Mourning
Beloveth 'The Sullen Sulcus'
8,5
Finally I get the two CD's this Irish band has released: their fantastic
first album 'Dust' and this even better 'The Sullen Sulcus'. I bought
their demos when I was in their country some years ago, but since then
I was not able to find anything else. I think MOURNING BELOVETH are one
of the most deep and true Doom Metal bands that exist nowadays. They play
pure Doom, just that, without add-ons. no violins, no keyboards, no female
vocals. just slow and heavy Doom Metal in the vein of early CATHEDRAL
and MY DYING BRIDE but made in their own way. This album has been produced
by Mags at the Academy, the same place where PARADISE LOST recorded their
masterpiece 'Gothic' to say just one of the well known bands that have
recorded their albums there. Having said that I think that you if you
are really into the true Doom Metal thing you should at least buy this
album. 'The Sullen Sulcus' has the feeling and the sound of a real Doom
classic, but as I've said before played in their own way. For example
they use two singers with three different kinds of vocals: guttural, whispering
and clean ones, playing a lot with the contrast between heaviness and
melancholy. Maybe Ireland is not the first country you think of when you
speak about extreme music, but be sure there are some good bands there,
and MOURNING BELOVETH are one of them.
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