Worship - Last CD Before Doomsday - guest review
Worship - Last CD Before Doomsday - guest review
Tracklist
01. Whispering Gloom02. Solicide And The Dawning Of The Moonkult
03. Eclipse Of Sorrow
04. Worship
05. Keep On Selling Cocaine To Angels [CD re-release bonus]
Guest review by
Sleep In Sorrow January 01, 2006
As soon as you push the "play" button, you'll be assaulted by the claustrophobically suffocating atmosphere of "Whispering Gloom", showing that the band wastes no time getting started with the slow and dark journey into suicide that is this album, fueled by purest hatred against existence and mankind. This can be seen clearly through the lyrics (if you can understand all the 3 languages in which they were written: English, German and French). It's a hatred only made stronger thanks to the damage humanity has caused to nature (Max had a very strong bond with nature), for which we must pay with our lives! This is an idea not too different from what Winter apocalyptically envisioned with the classic "Into Darkness", except, of course, taken to a more misanthropic extreme.
The drums are sluggish and pound heavily (except in the last song "Keep On Selling Cocaine to Angels", where they don't sound as strong, probably because it's from a different release, recorded under different conditions), though they are in many moments absent. Nothing spectacular, I guess, but I really doubt anyone would listen to funeral doom for blastbeats, lightning-speed double bass and mind-blowing fills. The rhythm guitars are distorted, low, chugging, and weigh like a wall of bricks, providing a backbone (even without a bass guitar) for the lead, which comes in the form of an equally-distorted hypnotizing howl that tears away at your soul (if you doubt me, listen to the solo on the last minutes of "Whispering Gloom"). In the contrasting mellower moments, when the sound's not oppressive, but rather serene (don't be mistaken, though, this is still an extreme release!), there's the use of clean guitar melodies, as well as a very despondent piano (check out the intro of Eclipse of Sorrow), adding to the (sick) emotional journey that is this album. Meanwhile, Max's sick eerie growling vocal mournfully recites the lyrics... Sometimes, they'll be raspy and whispery, sometimes sounding like he's choking to death, sometimes more powerful, imposing and there are even some screams of agony. There aren't only growls in this album, though. Clean/spoken vocals are also used, including a creepy monk-like chanting. No matter what way he chooses to deliver his vocals, they always sound very dark and haunting.
Overall, "Last CD Before Doomsday" is a masterpiece of funeral doom that should in no way be overlooked by fans of slowness and heaviness taken to the extreme. I can't say there are any tracks that stand out because that'd imply one of the tracks is better than the others, so I'll just say you'd better listen to the whole thing from start to finish, preferably late at night.
"...and Doom shall reign supreme!"
Rest in peace, Fucked-Up Mad Max.
Written by Sleep In Sorrow | January 01, 2006
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 agree, one of the best albums of funeral doom.
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men.  Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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Yes, this is the best funeral doom album and one of the best metal albums ever. Almost perfect. 9,99/10
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I might try it one day...i am not too much in this genre yet, but i am experimenting 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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