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░ ██ ██ Artist: Acolytes of Moros ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Illusions of Progress █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Odmetnik ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I hope you're not really expecting me to tell you █
█ what kind of genre of metal this is. With Swedish █
█ Acolytes of Moros you have stepped into the █
█ extremes of traditional doom. "Illusions of █
█ Progress" sounds like a lost demo version of not █
█ so unexperienced Reverend Bizarre. And for such a █
█ young band this is quite an immense achievement. █
█ I guess a lot of people would find this album kind █
█ of boring, because really - it does not discover █
█ the dark side of the moon. It's more or less █
█ something you have heard in one form or another. █
█ However, if you're an oldschool lover you'd █
█ probably be really pleased to hear the release. █
█ Even these days when doom metal has reached its █
█ biggest popularity you don't meet stuff like █
█ Acolytes of Moros around the corner. The music █
█ here is really pushed to the extremes of slowness █
█ and nihilism. █
█ "Illusions of progress" consists of 4 tracks, one █
█ being a very short intro, so let's say three █
█ full-blooded tracks. As every proper doom metal █
█ recording should - you receive a banging █
█ awesomeness with song length no less than ten █
█ minutes. Yes right, ten minutes long is the █
█ shortest track. So if you're some confused person █
█ waiting for a happy fast metal song, pack your █
█ suitcase quicker and leave the hall. The █
█ production of this baby here is top notch for a █
█ small budget. Actually, I would prefer that kind █
█ of stuff over overproduced modern crap anyday. So █
█ really, even if it's a little low production █
█ "Illusions of progress" is completely listenable █
█ and in no way sounds like a garage recorded doom █
█ (even if it is). █
█ I will proceed with the singing, because the █
█ vocals are my favourite part in this EP. You can █
█ easily imagine the singer chanting from a high █
█ mountain. Damn, he sounds like leading a funeral █
█ procession. Finnish and Swedish singers know their █
█ doom. As honest as I always am, no one does these █
█ types of chants better than Scandinavian people, █
█ there must be some spell behind it. Take Horse █
█ Latitudes as an example, damn fine stuff. The █
█ singing goes from this high as fuck type of epic █
█ way of pronunciating the words to angrier gutteral █
█ almost black metalish type of singing. Don't █
█ really think of black metal shrieking or █
█ something, it's just an association. █
█ Bass guitar is quite audible and this gets and █
█ instant plus. Real long guitar solos are not █
█ present, the guys have sticked to more █
█ straightforward stuff which is one reason I can't █
█ seem to fully dig this release. The last track is █
█ really atmospheric and does sound to me like a low █
█ tuned bassy atmospheric black metal. As lucky as I █
█ am to have read some of the lyrics, I got to say I █
█ am impressed with them as well. As cold as the █
█ music is, the ideas that stand behind the lyrics █
█ are so as well. As the name of the EP suggests █
█ itself, don't hope to find any rays of sunlight █
█ here. But since lyrics are kind of something you █
█ should interpret for yourself, let's leave that █
█ here. █
█ To sum up my overall impressions, "Illusions of █
█ Progress" is a very successful effort, though █
█ still lacking some elements. It's more or less an █
█ introvert kind of an album, sad but not really █
█ angry. It doesn't get you for the balls and throw █
█ you to the other corner of the room. I think there █
█ is a lot of potential to be developed here and █
█ will surely check what goes on with these folks. █
█ Doom on. █
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░ 1. The Path To... 1:05 ░
░ 2. Enlightenment Through Shadows 10:28 ░
░ 3. Frozen Landscape 10:19 ░
░ 4. Reduced to Acquiescence 18:07 ░
░ 39:59 ░
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