Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Chaotic Beauty review
| Band: | Eternal Tears Of Sorrow |
| Album: | Chaotic Beauty |
| Style: | Melodic death metal, Extreme power metal |
| Release date: | 2000 |
| Guest review by: | eximius |
01. Shattered Soul
02. Blood Of Faith Stains My Hands
03. Autumn's Grief
04. The Seventh Eclipse
05. Bride Of The Crimson Sea
06. Black Tears [Edge Of Sanity cover]
07. Tar Of Chaos
08. Bhean Sidhe
09. Nocturnal Strains
10. The Flight Of Icarus [Iron Maiden cover] [Japanese & South American bonus]
11. Coronach [Japanese bonus]
12. Nightwind's Lullaby [Japanese bonus]
13. Burning Flames' Embrace [Japanese bonus]
After losing the guitarist "Olli-Pekka Törrö", Eternal Tears Of Sorrow started conceiving its third album, Chaotic Beauty, the first great album in a series of three (the other two are "A Virgin And A Whore" and "Before The Bleeding Sun"). It took ETOS two previous albums to find the perfect mix of death metal sounds, power metal riffs and the great sound of keyboards.
In comparison to "Vilda Mannu", Chaotic Beauty brings out more energic songs like "Tar of Chaos", "Bhean Sidhe" and a very good Edge Of Sanity cover "Black Tears" but also dark, slightly gothic songs like "Autumn's Grief", "Bride Of The Crimson Sea" and "Nocturnal Strains".
The decision to bring Pasi Hiltula in the band has proven to be a major benefit for the team and for the improvement of ETOS's new sound as the keyboards not only became nondisposable but also became responsible for the success the band would gain...
A representative song for the album is "Blood Of My Faith Stains My Hands", a complex masterpiece standing somewhere between the two categories of songs mentioned above with a lot of changes in rhythm, well inserted guitar and keyboard solos and the introduction of the chorus.
The lyrics, conceived mostly by ETOS's frontman, bassist and vocalist, Altti Veteläinen with scarce help from the crew, make us think more about the name of the band in the first place as every song is shrouded in gloomy feelings of desolation, loneliness and melancholy. I sometimes skip reading the lyrics because they are really depressive: "The dance of two free souls... No more masquerades of mortals. Just you and me as nightly guests at the dance hall of our last Autumn" (extract from "Autumn's Grief").
Despite the growing success of Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, no one bothered at all conceiving any video and as a fan I was disappointed to find almost no live videos on Youtube which means they don't tour (mainly because each band member plays in more than one band). This is sad and I will soon burst into eternal tears of sorrow...
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | - |
Written by eximius | 19.06.2008
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Rating:
9.7
9.7
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Rating: 9.7 |
I bought this album on a recommendation from the clerk in the CD store I used to go to. The first thing I started to notice was the instruments and the combination thereof. I must admit at first I thought it was a little bit saturated. I guess listening to blastbeats, dominant keyboard melodies, and fast guitar riffs while Altti Veteläinenit was growling was too much to process. Once you manage to identify what's going on, and how well they manage to put it all together, you'll love it. Read more ›› |
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
Good album IMO, though I prefer their last album and "A Virgin And A Whore"... good review anyway! 
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Wuuu i am so glad they posted your review.You didn'n mention that!  And i have to admit that it ain't bad at all 
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435  |
Not bad review. Good album but I'd rate it with a 7.5. Written by Katatronik on 19.06.2008 at 13:36 Yeah, A Virgin and a Whore is the best.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62015  |
Quote: Now ypu're 26 , 2008 you was 18 ... this album was out in 2000 you was 10 .... this is mobile phone era people problem, they don't know in days there was no mobiles band was Broke up: 2003-2005 and 2006 is when somehow cell phones became a clioche and way before camera era
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