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  ▐░ ▀▓████║ Wijlen_Wij-Wijlen_Wij-2007-DeBT_iNT                                        ║████▓▀ ░▌
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            ▄░▓███████▄▄▄░   ARTiST.... Wijlen Wij                         ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
            ░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀   TiTLE..... Wijlen Wij                                █████▓░
            ▀░████▓░░▀ ░  ▀  LABEL..... Aesthetic Death Records           ▀  ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
             ░▓███▓▓░  ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... Metal                            ▄▓▄ ▀  ░▓▓███▓░
             ▀▀░███▓░▄▄░     RiP.DATE.. 2011-08-21                           ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
               ▀ ▄███▀░░     STOREDATE. 2007-06-06                           ░░▀███▄ ▀
                  ░░▄▄██▀▀▀  SOURCE.... CD                                ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
                  ░░▄▄██▀▀▀  QUALiTY... 269 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
               ▄ ▄███▀░░     TRACKS.... 6   / 72:29                          ░░▀███▄ ▄
             ▄▄░███▓░▄ ░     SIZE...... 145.62   MB                          ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
             ░▓███▓▓░  ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4      ▄▓▄ ▄  ░▓▓███▓░
            ▄░████▓░░▄ ░  ▀  URL....... http://tinyurl.com/4y7rg24              ░▓████░▄
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              ░ ▄▓████ 1   L'anathΦme                                  5:43     ████▓▄ ░
              ░ ▄▓████ 2   Wijlen Wij                                 11:36     ████▓▄ ░
              ░ ▄▓████ 3   Offertorium                                14:17     ████▓▄ ░
              ░ ▄▓████ 4   Falling Stars                               8:48     ████▓▄ ░
              ░ ▄▓████ 5   Aware Of The Void                          10:56     ████▓▄ ░
              ░ ▄▓████ 6   Bridges                                    21:09     ████▓▄ ░
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              ▀▄░████▓                                                          ████░▄▀
               ░▓████▓▄                                   TOTAL TiME: 72:29 MIN  ████▓░
               ░▓███████▄                                 TOTAL SIZE: 145.62 MB▄█████▓░
               ▀░▀████████▄                                                  ▄█████▀░▀▀
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              ░▓████▓░░║                                                    ║░░▓████▓░
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Wijlen Wij (the name is a Flemish play on words,   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ roughly translated as æWe, DeceasedÆ) is a         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Belgium-based funeral doom supergroup, and this    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ 2007 eponymous debut album has been their only     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ release to date. All four members of Wijlen Wij    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ are noted for their work in other doom bands,      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ with the most prominent being vocalist, guitarist  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and keyboard player Kostas Panagiotou, of          ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Pantheist renown, and the indefatigable Stijn van  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Cauter, who contributes vocals, guitar and bass,   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and whoÆs involved with numerous projects,         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ including Beyond Black Void, Until Death           ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Overtakes Me and Fall of the Grey-Winged One, as   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ well as sometimes playing with Pantheist. Kostas   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and Stijn are joined by a rhythm section           ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ consisting of drummer Kris Villez, also of         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Pantheist and In Somnis, and bassist Lawrence van  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Haecke, of Solicide, yet another band that Stijn   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ van Cauter is a member of.                         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ With a line-up like that, the omens were always    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ going to be good for Wijlen Wij producing          ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ something pretty special, and throughout the       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ 72-minute duration of this album, they deliver     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ top-notch funeral doom with great finesse,         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ KostasÆ synth work in particular adding any        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ number of sophisticated, progressive flourishes,   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ although the band never neglects its central       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ mission objective of creating an overwhelmingly    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ morose, oppressive atmosphere, with massive,       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ filth-encrusted riffs ground out of hugely         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ distorted, downtuned guitars.                      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ The album opens with its shortest track,           ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ æL'AnathΦmeÆ, which begins with an eerie           ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ combination of chanted monastic vocals and         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ imposing minor-key organ work, leading into a      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ mesmeric, droning hurdy-gurdy melody, creating an  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ atmosphere redolent with medieval flagellant       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ ecstasies and crusader militarism, like a mixture  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ of Creed Of Iron-era Graveland, classic Bathory,   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and even neo-folk and neo-medieval acts like The   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud and The Soil       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Bleeds Black. Any doubt about Wijlen WijÆs doom    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ credentials, however, is immediately dispelled by  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ the cathartic blasts of buzzing, abrasive guitar   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ which roar in over the melody, accompanied by      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ booming timpani bashing out a fatalistic beat      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ like the brutal overseer of a slave galley.        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Clean, chanted vocals maintain the epic feel of    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ this song.                                         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ The title track, æWijlen WijÆ, which follows,      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ steps down the pace for a more orthodox 11-minute  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ doom dirge, KostasÆ low, growling vocals rattling  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ around below a sinuous keyboard melody, hemmed in  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ on all sides by those fearsomely distorted         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ guitars. This isnÆt the kind of extreme doom       ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ purveyed by the likes of Moss, Monarch or          ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Habsyll, which achieves its effect with            ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ overwhelming slowness and heaviness, itÆs more     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ along the lines of Nortt, Skepticism and           ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Thergothon, with a doleful, dreary atmosphere      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ embellished by wan melody and choral chanting.     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Sections of the fourth track, æFalling StarsÆ,     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ are actually quite rapid, with chugging guitar     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ riffs and harsh vocals bringing the sound closer   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ to rough, mid-paced black metal than doom.         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Wijlen Wij save their best for last, however, as   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ the album closes with the grandiose 21-minute      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ opus æBridgesÆ. Almost preposterously vast, deep   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ vocals rumble out through echoing abysses as the   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ guitars and keyboards construct an imposing        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ edifice of sound, church organ notes evoking epic  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ visions of gilded gothic excess which in turn      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ give way to a cinematic scorched-earth             ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ battlefield vista of weary war-drums and elegiac   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ orchestral strings, augmented by clean baritone    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ vocals in English. The song even find time for a   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ quiet plucked guitar interlude and soaring         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ tremolo solo at around 16 minutes, before          ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ building towards a fittingly expansive close.      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ The album is let down a bit by its uninvolving     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ cover art and packaging. The cover is a crusty,    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ green-black void looking a bit like tree bark,     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ simply adorned with the bandÆs name in a curvy     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ black-letter font, and the insert only contains    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ the lyrics of the title track, a sonnet in         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Flemish with no translation given. I guess it      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ could be argued that less is more, but this        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ deficit of information and imagery doesnÆt really  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ act as a spur to the listenerÆs imagination û I    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ for one would have liked to see more visual cues   ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ to the Wijlen Wij aesthetic. Having said that,     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ however, this album is definitely a worthy         ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ addition to Aesthetic DeathÆs discerning doom      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ roster, which also encompasses Wreck Of The        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Hesperus, Esoteric and, more recently, Murkrat     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and Eibon. And I actually prefer Wijlen Wij to     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Pantheist û thereÆs a rougher, harsher feel to     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ this band, compared to PantheistÆs sophistication  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ and intricacy.                                     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║                                                    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ Wijlen Wij is a limited-edition release of 1000    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ copies, and the bad news is that this album was    ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ almost sold out at the time of writing. Given      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ that all the members of the band are busy with     ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ other projects, the prospect of a follow-up album  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ seems uncertain, and the bandÆs website is making  ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ no promises along those lines. But any             ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ self-respecting funeral doom fan owes it to        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ themselves to add this monumental work of          ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ medieval mournfulness to their hoard of grave      ║▀░▓████░▀▄
             ▄▀░████▓░▀║ goods, ready for interment.                        ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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