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| CD came out the 03 March 2008 - Dungeons Deep Records |
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1. Gethen
2. Beneath The Glacier
3. Goodnight
4. Snegurochka
5. Where I Lay
6. Hiver éternel |
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Winter ; potentially one of the most beautiful season of them all next to Autumn. The snowflakes fall, the icy tree slowly caress the sky with their skeletal branches, and a black metal / ambient band makes a conceptual album about winter. This last one is a must because, without ambient black metal bands, producing their glorious music in a winter realm unknown this world would not function properly. Forgotten Land is such band, except instead of just focusing on the season of winter, Lord Raven looks at all the seasons, which is a feat I have not seen ever before. The is the second installment in his journey through all the seasons, with this one being about Winter of course.
Pro's :
Firstly (and this goes for all of Forgotten Land's seasonal albums), his use of the four Irish festivals of the year in his titles is simply sweet.
For example : Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and eventually Lughnasadh.
Another pro of this album is how flowing, melodic and relaxing it is. There seem to be obvious influences from Liquid Mind and maybe even Vinterriket.
The only exception to this is the last track, "Hiver éternel". It's a very unsettling song as it features the screaming of a seemingly desperate man. He screams in French, which is reminiscent of Quebec, and the wide winter landscape prevalent there. The lyrics translate into "Why am I here ? I hate this place. I want to fly to the house. I will die here. I am cold."
As you can see, the emotional level of this song is very high. It sounds like it was recording in a an old house, with one wall blown out to a winterscape unlike any other. Occasionally, you hear the drip of a drop of water - falling from the ceiling to the floor. Its actually kind of frightening. Eventually the screaming and sobbing of the man blend into a baby crying. It makes for a "holy-shit-what-the-hell-just-happened" song, and the effect is very profound !
One other great thing is the packaging. I personally just love the slim DVD case and the stiff cardboard insert, containing lyrics and two beautiful pictures ; One on each side. But also, I love the fact that the CD itself is black, and I'm not talking about the CD art, but the down face of the CD is literally black. I dunno if that is symbolic of the dead blackness of winter, or just a simple mistake, but either way its a GREAT contribution !
Con's :
My really only problem with this album was how overly-consistent it was. The tracks sounded a little too similar. Its really not that big of an issue, but I just noticed that a lot of the tracks sounded similar.
Overall though, this CD kicked major ass. It shows all the signs of a great musician and ambient sound-scape shaper.
Even the packaging was awesome !
Pick up a copy at Dungeons Deep Records (you don't regret it) :
http://www.dungeonsdeep.com
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