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█║║█▀ artist : Ebonylake ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ title : In Swathes Of Brooding Light ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ genre : Black Metal ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ source : CDDA ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ type : Album ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ rls date : 01.08.2012 ║║ st date : 00.00.0000 ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ size : 122,5 MB ║║ tracks : 10 ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ encoder : Lame 3.98 ║║ label : n/a ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ quality : avg. 263kbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ website : n/a ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ similar artist : n/a ▀█║║█
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█║║█ In Swathes Of Brooding Light marks the first album by England's █║║█
█║║█ black metal act Ebony Lake in a dozen years. █║║█
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█║║█ If I were forced to describe this album in three words, I would █║║█
█║║█ describe it thus: █║║█
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█║║█ Chaotic. Fucking. Mess. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ There is a fine line between genius and insanity. Ebony Lake walks █║║█
█║║█ this line in much the same fashion as the guy on Cops who just blew █║║█
█║║█ a .254 into the breathalyzer does that field sobriety test. At some █║║█
█║║█ points the chaos synchs up into something awesome. At others times █║║█
█║║█ it synchs up to "make the bad people stop!" Think "Bungle-Sagoth." █║║█
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█║║█ Trying to describe this album in the word count allotted is █║║█
█║║█ extremely difficult. Hell, some of the absurdly long song names █║║█
█║║█ damn near hit the word cap on their own. I will do my best to █║║█
█║║█ approximate this release. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Musically the basic backbone is furious black metal riffing, █║║█
█║║█ reminiscent of early Emperor, with the occasional hat tip to █║║█
█║║█ Blessed Are The Sick era Morbid Angel. The guitarist loves to █║║█
█║║█ dabble in "what can I do here to increase tension", as well as █║║█
█║║█ occasionally, "what is the absolute wrongest possible chord I could █║║█
█║║█ play here?" The drumming is often buried deep in the mix, but I do █║║█
█║║█ like what I hear on the title track, when he goes "George of the █║║█
█║║█ Ebony Jungle", as well as furious kit bashing on "The Curious █║║█
█║║█ Caves..." The attack - and it is a hostile invasion of your █║║█
█║║█ auditory senses - is furthered by synths and keyboards, which often █║║█
█║║█ times sound like someone trying to score an early 80's slasher film █║║█
█║║█ on a toy piano. Oh, and there is a bassist as well whom we █║║█
█║║█ occasionally hear from. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ So guitars, drums, keyboards, bass... standard stuff. Just only █║║█
█║║█ occasionally used in the manner a black metal fan is familiar. █║║█
█║║█ Frequently it seems like perhaps they went Captain Beefheart on us, █║║█
█║║█ and had the band split into two different rooms to record parts, █║║█
█║║█ completely unaware of what was going on in the other room. Or it █║║█
█║║█ was a deliberate attempt on their part... "What can we do to make █║║█
█║║█ this more discordant? Unsettling?" At other points it all drops █║║█
█║║█ away to creepy ambient moments to allow you to let your guard down █║║█
█║║█ before unpleasantness resumes. █║║█
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█║║█ It's a lot of chaos. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Oh. And the vocals. █║║█
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█║║█ Ebony Lake seems to have had more vocalists on board for this █║║█
█║║█ recording than Anthrax has gone through in their 30 year history. █║║█
█║║█ Vocal approaches used, but are not limited to, include rasped, █║║█
█║║█ shouted, wails, creepy female vocals, roars, spoken bits... male █║║█
█║║█ and female. All used sporadically, and all buried in the raging █║║█
█║║█ wall of sound rather than in the fore... so it's all sort of █║║█
█║║█ ephemeral. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ To give you an example of what's going on, "Licking At The █║║█
█║║█ Nesting's Of Young Fledglings" around the middle mark of the 10 █║║█
█║║█ minute track they just stop in the middle of furious Morbid Angel █║║█
█║║█ riffing and pounding, collapsing into moody strings, acoustic █║║█
█║║█ guitar quietly plucking a funereal dirge... this is buried under █║║█
█║║█ what sounds like the raging winds of a rainstorm breaking on the █║║█
█║║█ coastline. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ In your right ear is a spoken part that sounds as if the speaking █║║█
█║║█ part were cast to one of the orcs from LOTR. In your other ear, you █║║█
█║║█ get a male operatic lead running through what sounds like vocal █║║█
█║║█ warm-up exercises. This goes on for a couple minutes before even █║║█
█║║█ the vocals drop out to a creepy ambient passage which goes on for █║║█
█║║█ four minutes. █║║█
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█║║█ I'm not making this shit up. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ This album oscillates wildly between moods, tempos, and sonic █║║█
█║║█ approaches. Almost maddeningly. As I said before, these guys █║║█
█║║█ approached the fine line between genius and insanity like a █║║█
█║║█ downhill skier running a slalom. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ This is the kind of album which will elicit a reaction. It might be █║║█
█║║█ amazement. It might be "kill this album with fire!" It might be █║║█
█║║█ annoyance. Incredulity. Hell, just open your thesaurus to an █║║█
█║║█ adjective at random and it will likely inspire that as well at some █║║█
█║║█ point. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ So in a music scene with entirely too many bands playing it safe █║║█
█║║█ aping what came before, it's always good to hear an act willing to █║║█
█║║█ go off the deep end. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Ebony Lake opted to go off the deep end. By way of nitro burning █║║█
█║║█ funny car. █║║█
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█║║█ http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=9900 █║║█
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█║║█ /team FKK █║║█
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█║║█ 01 And From The Seas The Sickening Things 04:17 █║║█
█║║█ 02 I Painted The Suicide Of Neptune 07:01 █║║█
█║║█ 03 The Curious Cave Of Deformities 04:41 █║║█
█║║█ 04 In Swathes Of Brooding Light Skeletal Birds 05:50 █║║█
█║║█ Scratch At Broken Windows █║║█
█║║█ 05 Human Mannequin Puppeteer 01:46 █║║█
█║║█ 06 Licking At The Nesting's Of Young Fledglings 09:56 █║║█
█║║█ 07 Amethyst Lung Concerto 05:50 █║║█
█║║█ 08 Within Deepest Red (The Opening Of..) 09:49 █║║█
█║║█ 09 The Theory Of Sexual Carvings 06:02 █║║█
█║║█ 10 A Voice In The Piano 10:25 █║║█
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█║║█ 65:37 min █║║█
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