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░ ██ ██ Artist: Dea Marica ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Curse of the Haunted █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-06-29 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Weird Truth Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Dea Marica is an astonishing band û kudos to Weird █
█ Truth for giving such a band a chance. LabelÆs █
█ stamp is needed nowadays to authenticate almost █
█ the quality of so many upcoming bands with their █
█ releases. I wouldnÆt have looked into such a band █
█ otherwise. Moving on, this is a UK Doom Metal band █
█ with influences from epic Doom Metal and early My █
█ Dying Bride-era of Doom/Death Metal. The contrast █
█ is breathtaking û donÆt let the clean vocals fool █
█ you, itÆs adeptly done and the music has hues █
█ accentuating those parts. █
█ WhatÆs also tremendously admirable is the █
█ drummerÆs slightly upbeat performance in a Doom █
█ Metal album û it keeps things rocking and the █
█ momentum pulsating. Dea Marica doesnÆt wallow in █
█ its own self-pity and vying for attention, it █
█ carries on, carrying the burden of life, making █
█ the most out of it. It is partly comparable to the █
█ new Death/Doom sensation from Sweden, The █
█ Gardnerz, which is doing something similar █
█ although itÆs more Death Metal in comparison. The █
█ vocalist growls and sings just as well, bringing █
█ to mind æTurn Loose the SwansÆ era of My Dying █
█ Bride, sometimes Celestial Season. The riffs are █
█ incredible û Skeletons and Blind Skulls has an █
█ unforgettable riff as does Lady Greensleeves û █
█ where does the band get these tunes from? Oh so █
█ catchy and I might want to perform a lobotomy to █
█ get them out of there. █
█ Dea Marica has come out of nowhere virtually and █
█ crafted an album with myriad influences and █
█ accents. This is needed to set itself apart from █
█ mostly the Russian kind of Death/Doom thatÆs doled █
█ out at an alarming rate these days, while █
█ eschewing the strictly British style, now █
█ hackneyed, and adding and composing immortal riffs █
█ using elements from all over. █
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░ 1. The Tower 7:07 ░
░ 2. The Last Goodbye 8:17 ░
░ 3. Skeletons and Blind Skulls 8:07 ░
░ 4. Doom Bar 6:27 ░
░ 5. Edge of Darkness 7:49 ░
░ 6. Dead and Damned 9:39 ░
░ 7. Don't Pray for Them 8:02 ░
░ 8. Lady Greensleeves 6:13 ░
░ 61:41 ░
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