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Finally adding this gem to my collection and may I remind that there is no such thing as a mediocre Ulcerate release. Razor sharp icy sinister black metal. Feel the wrath. Reborn by Vestal Claret. Life has gone on long enough by NONE. Such a brilliant guitar riff Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp.

No matching results. Explore music. Get fresh music recommendations delivered to your inbox every Friday. Andy It came up randomly on my iPhone in the car. Always loved October Falls but something dragged me in deeper this time and have been playing it non stop for 48 hours. I find myself wondering why! Three long ish songs that drag you into thier world of heavy and light. Some of the interludes are long and just outstanding. I wish they would re visit this period and give us back the heavy because no one does it like October Falls.

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On a mid-summer night in July, the heat literally blisters through my house as if the air conditioning, that was set on 70 degrees, is merely non-existent. The only reason I really put this record into the black metal genre is because it has those distorted guitar elements in sections that will really set the gloom and coldness into your chest.

The piano and acoustic sections in this record are the two things that shine the most, in my opinion. Although I love how heavy, raw and gut-filled the heavier sections are, the slower, more classical sections are what grabbed me by the heart and had me wanting to marry this record from the start. In a state where the summers are beyond humid with temperatures hitting a hundred an twenty with the heat index and winters that are cold as balls, I need something to cool me down and heat me up from time to time.

October Falls is a progressive black metal project from Finland. Created as an outlet for M. Lehto vocals, music , V. Metsola bass and M. Tarvonen drums came into the fold. After two full-lengths and experimental folk EPs this is the most unique undertaking project he has attempted yet. While previous albums have dabbled in songs that could be put together in a concept-like form or like a stream of songs in their flow, this is the first record where Lehto has decided to make only one song.

This one song is just over 40 minutes, but is divided into 3 separate parts that flow into one another seamlessly. One song on an album is usually one of two things, completely boring and a total waste of time or an epic piece of work, this falls into the latter.

October Falls' previous outputs have compared them to groups like Opeth, Katatonia, and early Ulver, all of which can be seen, though this album really isn't all that different in that regard, this track seems to transcend all of it's influences or comparisons. While the 3 dividing tracks on here, except the last track, are all over 15 minutes, they never feel long at all. There is enough going on within here to make it seem like only half the time. There are still moments of prog rock, black metal, and folk on here, but never before have they been blended this well.

There are enough dynamic shifts within a track to make an Opeth fan salivate. When the band goes metal, it's melodically aggressive and pounding, when the band go folk, it's melancholic and mournful. Melody is another thing that this album contains a great deal of throughout.

No matter what section of the album you put on, the all acoustic folk guitar parts, the blazing black metal riffs, or the balladous piano moment at the end of part two, melody is always there. This fact should be enough to entice people into at least checking this out, just knowing that this isn't too out there for someone to get into, it's not proggy enough to make you think that all of this is pure wank territory, it's not black metal enough to keep your adrenaline pumping from start to finish, and it's not folky enough to make you think beer and parties, this thing could easily double for another, not copy mind you, version of Opeth's early years, think "Morningrise"-era.

Overall, this is a fantastic release that perfectly exudes the presence of progression. This is a record that truly becomes better with each listen and does not grow old quickly. If you're into bands mentioned above or any of their comparisons, this is a must. More organically sumptuous black metal now in the form of Finland's mysterious act October Falls who are another looking to cap off a great couple of years in this field of BM keen on espousing the genre's darkness without the theatre or Satanism.

The length of these two songs, reminiscent of Opeth's tendencies, ensures the songs never feel rushed. In these vast expanses of time each song is built upon a layer of earthly warmth from the uncomplicated pronounced production to the liberal usage of the sounds of running water and crackling fire, making me feel like I have been sat out in the darkness of some woodland rather than the urban decay of north London.

After making it through this short passage the opener bursts into life with some scintillating lead guitar work that reappears frequently throughout the song, marking October Fall's eye for noting how Mikael Akerfeldt remains one of the few men in metal to make a guitar truly weep.

Besides this feature which alone marks the song as the pick of the album, the song has no shame in floating effortlessly between moments of acoustic plucked guitar and atmospheric reflection before their heavier moments, probably more 'dark metal' given the relative lack of treble in their guitar tone, work comfortably in conjunction with the hoarse vocals of M.

Lehto to produce some finely transcendental periods of easily enjoyable black metal. The unbroken lead-off from tracks 1 to 2 is reflective of the similar style in which this song operates as the top-notch lead guitar work is replaced by a few hints of Bathory at their epic finest. I would say that a greater differential between these two tracks would have benefitted the album more as the feel is more of a minute song than two individual pieces.

Track three has OF showing less initial interest in the earthy ambience at the heart of the opening track, but atmosphere is still aplenty as the 5-minute concluding song shows off further influences from the songwriting class of Opeth and a high level of panache as the album ends not with a whimper but the cry of mother nature, beckoning to man through the restrained beauty of October Falls' music.

What "A Collapse Of Faith" lacks in immediacy is made up in the delicate and thoughtful construction of the three songs here as you are guaranteed to be hearing the songs in different ways for any number of spins as I have. It might not quite be there in matching some of the works of other 'organic' bands in their field but as if I needed any more evidence, this sure as hell kicks lumps out of the po-faced Satanism the vast majority foul the name of the black metal with.

Attention should really start turning in this direction Originally written for www. I'll keep this short, because there isn't much new to say that hasn't been said more eloquently and articulately in the reviews of the previous two releases. Like 'Streams of the End' and 'Womb of Primordial Nature', this album carefully blends extended parts of electric and acoustic set against a background of melancholy and the sublime power of nature.

The album, separated into three parts of length , and respectively, and is a wide cascade of themes and styles. There are hints of very early Ulver and the melodic ferocity of Drudkh, but these are always only a suggestion making it clear this is still a very unique and defined effort.