Kypck - Ниже - guest review
Kypck - Ниже - guest review
Tracklist
01. Гифарус02. После (After)
03. Аллея Сталина (The Alley Of Stalin)
04. Чужой (Stranger)
05. Фелица
06. Разрыв (Rupture)
07. Бурлаки на Волге (Burlaks On The Volga)
08. Бардак (Brothel)
09. Товарищам (Comrades)
10. Вальс смерти (Death Waltz)
Guest review by
Windrider April 15, 2012
The term "fast Russian doom metal" is actually quite false, the music is not faster than common doom metal. But in a nice way the band manages to connect the heavy and dragging character of this music with the slow and cold times in the Soviet Union. We have two guitars here and the famous one-string bass of Ylä-Rautio. Those three instruments play together like a trio of old jerks: as if through years of experience they harmonize in a brilliant way but here and there they become a bit grumpy and disharmonious. And this is meant in a positive way because it fills the term "doom" with life. A good example of the way they harmonize is the intro to the opener "Posle (After)," which also appears later in the song again. Concerning the drums, I must say I really approve of the tone they created with them, sounding heavy and hollow at the same time. Erkki Seppänen lends his slavic tongue again to the mic and this makes him the soul of the band concept. He has a great vocal variety; I only cannot judge how good his Russian pronunciations are with the two or three words of Russian I know.
The positive side of this album surely consists of the often lovely melodies, grumpy atmosphere and overall great performance of all the band mates. Sometimes some catchiness is included like in "Allyeya Stalina (The Alley Of Stalin)" The songwriting is also on a high level like one would expect by all those professionals. A bit of a negative touch is that this album isn't one of those I can listen to for too many days without yearning for other stuff; it's like one or two days Nizhe and then I go on with other bands. Compared to Cherno, I find this one on an equal, very good level.
The true highlight for me is the track "Tovarishcham (Comrades)," this one has it all and I think it's my allover favourite Kypck song now. Besides that, especially the already mentioned "Posle (After)" and "Felitsa" are brilliant songs I would strongly recommend. To conclude, this is a very good album, the band maintains their level, plays a bit more with melodies and still strikes like a USSR tank.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Windrider | April 15, 2012
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.
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I think Erkki's Russian is good enough, since he lived in Russia, graduated on Russian literature and teaches Russian 
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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I agree with your opinion about this album. As for Erkki's Russian... It's actually very good, but he has a bit of an accent and there are some "weird" words here and there in the lyrics. But, I guess, it gives his vocals additional charm.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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Posts: 684 Written by Milena on 16.04.2012 at 00:57 I think the same but today I started learning Russian and my teacher is russian but also studied German here in Germany, and she's got an heavy accent in German..
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Found this one even more boring and pedestrian than Cherno.
---- 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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I recall liking this, but the fact that I completely forgot it existed isn't a good sign..
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Posts: 3433 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.04.2012 at 19:46 Man, what was Marcel smoking? I don't get how this album is seemingly underrated, especially compared to Cherno. This reviewer has almost only positives to say about the album, but only gives a 7.9, which matches the user average rating. Yes, Cherno is incredible and it's becoming one of my top ten albums of all time, but Nizhe is almost as great, warranting a 9 at least. Anyway, if it's been a while since you've heard this album, go listen to track 9 "Товарищам (Comrades)". If that hooks you, listen to the whole album again. I hope you'll then realize that Nizhe is one of the best doom albums in history.
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Posts: 1761 Written by F3ynman on 24.10.2023 at 20:02 This is indeed a beast of a song. However, I can't remember much of the rest of the album, unlike Cherno where I know every second by heart. Time for a revisit methinks
---- My "blackened synth metal" solo project: maladomini.bandcamp.com. Whenever I write something funny, weird, or pretentious... I learned English by playing Baldur's Gate, okay?
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Posts: 1761 Written by F3ynman on 24.10.2023 at 20:02 Okay, so after a few recent listens to Nizhe I'd say that it's a very different album compared to Cherno, there are no real hit songs like "1917" or "Odin Den..." and much of it just floats by but when the atmosphere really sucks you in, it's a wild ride. I understand that people would prefer the debut (though I can't understand how anybody can argue against Cherno, it's excellent) and I sort of prefer the direction they took with the next album, being a bit more gothic and memorable, but I think that out of all the Kypck albums this one is the darkest and heaviest, for better or worse. Changed my vote from 7 to 8 after these listens, thanks...
---- My "blackened synth metal" solo project: maladomini.bandcamp.com. Whenever I write something funny, weird, or pretentious... I learned English by playing Baldur's Gate, okay?
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Posts: 3433 Written by Netzach on 12.11.2023 at 15:25 I come to doom metal for the dark and the heavy, so this album definitely leaves me satisfied
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