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░ ██ ██ Artist: As Night Falls ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: From Grace to Oblivion █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-12-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Heavy Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: self-released ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: EP ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The glittering rock and metal that flows from █
█ Poland is often so distinctive that IÆve said many █
█ times it could only come from that country because █
█ no country makes music quite the way the Poles do. █
█ Treat yourself some time by listening to the prog █
█ metal of Riverside, the progressive rock of █
█ Satellite or the extreme, avant-garde black metal █
█ of MordÆAÆStigmata. There are no bands that sound █
█ like those three. █
█ As Night Falls follow a different compass. They █
█ deliberately set out to perform the type of █
█ symphonic metal that would appeal to lovers of the █
█ best-known giant bands in the genre. TheyÆve done █
█ that very well on their second EP, From Grace to █
█ Oblivion. They should find a warm reception among █
█ fans of Edenbridge, Sirenia, Xandria, Midnattsol █
█ and bands of that ilk. They compare well with █
█ bands in the quality of their music too. The █
█ average rating for From Grace to Oblivion on the █
█ Spirit of Metal catalog website is a full 20/20. █
█ The band also set out to woo fans outside the █
█ arena of metal. Their songs might loosely fit into █
█ the category of melodic hard rock, but only █
█ because the band uses no dark (growling) vocals. █
█ IÆd suggest the operatic soprano style of the █
█ vocals puts a clearly symphonic metal stamp on As █
█ Night Falls. █
█ The band started in 2010. The founders, vocalist █
█ Anna Achtelik and guitarist Pawel Dylewski, had █
█ known each other from previous musical projects. █
█ Their objective was to create ôa symphonic metal █
█ band that would follow in the footsteps of the █
█ greatest bands of the genre, but still remaining █
█ original and searching for its own style.ö █
█ By the time they were ready to make their first █
█ EP, My Secret Place (2012), they had completed █
█ their current line-up. The other band members are █
█ Lukasz Hatlas on bassist, Darek Markiewicz on █
█ drums, and Lukasz Siwy on keyboards. All the band █
█ members have contributed to the planning, █
█ composition and arranging of their music. █
█ TheyÆve performed and been well received at many █
█ concerts in Poland. The first EP won praise. With █
█ From Grace to Oblivion the band deserve to break █
█ though internationally. They could still polish █
█ their performance, but all it needs is a little █
█ tweaking, not any big adjustments. Occasionally, █
█ for example, Anna sounds like sheÆs stretching a █
█ little uncomfortably on the higher and more █
█ extended notes, but her voice is undeniably good. █
█ Maybe itÆs a matter of fiddling with the sound █
█ balance rather than trying to sound more relaxed. █
█ Overall, the EP is a most enjoyable and extremely █
█ musical foretaste of what we may expect to come █
█ from As Night Falls in their future work. From █
█ Grace to Oblivion, the title track, is neatly █
█ representative of the 23-minute EP. IÆm sure █
█ symphonic metal fans will agree with me that itÆs █
█ a lovely, catchy, well-layered song. █
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░ 1. Final Destination 5:32 ░
░ 2. From Grace to Oblivion 5:58 ░
░ 3. Out of Shadow 4:52 ░
░ 4. Unspoken 6:06 ░
░ 22:28 ░
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