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░ ██ ██ Artist: Illimitable Dolor ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Illimitable Dolor █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-06-17 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Transcending Obscurity ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The global doom metal scene is obviously in a █
█ pretty exciting place right now. Bands from every █
█ corner of the earth seem to be coming up and doing █
█ cool and fascinating new things with the genre. █
█ Even the groups who rely on more traditional █
█ maxims have brought their songwriting to bold new █
█ levels in recent years and created music that █
█ plumbs the depths of the human condition. Such is █
█ the case with Illimitable Dolor an Australian █
█ symphonic doom metal band whose sense of forward █
█ motion doesn't stop them from composing elegant █
█ ten minute long songs that crunch forward with a █
█ sort of deranged majesty and an apocalyptic twist █
█ that you can't help but to adore.The funeral doom █
█ inspired magic of their dirges and the progressive █
█ pump of the drums brings you into a sound world █
█ from which there is no escape. From the land down █
█ under comes a band whose sound seems fit to guide █
█ you on the barge to hell, and it seems like they █
█ are only just getting started. █
█ █
█ The beauty of Illimitable Dolor seem to lie █
█ somewhere between the worlds of Bell Witch and █
█ Caladan Brood. While on the one hand they have █
█ Bell Witch's massive melodies and devastating █
█ growls (No cleans though) on the other they have █
█ rich orchestrations and lush soundscapes. At times █
█ it almost feels like these songs could fit on a █
█ Summoning album. I know that a lot of my █
█ references here are fairly dorky, but that's just █
█ how this band is. It's not meant to be entry level █
█ doom, but rather the sort of stuff that you █
█ stumble upon after an all night YouTube binge. █
█ It's the gold at the end of the rainbow, a hidden █
█ gem that you can't help but to fall in love with. █
█ Illimitable Dolor are a band who understand the █
█ sad beauty of doom metal and their top notch █
█ songwriting and bellowing bottom end help to █
█ cement their place in your psyche as a group who █
█ pierce the sadness and provide a way forward. █
█ Despite it all, Illimitable Dolor instills the █
█ listener with a profound sense of hope. █
█ █
█ Maybe I'm biased because this is among my favorite █
█ types of music, but I genuinely believe that █
█ Illimitable Dolor have tapped into something █
█ special here. Through the crunch and occasionally █
█ corny synths they've invoked the same elder █
█ spirits that bands like Pilgrim so gleefully █
█ wield. You find a chance to navigate a world of █
█ broken hearts and fallen aparts, surreal creations █
█ and twisted kingdoms, fallen towers and crushed █
█ dreams. These songs seem to have an almost cosmic █
█ scope, as song titles like "Comet Dies Or Shines" █
█ which only adds to the magic. Listening to █
█ Illimitable Dolor sees the listener getting swept █
█ into a unique sonic universe and onto a journey █
█ down the River Styx. A band tapped into ancient █
█ realms and emotionally devastating poetry, you █
█ can't help but to find something in the mix of █
█ cheese and existential despair presented here. █
█ This is what atmospheric doom is all about, and if █
█ this doesn't get you, then I don't know what will. █
█ █
█ https://illimitabledolor.bandcamp.com/ █
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░ 1. Rail of Moon, a Stone 10:19 ░
░ 2. Comet Dies or Shines 9:09 ░
░ 3. Salt of Brazen Seas 12:51 ░
░ 4. Abandoned Cuts of River 12:13 ░
░ 5. Eternal (Paradise Lost cover) 3:49 ░
░ 48:21 ░
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