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░ ██ ██ Artist: Deep-pression ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Void of a Morning █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2009 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Ambient ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Valse Sinistre Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Ignoring the ridiculous attempt at a pun for a █
█ name, Polish act Deep-Pression have been somewhat █
█ of a revolving door to various members over the █
█ years. Having split up in 2009, 4: Void of a █
█ Morning is that last release before the split. █
█ Recorded over a rather long timespan of two years, █
█ and nine performers in total, it's certainly an █
█ intriguing piece of work. Previous Deep-Pression █
█ releases would have generally fallen into the █
█ ambient, droney black metal bracket, but Void of a █
█ Morning has pretty much forsaken all black metal █
█ elements in favour of an apocalyptic form of dark █
█ ambience that at times could be comparable to say █
█ a variety of Cold Meat Industry acts. Described as █
█ a concept album 'from dreaming, through awakening █
█ to the devouring mouths of reality'. Maybe █
█ bordering on the edge of pretentious, but when you █
█ apply the description to the music, it couldn't █
█ really be any more fitting. █
█ Introduction 'Requiem for the Tommorows' █
█ (Glaringly obvious spelling mistake aside) is, as █
█ far as setting the tone for an album goes, pretty █
█ much ideal. It's nothing more than a bleak, █
█ oppressive droning with an isolated █
█ industrial-esque pulse breaking the monotony a few █
█ times. It works well in encapsulating the final █
█ throes of consciousness before sleep, before the █
█ nightmare arrives in the form of 'Night Struggle' █
█ with it's barren soundscape structured by the █
█ dissonant, distorted ambience created by the █
█ guitars and electronics. There's sparse vocals in █
█ the song, performed by a guy called Razor and are █
█ a restrained whisper, who does the vocals for part █
█ two and three as well. Each track, or movement, is █
█ split up by an interlude, and really serve as █
█ nothing more than a transition between each stage █
█ of the protagonist's dreamstate. 'Just a While █
█ Before' continues with the detached air, though █
█ more-so this time due to the almost Fields of the █
█ Nephilim like atmosphere created by the bass of █
█ none other than Vrangsinn of Carpathian Forest █
█ fame. It almost sounds as if it could have been █
█ taken off Elizium and completely stripped down of █
█ everything except vocals and bass. I don't know if █
█ it's supposed to make me feel uneasy or what but █
█ when listening to this song I actually end up more █
█ relaxed than anything. 'Awakening' is pretty much █
█ the same as the first track in its ambience, with █
█ an unfettered air of torture hanging around it █
█ like a wet fog while the protagonist enters the █
█ neon realms of the end of his sleep. Then the █
█ reality of 'All this Pain for Today', the only █
█ song with any connection at all to Black Metal, █
█ and that's only in the extremely scant guitar and █
█ howling vocals performed by Letaliis. █
█ It's extremely repetitive, but it works. If you █
█ know anything at all about the dark-ambient genre, █
█ you'll know progression is most certainly not it's █
█ forte. There's a certain satisfying feeling of █
█ dread in the subtlety of it all. A lot of metal █
█ fans wouldn't normally listen music like this, █
█ thus is why Deep-Pression probably get so much █
█ flak when people do come across their music. With █
█ their background in Black Metal and associations █
█ with bands such as Trist and Happy days it doesn't █
█ help. If obscure dark-ambient is your thing I'd █
█ definitely recommend this. It's by no means ground █
█ breaking for music of this style, and it does tend █
█ to drag on a bit at time where it could do with a █
█ little variation, but it is certainly competent █
█ enough, and in the right mindset is an engaging █
█ listen. If you're a newcomer to the genre though, █
█ there are probably better places to begin. █
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░ 1. Intro: Requiem for Tommorows 2:54 ░
░ 2. Part 1: Night Struggle 10:40 ░
░ 3. Interlude 1 0:50 ░
░ 4. Part 2: Just a While Before 10:59 ░
░ 5. Interlude 2 0:50 ░
░ 6. Part 3: Awakening 9:16 ░
░ 7. Interlude 3 0:51 ░
░ 8. Part 4: All This Pain for Today 11:23 ░
░ 47:43 ░
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