Band:	Woods Of Ypres
Album:	Woods IV: The Green Album
Style:	Doom metal
Release date:	November 13, 2009
Guest review by:	Boxcar Willy

01. Shards Of Love (Hurt Forever)
02. Everything I Touch Turns To Gold (Then To Coal)
03. By The Time You Read This (I Will Already Be Dead)
04. I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery
05. Into Exile: "Can You Get Here In 10 Days?"
06. Pining (For You)
07. Wet Leather
08. Suicide Cargoload (Drag That Weight)
09. Halves And Quarters
10. You Are Here With Me (In This Sequence Of Dreams)
11. Retrosleep In The Morning Calm
12. Don't Open The Wounds / Skywide Armspread
13. Natural Technologies
14. Mirror Reflection And The Hammer Reinvention
15. Our Union (In Limbo)
16. Move On! (The Woman Will Always Leave The Man)

I am going to miss David Gold immensely. He was an amazing musician, and I'm happy that with this album, his legacy will live on. This album is godly, the music is very compelling, and David writes the music straight from his soul. The lyrics are very depressing and very powerful, the drums and guitars kill what was left of your happy spirit and then cries after what it has done. This album is as close to a perfect 10 as I have ever heard.


Now, I'm going to ask you to remove all the sharp objects from around your house, because folks... this shit's deep.

I will start of by stating my favourite part of this album: David Gold. Essentially he is Woods Of Ypres. He is the main composer and, well, I am 100% fine with that. I would probably like it a little bit less if I found out that he didn't write the lyrics or the music, as his music is amazing; from the bass to the vocals, there is not one imperfection.

The guitar in this album fits perfectly with David's voice, the slow chugging and David's voice will make you want to pull the trigger. They add a few solos in as well, which completes the album's guitar work. Bryan Belleau has the amount of talent to make it all happen. The guitar work is purely stunning. The drums are also very well done; most of the time they are slow, which suits the sound perfectly. They change it up throughout each song to make it different. The drums blend well with the guitars, making the instruments in this album perfect.

Now to my favourite part: David. David was a music god, who was very underrated in metal. He made his music from a deep place inside of him - his lyrics were especially dark, but sound so soft. I would like to share a piece of the lyrical content of this album:

...by the time you read this, I will already be gone / do not reply to this, but realize what you have done / by the time you read this, it will already be true / do not reply to this, but realize what you made me do...
- "By The Time You Read This (I Will Already Be Dead)"

This is my favourite part of the entire album, it showcases what an amazing musician David was, and at this point the music is perfect. The guitars and drums all fit amazingly with the vocals and lyrics. It is musical perfection. I also respect how much he dedicated himself to his music. This is why I listen to this band, and why I'm going to miss David; I listen to see what was going on inside David's head, what thoughts and ideas were roaming around in there. He put his heart and soul into his music, and it showed.

Overall, there is only one this I can say about this album... buy it! It's that simple. And I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Not one of the 16 tracks is even remotely close to bad.

Highlights: "I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery", "By The Time You Read This (I Will Already Be Dead)", "Move On! (The Woman Will Always Leave The Man)", "Mirror Reflection And The Hammer Reinvention"