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░ ██ ██ Artist: Heavydeath ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Dark Phoenix Rising █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-09-26 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Dying Sun Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD EP ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Heavydeath's latest offering (as of this review's █
█ writing, at least; give 'em another two months and █
█ they'll probably have another one out) is Dark █
█ Phoenix Rising, a ~40-minute pack of five songs █
█ done in Heavydeath's heavy & deathly style. █
█ Strong riffs, big recording acoustics, powerful █
█ bass presence, and bone-thumping drums are the █
█ focus here, though there's also some █
█ sparingly-used deep growls worked in to good █
█ effect. The band takes the music seriously while █
█ still finding some fun with surprisingly psych-y █
█ stretchings of the riffs, and you should be █
█ prepared for those lengthy rides, as the first two █
█ songs each take ten minutes to get their point █
█ across, building up walls of sound that will push █
█ your pulse higher before you realize it. █
█ If you're in the mood for it, that sustained █
█ tone-soaking can be a damn nice dip. Although █
█ they do get into it with "The Ember of the End", █
█ if you want something with the persistent speed of █
█ thrash or typical death metal to it, you'll want █
█ to look elsewhere. Assuming you are down with █
█ high aggression at slow speeds, Heavydeath have █
█ you thoroughly covered, and while the title track, █
█ doubling as the closer, is only four minutes (a █
█ real quickie after everything else), it blends the █
█ elements of the other songs together in an █
█ effective coda of hot-blooded doom. Another very █
█ solid release from Heavydeath, the last of the █
█ tape run inventory from Caligari Records is █
█ quickly headed towards unavailable, so jump on it █
█ if you need a physical copy.. █
█ █
█ This recording session was done in June and mixed █
█ in July 2015. From the beginning it was only █
█ planned to record two songs (ôDead Treesö and ôThe █
█ Ember of the Endö) but when we started to █
█ rehearse/recording, we felt to revisit an █
█ previously recorded song ôBow Downö that got a █
█ little more "epic" ending in this version. At the █
█ end of the recording blew the creative winds so we █
█ wrote and recorded some more songs (ôFrom the █
█ Ashesö and ôDark Phoenix Risingö and one more**) █
█ to tie together the musical heavy adventure with █
█ the other three songs. █
█ █
█ Another song "Hunger" was recorded but not █
█ released in the current editions. █
█ █
█ The recording is as previously recordings done █
█ under simple conditions with only a guitar, bass, █
█ drums and vocals. No frills or hocus pocus in the █
█ mix. █
█ Unfortunately, Daniel Moilanen could not █
█ participate during the recording because of the █
█ missions with Katatonia. But we used our close █
█ friend Oldfor Suns who temporarily took care of █
█ the drumming. █
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░ 1. Dead Trees 10:00 ░
░ 2. Bow Down 10:40 ░
░ 3. The Ember of the End 7:22 ░
░ 4. From the Ashes 7:25 ░
░ 5. Dark Phoenix Rising 4:09 ░
░ 6. Hunger 7:02 ░
░ 7. Dark Phoenix Rising (alternative version 5:52 ░
░ 52:30 ░
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