Abske Fides - Abske Fides - review
Abske Fides - Abske Fides - review
Tracklist
01. The Consequence Of The Other02. Won't You Come
03. The Coldness Of Progress
04. Aesthethic Hallucination Of Reality
05. 4.48
06. Embroided In Reflections
A review by
Susan July 12, 2012
Murky distortion falls over the dark riffing. The hopelessness of doom metal is clear, yet there is a beauty to it. Songs like "The Coldness of Progress" feature clean, even bluesy, guitars, which bring a classic, vintage vibe. All of a sudden you're listening to a great doom album while sitting on the brown shag carpet of someone's smoky basement while wearing orange polyester pants. Trust me. It just works.
But just like that it's back to the present for some more crushing doom.
Tempos vary nicely and the 4th track, "Aesthetic Hallucination Of Reality," has a bitterly slow middle that recalls the band's funeral doom past. This is indeed lovely and haunting, and shows their versatility. The clean guitars break us out of this sad state for another 70s-inspired bridge back into modern doom. There are even moments of gritty, clean vocals sneaking in toward the end of the album and completing a really excellent atmosphere as well as complementing the groove that the rhythm section is allowed to explore.
Personal preference: I don't like metal songs inlaid with spoken dialogue or movie quotes. I just don't. You might. But I don't. I find it distracting. The second track opens with a few lines built in that are appropriately creepy, then they're over and we can get to the music. Fine. But the entire last track is primarily dialogue under some atmospheric music that would have been a fine closer on its own.
You'll find lots of changes here on this debut but no transition is ever jarring or out of place. Some songs lack a definable arc and seem to wander a bit? but I can't say that anything ever struck me as wrong, more like I expected to see that a new track had begun where one hadn't. Instead, it's more like a dream, where settings change in an instant but you never question it.
Hear the album at bandcamp.
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I have listened to the album a few times at Bandcamp and I really like the sound of it. I will probably do a more thorough playthrough in due time.
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This review made me curious. I'm willing to give it a go.
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Good album... highly recommended for worshippers of doom with some post-metal elements...
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Am definitely looking forward to getting this in my next Solitude Superpack.
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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Need to check this out. Own the ...Apart Of The World cd which I enjoy quite a bit.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Posts: 6941 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.07.2012 at 02:30 I'm interested to know what you think of this one and the new direction they've taken.
---- "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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Just got the album in and am really enjoying it upon first listen
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Just got the album today... but with six or seven other disks to review, so might be a bit before i finally check it out. i am fired up, tho!
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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Posts: 6941 Written by Alex F on 01.10.2012 at 21:07 I would say yes but... Click on the bandcamp link at the bottom of the review. Listen and decide for yourself 
---- "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: 40071 Written by Alex F on 01.10.2012 at 21:07 well, this is what soem fat fuck from The Netherlands had to say on it http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=22876&lang=en
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 3554 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.10.2012 at 22:24 I don't know if i can respect that guys opinion... sounds like an asshole to me But yeah i'm probably going to buy this
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About the staff pick. Actually not all Brasil is like Rio do Janeiro (tropical and only beaches).
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Posts: 18614 Written by Evil Chip on 04.10.2012 at 23:16 Yeah, they have a couple of buildings around. 
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Posts: 6941 Written by X-Ray Rod on 08.10.2012 at 11:58 And if you actually read BitterCOld's staff pick you'd have seen that this is exactly what he said. Is there another staff pick out there that says Brasil is only beaches? Because I only saw BitterCOld's 
---- "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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"Beneath Brasil's beaches with topless goddesses and tropical drinks, behind the mask of Carnival, you have rampant poverty, crime, and slums." Oh god 
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Posts: 18614 Written by Susan on 08.10.2012 at 15:39 I know what Craig wrote... I was just joking about the comment I quoted.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Didn't realize the comment would fire people up... didn't mean it as an insult - certainly poverty, crime, and slums are not unique to Brasil - that's pretty much everywhere. the difference is people have predefined visions of Brasil involving hot topless women in thongs by the beach. wanted to point out the behind the facade exists the perfect backdrop for some awesome doom creation. you don't have to come from Cleveland or "Bombingham" to know woe, man!
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Not to mention that all people from Brazil are named Da Silva, true story.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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Posts: 505 Written by BitterCOld on 08.10.2012 at 19:48 I didn't take it as an insult. In fact I once said something very similar to you (about the climate) but in a real life context and someone replied me that there's also a big region of dry climates there (there are even brasilian cowboys called "gauchos"). Sometimes one can say something with just having a very general knowledge. It happened to me too. PS: The band is great and this was really off-topic
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Posts: 505 Written by Susan on 08.10.2012 at 15:39 Yes I read it and I was talking about the climate. The exception to the climate and the life of Brasil (tourists, beaches, carnival and poverty) in BitterC0ld's sentence is the dark music of the band. It doesn't imply that there's another type of culture or regions with different climates in the country. I was pointing out that there is other types of climates. But this getting too offtopic -.-
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Posts: 122 Written by BitterCOld on 08.10.2012 at 19:48 And really bad taste. I'm from Rio (I even live 200m near copacabana beach), and I'd say the 'common' carioca girl is ugly as hell, damn.
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Finally got around to listening to this album and it's really good. I have been listening to a lot of doom this year and it's been great for the most part. This album is also very melodic at parts which I enjoy.
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