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░ ██ ██ Artist: Doom's Day ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Devil's Eyes █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2014-05-09 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Heavy Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: PRC Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ A new Canadian album carrying the banner of doom? █
█ It caught my attention instantly. The genreÆs █
█ popularity is rising, it is trendy to refer to it, █
█ and ædoomÆ is used by way too many bands to █
█ describe themselves. Nonetheless, this is still an █
█ underground and unpopular style in the canadian █
█ metal landscape. With that being said, letÆs see █
█ what we have hereà █
█ This is DoomÆs DayÆs second album. In 2012, the █
█ Quebec City band released us The Unholy, an album █
█ dressed in the most standard heavy metal leather █
█ jacket; not bad, but nothing special about it. █
█ Less than two years later, I was skeptical when I █
█ saw PRC Music promoting this album with a ædoomÆ █
█ tag. My first reaction: we arenÆt anywhere near █
█ the italian doom or any other purist/doom █
█ tradition. There is however something doom about █
█ it, something round in spirit and straightforward █
█ which reminds me more of the Dio era of Black █
█ Sabbath; that is to say that DoomÆs Day keeps a █
█ firm foot in heavy metal and its modern form (for █
█ example, Therion without its symphonic edge), █
█ while looking into doom territory. The beautiful █
█ artwork reminiscent of Mercyful Fate and the █
█ occult/satanic flavour of the song titles are good █
█ indicators. █
█ Having said that, on The DevilÆs Eyes DoomÆs Day █
█ uses a different formula than on The Unholy. This █
█ time around, it seems to be drinking at the Ghost █
█ B.C. fountain (who drinks heavy doses of Mercyful █
█ Fate liquor). The church organs are omnipresent on █
█ The DevilÆs Eyes, and so are the catchy chorus and █
█ riffs. If this is a formula, DoomÆs Day adopts it █
█ very well and makes it way heavier than the █
█ Swedish entity. At certain times, DooMÆs (doubled) █
█ harsh vocals reminds me of Jamey Jasta (Kingdom of █
█ Sorrow, Hatebreed). The guitars are also central █
█ to the music, rather than being hidden in the back █
█ of a pop album. They have this warm tone █
█ characteristic of lamp amplifiers after a few █
█ hours of jamming. The production is also eons away █
█ from the previous album: on The DevilÆs Eyes, we █
█ acknowledge a Professional effort to present the █
█ band at its best, achieved through a relatively █
█ commercial mix (in a good way) without being █
█ overproduced. Take any of the songs separately and █
█ admit that the production enhances the songwriting █
█ qualities. █
█ In short, this album convinced me. Yes, there is a █
█ Scorpions-like interlude towards the end of the █
█ album and many riffs sound familiar, but in my █
█ opinion this is one of the strengths on The █
█ DevilÆs Eyes. We get hooked on a first listen. In █
█ two years, DoomÆs Day was able to develop its █
█ attributes and write a very compelling album, █
█ distinct from the other Quebec metal bands in █
█ particular. Congratulations. █
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░ 1. The Offering 4:41 ░
░ 2. Cathedral of Lies 5:06 ░
░ 3. The Outsider 5:58 ░
░ 4. Watery Graves 6:02 ░
░ 5. The Devil's Eyes 5:13 ░
░ 6. Lost Soul 5:13 ░
░ 7. Ave Satanas 2:54 ░
░ 8. Crush the Cross 2:17 ░
░ 37:24 ░
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