just too mesmerizing to be boring. Fuck the haters. Your first two sentences make perfect sense and set up the review nicely. And this doesn't feel ANYTHING like a BitterCOld review. For one thing the paragraphs are far too long for his style  Stupid Ag, not paying attention again.Fell Voices is one of the coolest band names. Just sayin.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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Posts: 21306 Written by Susan on 01.01.2012 at 03:08 Thanks Lyr, always nice to have one of the prog babes on my side.  I'm a big fan of the band name too. Fell Voices... Makes me think of the "dead men tell no tales" saying.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Oooh creepy! I hadn't thought of that one. It always makes me think of Lord of the Rings when Legolas says, "there is a fell voice on the air."
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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That's probably where it's taken from. Can't believe I didn't even think of that.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 21306 Written by [user id=111774] on 02.01.2012 at 04:34 It's funny how it works out that way... I suppose it's because a lot of the big-name black metal bands attract other people (Wolves in the Throne Room for instance) or they release something not worth a positive score (Burzum for instance).
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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I wish I could find this someplace besides Youtube, There's a vinyl copy online but, eh, Vinyl ain't my thing.
---- Coldgrits
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Posts: 21306 Written by -DC-002- on 03.01.2012 at 00:40 http://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-ii
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Posts: 1703 Written by -DC-002- on 03.01.2012 at 00:40 Ah, yes, that worked beautifully. Kudos Troy, the Killjoy. The jokes on you though, the joy you've killed has only been spread 
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