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█████▌ artist.....: Bell Witch ▐█████
█████ album.......: Mirror Reaper █████
█████ year.........: 2017 █████
▐████ genre........: Metal ████▌
████▌ label........: Profound lore ▐████
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████ quality...: 245/44,1khz/Joint Stereo ████
▌ ███▄ rip date.: 10.10.2017 ▄███ ▐
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█ tracklist: time: █
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█ 01.As Above 48:13 █
█ 02.So Below 35:30 █
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█ size: 148,19 MB total: 83:43 █
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█ At first pass, the third full-length from █
█ Seattle doom metal duo Bell Witch seems █
█ designed to test its audienceÆs resolve. █
█ Mirror Reaper consists of a lone track of █
█ the same name, which clocks in at a █
█ gargantuan 84 minutes. Even in a subgenreùin █
█ this case, funeral doom, approximatelyùthat █
█ mammoth length pushes the limits of the █
█ metal songwriting template. Bassist/vocalist █
█ Dylan Desmond and drummer/vocalist Jesse █
█ Shreibman have crafted the groupÆs single █
█ most challenging listen in years. TheyÆd █
█ probably take that as a compliment. █
█ █
█ ôIt was suggested to us that an 84-minute █
█ song may shrink the audience that will █
█ listen to the song,ö Desmond says. ôWe █
█ understand that, but nothing about this song █
█ was written for someone who canÆt listen to █
█ it. █
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█ ItÆs far more than just the albumÆs epic █
█ runtime, punishing low end, and molasses- █
█ slow riffs that make it a brutal listen. █
█ Founding Bell Witch drummer and vocalist █
█ Adrian Guerra passed away in May 2016, █
█ during the writing process for Mirror █
█ Reaper. Desmond and Shreibman were █
█ devastated, and the metal communityÆs love █
█ of Guerra meant they were forced to reckon █
█ with his death largely in public. (ôI found █
█ it near impossible to mourn with so much █
█ attention,ö Desmond says.) When they finally █
█ went back to work on the recordùShreibmanÆs █
█ first as a co-writer and full member of the █
█ bandùtheir grief had understandably █
█ penetrated the music. █
█ █
█ ôHis death definitely changed the way we █
█ looked at what we were doing at the time,ö █
█ Shreibman explains. ôWe wanted to make sure █
█ to honor him the best we could, all while █
█ making sure we were doing something unique █
█ from the previous recordings.ö █
█ █
█ By any measure, Mirror Reaper succeeds in █
█ those aims. ItÆs the most ambitious Bell █
█ Witch album yet, which is saying a lot for a █
█ band whose first two records open with 20- █
█ minute songs. DesmondÆs six-string bass work █
█ still sounds like no one elseÆs in metal. █
█ His solos are as dexterous and soulful as █
█ any lead guitaristÆs, and ShreibmanÆs work █
█ behind the drum kit is a more than adequate █
█ replacement for GuerraÆs; his style fits the █
█ bandÆs sound like a glove. He credits the █
█ time before recording that he spent on the █
█ road playing the old Bell Witch material █
█ with Desmond. █
█ █
█ ôAdrian had a very distinctive vocal and █
█ drum style that took some time for me to █
█ adjust to when it came to playing the songs █
█ off of Four Phantoms and Longing,ö Shreibman █
█ says. ôOn Mirror Reaper, I tried to keep a █
█ similar percussion style to the previous █
█ recordings, while adding my own style and █
█ signatures to make sure someone could listen █
█ to the old and new material back to back █
█ without it feeling jarring.ö █
█ █
█ The decision to present Mirror Reaper as a █
█ single piece of music came relatively late █
█ in the process, after the band had already █
█ booked studio time. Desmond and Shreibman █
█ noticed that their new riffs all seemed to █
█ intersect and respond to one another. Once █
█ the song started to take shape, it was █
█ evident that releasing it as one epic-length █
█ track was the only option. ôTo split the █
█ piece up would do it a disservice,ö Desmond █
█ says. ôIt was obvious to us that it was one █
█ piece. We discussed designating movements to █
█ make the listening process easier, but █
█ decided against that also. We donÆt feel █
█ that the music is trying to convey anything █
█ easy.ö █
█ █
█ Though the band didnÆt break the song into █
█ conventional movements as such, it is █
█ divided into two 40-plus minute sectionsùôAs █
█ Aboveö and ôSo Below.ö At the albumÆs █
█ midpoint, where these sections collide, █
█ Mirror Reaper has its most cathartic moment: █
█ Adrian GuerraÆs voice appears. Guerra had █
█ laid down some vocal tracks during the Four █
█ Phantoms sessions that were never used, and █
█ when he died, Desmond knew they had to be a █
█ part of Mirror Reaper. GuerraÆs posthumous █
█ contribution marks the emotional center of a █
█ record with no shortage of emotion, and for █
█ longtime fans of the band, it hits with the █
█ force of a battering ram. █
█ █
█ ôThe riff we used his vocals in was █
█ originally being omitted from the song █
█ because I didnÆt like it,ö Desmond says. █
█ ôWhen we decided we had to use AdrianÆs █
█ vocals, this riff came back into mind.ö █
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█ Like every riff on the album, the riff that █
█ was exhumed to accompany GuerraÆs vocals █
█ both echoes and responds to every other part █
█ of the song. The internal dialogue between █
█ sections that Bell Witch achieves gives █
█ Mirror Reaper a profoundly cyclical feeling, █
█ one that makes you want to put the track on █
█ repeat and let it enfold you for hours on █
█ end. █
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█ Mirror Reaper is a difficult work, as █
█ formally ambitious as it is conceptually █
█ heavy. But by its very nature, it becomes █
█ more approachable with repeated listens. █
█ Bell Witch may not have made an album thatÆs █
█ easy to listen to, but they made one that █
█ rewards its listeners. ôOne might sense █
█ multiple endings upon first listen, but in █
█ truth they are beginnings,ö Shreibman says. █
█ And on each successive spin, this makes more █
█ and more sense. █
█ █
█ ùBrad Sanders █
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| 00-Bell_Witch-Mirror_Reaper-CD-2017.m3u | 54 B |
| 00-bell_witch-mirror_reaper-cd-2017.nfo | 17,22 KB |
| 00-Bell_Witch-Mirror_Reaper-CD-2017.sfv | 74 B |
| 01-bell_witch-as_above.mp3 | 88,26 MB |
| 02-bell_witch-so_below.mp3 | 59,93 MB |