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░ ██ ██ Artist: Nangilima ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Dark Matter █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-02-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Xtreem Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Nangilima. A death/doom band with members from █
█ Sweden, Bulgaria and Spain finally released their █
█ debut album. I discovered these guys when they █
█ released their first single called Thanatos, I █
█ loved it and hoped the band would build upon that █
█ for their full album. Now it's time to see if they █
█ did just that. █
█ There is a short answer for this. Do you want it? █
█ Of course you do. The short answer is no, and now █
█ we take a look into why that is. Let's begin with █
█ the line-up because there's been some changes on █
█ that front. On the Thanatos single, Nangilima █
█ consisted of Emilio on vocals and C.L. was █
█ handling all instruments. That's changed in the █
█ likes of C.L. being replaced by Nikolay Velev on █
█ guitar, bass and keys. And then Khalvst who's █
█ doing programming and keys as well. █
█ The Dark Matter is a concept album about a man who █
█ finds out that his life is coming to an end. The █
█ album then takes you through four seasons █
█ ultimately leading to the characters death in the █
█ outro. However there was supposed to be another █
█ track on the album but it was omitted as the █
█ guitar/bassist, Amarok left the band. That track █
█ is Fractions of a Shattered Soul and was released █
█ as a single only and in my opinion it was not a █
█ good decision to omit that track from The Dark █
█ Matter. Together with Thanatos, those two tracks █
█ reign among their best so far because of the █
█ variation they feature both when it comes to the █
█ music and vocals. █
█ Negativity aside there's definitely good things to █
█ take from this debut album. The drums sounds █
█ better than ever and I have to address a special █
█ kudos to Khalvst for the amazing keyboard work. █
█ Overall the production is without a doubt better █
█ than before and that does help the band a lot and █
█ move them away from the demo sound. Throughout the █
█ album I do however feel there's too much emphasis █
█ on the doom element and not enough on the death █
█ element that's been tagged into their genre. When █
█ I think death/doom bands like Asphyx comes to my █
█ mind. Combine that with Nangilima's two first █
█ singles and I must admit I did have some █
█ expectations for this record and they were not █
█ met. It feels like they confined themselves into █
█ this little doom metal box and don't want to break █
█ out of it - or maybe that's what they wanted to █
█ put forth the atmosphere they feel they needed for █
█ this concept album. My problem with that is that █
█ throughout 42 minutes of listening it's just slow █
█ paced all the way and they never rise from the █
█ second track, Stains of a Broken Life, which is █
█ the best track on the album. The rest of the █
█ tracks follows the same path, same recipe, same █
█ gear and it doesn't really makes me want to listen █
█ to the record again, it simply lacks the really █
█ memorable songs. █
█ The album lacks what their two first singles had. █
█ The variation in music and vocals. Changing into a █
█ higher tempo and changing into more black █
█ metal-focused vocals but that's never really █
█ present in the same way. After Stains of a Broken █
█ Life I think the keyboard is out-doing the other █
█ instruments as they simply don't bring the same █
█ performance. In spite of all this, I'm going to █
█ look forward to their next record anyway. I don't █
█ believe they will write the same album twice and I █
█ really want to hear more of that fantastic █
█ keyboard work. I'd recommend this to the real doom █
█ metal doomoholics. If you're missing a doom █
█ emphasized album with great atmosphere and hard █
█ hits then this is definitely for you. I'd simply █
█ wish I was one of them. █
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░ 1. Chemin vers le NΘant (Intro) 3:02 ░
░ 2. Stain of a Broken Life 7:55 ░
░ 3. Crimson Shroud 9:17 ░
░ 4. The Link of Reminiscence 8:07 ░
░ 5. The Dark Matter 9:48 ░
░ 6. ╔ternel Sommeil (Outro) 4:16 ░
░ 42:25 ░
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