Country: Italy
Language: English
Genre: Black Metal
Style: Black-Doom
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Reviewed by Pedro Azevedo for Chronicles of Chaos.com
This Italian outfit scored some decent points with 2003's _Springtime
Depression_, its mix of black and doom metal showing promise but also
requiring considerable refinement. Starting off in a much faster vein
than anything on its predecessor, the first few minutes of _Love's
Burial Ground_'s opener "Kill Life" instead bring to mind a more
polished version of Darkthrone's "Transylvanian Hunger". Sullen string
sections and slower passages soon carry the album firmly into
black/doom territory however, with mostly black metal sound and vocals
being used as a medium to communicate feelings more commonly
associated with doom metal -- and therefore returning to what
Forgotten Tomb are best known for. On some occasions the only shred of
black metal left in their sound seems to be the agonizing vocals, with
doomy guitar leads taking over the music; a good example can be found
on "Alone". Forgotten Tomb successfully continue to incorporate
various approaches into their decidedly and coherently negative sound
throughout the record, including some simple but effective sombre
piano on "House of Nostalgia", which grows from a Dolorian-like slow
and atmospheric dirge into a blackened climax.Well produced and musically interesting, _Love's Burial Ground_ also
proves more varied and engaging than its predecessor, which tended to
become somewhat more repetitive. With songs that usually approach the
ten minute mark however, _Love's Burial Ground_ quickly adds up to
over one hour of material; and although there is no real reason to
start skipping tracks midway through, the album fails to retain quite
the same level of interest after its excellent first half (up to the
ambient intermezzo) -- enough to cost it half a mark. Nevertheless,
Forgotten Tomb have done very well on this release: it sounds more
mature and fully realized than their previous work, and places the
band firmly amidst the leading pack in the blackened doom subgenre.
tags: forgotten tomb, loves burial ground, 2004, flac,
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