Nadir Eclipse - Frozen In A Twilight Hell
Listeners will be unsure when they stumble upon the hidden gem that is 'Frozen In A Twilight Hell' from Nadir Eclipse. A one man metal band from the U.S., Nadir fuses black death and doom metal all together with just a slight bit of industrial ambience and humor to create a unique album. It begins with the introduction of "It's Not Funny..." which is a strange title because fans might expect a joke, but it's not. There are some spoken word samplings and what sounds like dolphin or whale noises on the sonar, and then some distorted screaming from our artist. It's disturbingly funny if anything. Then "Ghost Of A Dying Soul" comes forth and this is where the real metal begins. It has death metal textures in the drumming and guitars, but the vocals switch from a black metal rasp to an unintelligible doom death growl at times, which again makes things interesting but also undefinitive because there is so much going on here.
"Hollow Man" takes a bit of doom metal in the vein of Moonspell with slow keyboards and droning spoken words before a raging, melancholic gothic doom guitar fest amongst snarled vocals comes on. "Sentenced To Life" is very similar, but has a bit more guitar work and is more straightforward in the doom metal aspects, plus there are more melodic moments here. The vocals still snarl away, but oddly enough it feels like Phil Anselmo is roaring away at times if he were to ever do a raw death doom band. "Misery Incarnate" is a great sole guitar interlude with the drumming before "Soul Consumed Genocide" comes forth with a great mix of death doom; it is a bit more distorted than the others but offers just the right amount of crushing heaviness.
"Deadzone" features just the right amount of fuzzy ambience while combining the doom metal elements of the earlier tracks while still creating something new. "Killing Yourself For Art" is a bit morbid and sadly probably the most difficult track on the album because the guitars have a very fuzzy sound to their chug which sadly blots out most of the other instruments save for the keyboard that can be heard at eerie times. This reminisces more f Paradise Lost's first two albums for those who know of the band. Finally there's "Futility" which is the longest track on the album; it is more of a combination of a full track and an outro rather than a brief one like the first track was. The guitars softly pick away while the vocals speak on in a very poetic way and then the track fades out to the sound of a flatline from a heart monitor for... a long time. Fans will most likely stop it before it gets to the end.
Overall one could probably call this doom metal, but black and death metal fans will love this too. It's not very often that listeners will stumble upon this kind of strange 'art' where the humor is a bit dark and probably not intentional when it comes to interlude tracks or the song titles, but Nadir Elcipse pulls it off nicely. Looking forward to other strange projects from this one man metal act!
"Hollow Man" takes a bit of doom metal in the vein of Moonspell with slow keyboards and droning spoken words before a raging, melancholic gothic doom guitar fest amongst snarled vocals comes on. "Sentenced To Life" is very similar, but has a bit more guitar work and is more straightforward in the doom metal aspects, plus there are more melodic moments here. The vocals still snarl away, but oddly enough it feels like Phil Anselmo is roaring away at times if he were to ever do a raw death doom band. "Misery Incarnate" is a great sole guitar interlude with the drumming before "Soul Consumed Genocide" comes forth with a great mix of death doom; it is a bit more distorted than the others but offers just the right amount of crushing heaviness.
"Deadzone" features just the right amount of fuzzy ambience while combining the doom metal elements of the earlier tracks while still creating something new. "Killing Yourself For Art" is a bit morbid and sadly probably the most difficult track on the album because the guitars have a very fuzzy sound to their chug which sadly blots out most of the other instruments save for the keyboard that can be heard at eerie times. This reminisces more f Paradise Lost's first two albums for those who know of the band. Finally there's "Futility" which is the longest track on the album; it is more of a combination of a full track and an outro rather than a brief one like the first track was. The guitars softly pick away while the vocals speak on in a very poetic way and then the track fades out to the sound of a flatline from a heart monitor for... a long time. Fans will most likely stop it before it gets to the end.
Overall one could probably call this doom metal, but black and death metal fans will love this too. It's not very often that listeners will stumble upon this kind of strange 'art' where the humor is a bit dark and probably not intentional when it comes to interlude tracks or the song titles, but Nadir Elcipse pulls it off nicely. Looking forward to other strange projects from this one man metal act!
- It's Not Funny...It's Hilarious! (Intro)
- Ghost of A Dying Soul
- Hollow Man
- Sentenced To Life
- Misery Incarnate (Interlude)
- Soul Consumed Genocide
- Forlorn Hopes & Forsaken Dreams
- Deadzone
- Killing Yourself For Art
- Futility (Outro)
Dark Equinox Records
Reviewer: Colin McNamara
Jan 15, 2011
Jan 15, 2011
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Mountain Throne - Serpent's Heathland
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