Grown Below - The Long Now - review
Grown Below - The Long Now - review
Tracklist
01. Trojan Horses02. Devoid Of Age
03. The Abyss
04. Minaco II - Nebula
05. End Of All Time
06. The Long Now
07. Malklara
A review by
BitterCOld November 22, 2011
Then the Belgian band shifted gears into the obligatory Mellow Moments phase that seemingly all these post-y acts do... and, to an extent, won me over.
Bass took primary focus while the guitars shifted to a light, floating ethereal quality. These parts were not just short little divergences from familiar mid-paced riffing, but went on for extended periods of time. Enough to ease you in and lull you to a semi-conscious blissful daze.
The vocalist shifted gear as well, to a clean sung voice... He won't be topping any best front man polls 'round these parts, but his voice was flawed and conveyed some form of sorrow that really enhanced the already particularly well done quieter voyages.
Grown Below toss in other elements, such as synthed string accompaniment, as well as some female vocals which harmonize both with the clean and growled male parts.
And perhaps another effect of these extended vacations from the distortion pedal is that when they return to (post-)"rock!" mode it makes those riffs more enjoyable as well.
The whole album seems a bit better put together and executed than a lot of the others I've reviewed this year. While it might be odd that I extol the non-\m/ sections on a review for a metal site, those sections are what will convince me to revisit the album and listen to it after the review is up...
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written on 22.11.2011 by
Written on 22.11.2011 by
BitterCOld has been officially reviewing albums for MetalStorm since 2009. Comments
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I might have to check this out just for that cover art.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Wow, that cover sure is amazing.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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It seems like lately Sludge/doom/post/black releases have been popping up like mushrooms. No love lost though! And that cover art is really cool!
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Sounds like the same formula used by a different band taking advantage of a genre soooo over-saturated. That being said I will listen because I am a post metal apologist.
---- rekt
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One of the best sludge/doom/post-everything albums of the year. Rating is far too low. 8.5 for me.
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Posts: 21306 Written by Merchant of Doom on 23.11.2011 at 10:42 I don't think you've ever agreed with anyone about anything. 
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I have... well, actually, I don't remember that...  No, hang on, I do agree with DerRozzz, occasionally... 
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I finally got around to listening to this but I fell asleep during the first song and woke up long after the album was over.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 702 Written by Troy Killjoy on 25.11.2011 at 08:41 you are indeed a killjoy...
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Posts: 21306 Written by Merchant of Doom on 26.11.2011 at 00:11 It's in my nature. D:
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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