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░ ██ ██ Artist: Fall of the Idols ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Solemn Verses █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-04-25 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: I Hate Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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░█ █░ ▀
█ "Welcome to the realm of rivalry. Where being █
█ became estranged from the ravenous time" █
█ █
█ The third album from one of Finland's hidden jewel █
█ is a true testament to despair. Hannu Weckman █
█ (drums, some guitars) died during the recording of █
█ the album which took a long 3 years to achieve. █
█ His memory will live on through the songs and his █
█ doom will be yours to hear. Fall of the Idols █
█ plays a traditional kind of doom metal but with a █
█ very weird approach, it's truly unique without █
█ losing any references to the style's background. █
█ It's strange, while it tries to disregard the █
█ conventions, you can always find them, buried █
█ under the talented songwriting. Solemn Verses is █
█ deep and profound, prepare to kneel in an ocean of █
█ sorrow. █
█ Solemn Verses is an ambitious album, it's very █
█ effusive, it's almost too emotional. It's poetic █
█ verses intertwined with mournful melodies. As █
█ innovative as Cathedral and as deep as Albert █
█ Witchfinder's darkest memories, The vocal approach █
█ is quite enjoyable, Jyrki HakomΣki's delivery is █
█ perfect, sometimes he sounds like a charismatic █
█ front man α la Jim Morrison but way more drunk and █
█ depressed. But at the same time, he's charming and █
█ romantic. His cleaner vocals are bewitching, an █
█ ideal companion to the crushing atmospheric riffs █
█ and he's also pretty great when he's handling the █
█ rougher and crazier vocals found on the heavier █
█ moments. His range is great and it shines on the █
█ fourth track called "Hymn". While the band is █
█ quite varied, it doesn't have annoying distinct █
█ sections, it's a well conceived melting pot and █
█ everything is tasty. If Patrick Walker (40 Watt █
█ Sun and Warning) would stop crying, he could █
█ probably release something as profound and gushing █
█ as this album. I think that's the third time I █
█ trash Walker, I should simply write a review and █
█ try to get over it ! █
█ The funeral doom aura of Finland has an influence █
█ in their sound. Some parts on the longest track of █
█ the album "Cycle of the Fallen" have clear █
█ mournful elements and a valid proof that doom █
█ doesn't need harsh vocals to be darker than the █
█ darkest black. While they don't use keys like █
█ Skepticism or Shape of Despair, their three █
█ guitars attack is very particular and gives the █
█ band a rich and full sound compared to the █
█ traditional one guitar identity. Don't be fooled, █
█ we're still in trad doom territory but there's an █
█ unquestionable will to transcend the █
█ classifications. The songs are all above 8 minutes █
█ but the album stays interesting throughout its █
█ duration, there's even some acoustic guitar on the █
█ third track and it fits the overall vibe of their █
█ music. █
█ This album grows on you, there's so many details █
█ to find each time you hear it. It lacks nothing. █
█ Good warm production? Yep. Great riffs & █
█ interesting leads? Yep. Awesome abstract and █
█ poetic lyrics? Yep. One of the best record of the █
█ year? Yes, definitely. █
█ It's an album where you contemplate the cold murky █
█ waters. You're tempted to jump, but you decide to █
█ stay alive, comfortable in your fur coat coated █
█ with the blood of deers. █
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░ 1. The One That Awaits 8:54 ░
░ 2. Descant Deific Psalms 8:31 ░
░ 3. Genius Loqi 8:35 ░
░ 4. Hymn 9:00 ░
░ 5. Cycle of the Fallen 11:37 ░
░ 6. The New Crusade 9:04 ░
░ 55:41 ░
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