Eye Of Solitude - Sui Caedere
'Sui Caedere' by Eye Of Solitude is one of the most interesting metal releases of the year so far. It'd be biased review as I already own a physical copy of this great, epic album, but I will go on to explain just why this release is so spectacular in its existence.
Funeral doom is a genre I'm not really familiar with as of yet, this is probably the first one I've actually encountered and if I'm honest I took a risk in purchasing it. For those who do not know, the genre consists of slow, atmospheric build-ups, conjoined with haunting chills of spooky vocals. For example the first track 'Awoken By Crows' is as sketchy as its name suggests, even using a sample of some crows cawing towards the final part of the song. The majority of the ten tracks within the album are quite long lasting - this is a crucial element of the funeral doom genre, with great length the entire album lasts nearly an hour and fifteen minutes.
'The Haunting' is yet another menacingly evil sounding track, where mostly the music proves of a beautiful structure, the instruments aren't sinister, but at times the heavy, groovy, slow vibes that take you away from the real world. The vocals however could be described as what makes the genre somewhat metal. At times the vocals appear as super-long groans in the imagination of what I would picture a giant to make whilst talking...as crazy as that sounds, it is probably the closest way of explaining this without you actually listening.
'Shrigoi' picks up the pace about a minute in, and has a more majestic punch than the previous tracks, whereas 'Depths Of A Sick Mind' strikes you with creepy interludes of a man talking. I tried listening to this song to get me to sleep and I'm pretty sure it gave me vivid nightmares. It is perhaps the only song I've ever heard to give an effect of actually being frightened from enjoying the track. 'Those Who Don't Return' is the longest song from the record, pummelling you with the slowest, yet most brutal attributes. 'Departure' is the final tune, ending the album on an all time high. Consisting of mostly instrumental until those fearful vocals kick in allowing the passion to truly erupt.
If it's the true inner beauty of metal you've come to look for, or even if you've accidentally fallen into this genre, there's no denying that there's something for everyone within 'Sui Caedere'. For me, this band has certainly opened my eyes to the wonders of the underground and what hides in those very cracks. It makes me wonder what else I could find if i dug that little bit deeper.
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Funeral doom is a genre I'm not really familiar with as of yet, this is probably the first one I've actually encountered and if I'm honest I took a risk in purchasing it. For those who do not know, the genre consists of slow, atmospheric build-ups, conjoined with haunting chills of spooky vocals. For example the first track 'Awoken By Crows' is as sketchy as its name suggests, even using a sample of some crows cawing towards the final part of the song. The majority of the ten tracks within the album are quite long lasting - this is a crucial element of the funeral doom genre, with great length the entire album lasts nearly an hour and fifteen minutes.
'The Haunting' is yet another menacingly evil sounding track, where mostly the music proves of a beautiful structure, the instruments aren't sinister, but at times the heavy, groovy, slow vibes that take you away from the real world. The vocals however could be described as what makes the genre somewhat metal. At times the vocals appear as super-long groans in the imagination of what I would picture a giant to make whilst talking...as crazy as that sounds, it is probably the closest way of explaining this without you actually listening.
'Shrigoi' picks up the pace about a minute in, and has a more majestic punch than the previous tracks, whereas 'Depths Of A Sick Mind' strikes you with creepy interludes of a man talking. I tried listening to this song to get me to sleep and I'm pretty sure it gave me vivid nightmares. It is perhaps the only song I've ever heard to give an effect of actually being frightened from enjoying the track. 'Those Who Don't Return' is the longest song from the record, pummelling you with the slowest, yet most brutal attributes. 'Departure' is the final tune, ending the album on an all time high. Consisting of mostly instrumental until those fearful vocals kick in allowing the passion to truly erupt.
If it's the true inner beauty of metal you've come to look for, or even if you've accidentally fallen into this genre, there's no denying that there's something for everyone within 'Sui Caedere'. For me, this band has certainly opened my eyes to the wonders of the underground and what hides in those very cracks. It makes me wonder what else I could find if i dug that little bit deeper.
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- Awoken By Crows
- The Haunting
- Strigoi
- A Note To Say Farewell
- Depths Of A Sick Mind
- Those Who Don't Return
- Performed In Graphic Pain
- Totem Of A Pagan Thought
- Yet I Breathe
- Departure
Label: http://www.xenokorp.com
Reviewer: twansibon
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012
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Corrosive Carcass - Composition Of Flesh
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