HellLight - No God Above, No Devil Below

No God Above, No Devil Below album cover
6.9 | 10 votes |
Band
HellLight
Style
Death metal, Funeral doom metal
Release date
15 July 2013
Owners
7 have it
1 wants it
Tracklist
01. Intro
02. No God Above, No Devil Below
03. Shades Of Black
04. Unsacred
05. Legacy Of Soul
06. Path Of Sorrow
07. Beneath The Lies
08. The Ordinary Eyes
Line-up
Fabio De Paula - guitars, vocals, keyboards
Alexandre Vida - bass
Additional info
Recorded at Hell Inc. Studios.
Produced by Fabio De Paula.

Cover art and design direction: HellLight & Rodrigo Balan.
Staff review by
Boxcar Willy
Rating:
6.0
Rating:
6.0
It's heavy, it's slow, it's oppressing aaaaaaand?

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published 17.08.2013 | Comments ( 13 )

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NocturnalStalker
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05.10.2013 - 19:36
Rating: 8
NocturnalStalker
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I'm utterly surprised by such a low rating this album has. Surely, it's not a masterpiece, but the music is not bad at all. On contrary, the musicians have a great sense of melody (sometimes reminiscent of Pantheïst). For example, Shades Of Black has one of the catchiest doom metal melodies I've ever listened to. And I've listened to a lot of extreme doom metal in the last years.
The only downside of this album is that it gets a bit repetitive, but, then again, I guess, it's just a matter of getting absorbed into the music. Or not.
In my case the personal connection with the music was successfully established.
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We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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Troy Killjoy
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26.11.2013 - 04:18
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Written by NocturnalStalker on 05.10.2013 at 19:36
I'm utterly surprised by such a low rating this album has. Surely, it's not a masterpiece, but the music is not bad at all.

I'm with you on that one. This is far from original but it gets the job done. The melodies aren't too intricate and the atmosphere isn't too daunting, but overall I'd say these guys successfully mix the heavier aspects of funeral doom with the epic clean vocals that are typical of traditional doom. In my opinion the production falls a little flat, though. I think they were focused on creating somewhat of a "light" album to complement the clean vocals, but ultimately this took away any weight the keyboards would have had.
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BitterCOld
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26.11.2013 - 04:36
Rating: 6
BitterCOld
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6.7 is closer to good than average... hardly a low score.
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26.11.2013 - 04:56
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Written by BitterCOld on 26.11.2013 at 04:36
6.7 is closer to good than average... hardly a low score.

I figured it might at least be floating around the 7.3-7.5 range. I suppose it's getting a pretty honest score though.
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