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░ ██ ██ Artist: Soijl ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: As the Sun Sets on Life █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-07-18 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Solitude Prod. ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Sometimes, there are albums that seem to be █
█ complex to our senses, and if youÆre a writer, it █
█ becomes a hard labor like those that Heracles █
█ faced in Greek mythology. But as well, the more an █
█ album is complex, the more youÆll like it, and █
█ this is the case of the Swedish trio SOIJL. Their █
█ new album, ôAs the Sun Sets on Lifeö is really █
█ very good. Their musical work is focused on a very █
█ melodic and melancholic form of Doom Metal using █
█ grunted voices and some experimental touches and █
█ influences. Obviously it is bitter and harsh in █
█ many moments, but the more you get used to their █
█ musical work, the more youÆll understand and your █
█ senses becomes opened for what the band has to █
█ offer. YouÆll hear a bitter and oppressive form of █
█ music, but elegant and with some good female █
█ vocals as well (a courtesy of Miriam Karlsson). █
█ █
█ Mattias Svensson is the albumÆs producer. █
█ Initially, the band was planned to be a side █
█ project of Mattias, so he knows and have the clear █
█ idea of what he wants of the sound quality. ItÆs █
█ not perfect, because it is a bit rawer than the █
█ needed, but it is heavy and has that balance █
█ between weight, aggressiveness and clarity in a █
█ very good level. The seven long songs of ôAs the █
█ Sun Sets on Lifeö are very good, but as their █
█ finest moments, IÆd like to name the bitter and █
█ darkened ôDeath Do Us Partö with its deep █
█ introspective feeling and fine guitar work, the █
█ funeral paced song ôSalvation, Deceptionö, the █
█ contrast between nasty vocals and good clean █
█ voices on the depressive slowness of ôSpiritual █
█ Asphyxiationö, the keyboards that fill all the █
█ empty spaces on ôOn Antediluvian Shoresö, and some █
█ aggressive parts, and the contrast of clean and █
█ shrieked vocals presented on ôAlive in a Sea of █
█ Dying Flowersö. █
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█ ItÆs an album hard to be assimilated, IÆll not █
█ lie. But ôAs the Sun Sets on Lifeö is really very █
█ good, and SOIJL is a good name in the Doom/Death █
█ Metal scene. █
█ █
█ http://www.soijl.com/ █
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░ 1. Death Do Us Part 8:35 ░
░ 2. Weapon of Primordial Chaos 9:18 ░
░ 3. Salvation, Deception 11:05 ░
░ 4. Spiritual Asphyxiation 8:55 ░
░ 5. On Antediluvian Shores 9:15 ░
░ 6. Alive in a Sea of Dying Flowers 7:26 ░
░ 7. The Abyss, My Tomb 7:45 ░
░ 62:19 ░
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