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   ░  ██    ██     Artist: Cross Vault                            ██    ██
   ▓   █░░ ■█       Album: Spectres of Revocable Loss              █■ ░░█
   ■    █▓▀ █        Year: 2014                                    █ ▀▓█   ░
         █  ▓   Rel. Date: 2015-10-16                              ▓  █
        ▒   ▒       Genre: Metal                                   ▒   ▒
         █▄ ░       Label: Eyes like Snow                          ░ ▄█
      ░   █▄  ░    Source: CD                                    ░  ▄█
      ░      █▓      Type: Album                                 ▓█        ░
      ▓       █   Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo            █   ░     ▓
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            █  It's not surprising that a band named Cross Vault   █
            █  hails from the medieval corners of Germany in fact  █
            █  it's thoroughly fitting and the style of their      █
            █  music is also quite anticipated.                    █
            █  Cross Vault consists of N. (Nerrath/Niklas Thiele   █
            █  who has been involved in a plethora of German       █
            █  metal projects) on vocals and drums and M. on       █
            █  guitars and bass. Their intention is to evoke       █
            █  fathomless streams of despair upon their followers  █
            █  and trust me Spectres of Revocable Loss will        █
            █  satisfy each and every wretched soul out there.     █
            █  Much like the cover art which is inspired by        █
            █  George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984        █
            █  there's a sort of dark romanticism all-over the     █
            █  record which is most apparent on "At Our Bleakest"  █
            █  as it is directly referenced with the demise of     █
            █  Winston and Julia. The overall sound remains slow   █
            █  and ponderous to slightly mid-paced throughout      █
            █  with quality spellbinding doom riffage and an       █
            █  exceptional melodic nature for instance "A Query    █
            █  in Chains" which is already a stone-cold classic    █
            █  in my book. A not so usual but remarkable doom      █
            █  metal ballad much like Type O Negative's            █
            █  "September Sun". I have to reiterate that their     █
            █  melodic sense is absolutely astounding. The way     █
            █  they execute melodic leads interlaced with          █
            █  acoustic passages on "Void of Old, Void to Come"    █
            █  and "Rails Departing" is nothing short of           █
            █  hypnotizing.                                        █
            █  "Home" is a nostalgic doom-dirge which features     █
            █  dense riffing accompanied by bass-heavy rhythms     █
            █  and astute drumming topped with a morose lead       █
            █  around three minute mark and a solemn solo. "Rails  █
            █  Departing" is sort of Cross Vault's progressive     █
            █  take on doom metal. It begins with a relatively     █
            █  fast-paced rhythm but quickly breaks into slow and  █
            █  very heavy dissonant riffage and Nerrath's vocals   █
            █  are also slightly aggressive here when compared to  █
            █  his benevolent and introspective vocals in rest of  █
            █  the album. A well-executed cover of Warning         █
            █  classic "Footprints" concludes the record. It's     █
            █  actually quite fitting like serving as the          █
            █  aftermath of Winston and Julia's bleak demise       █
            █  which is the subject matter of the penultimate      █
            █  track as mentioned before.                          █
            █  Spectres of Revocable Loss is a remarkable debut    █
            █  and without a shadow of a doubt one of the best     █
            █  metal albums of this year. Do yourself a favour by  █
            █  plunging into its gloomy depths to embrace the      █
            █  chalice of entropic wine.                           █
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            ░  1.  Void of Old, Void to Come                 5:51  ░
            ░  2.  A Query in Chains                         7:04  ░
            ░  3.  Home                                      8:40  ░
            ░  4.  Rails Departing                           6:32  ░
            ░  5.  At Our Bleakest                           8:28  ░
            ░  6.  Footprints (Warning cover)                7:14  ░
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