Windom Pearl
HUGGY!!!!
Me, me! I can translate it while I'm here.
"Many people think barely anything positive has appeared from Russia, and Tears of Mortal Solitude, the debut of Forest Stream doesn't exactly burst out of positivity. This however doesn't prevent it from being a brilliant album.
According to the promo letter the genre is blackened doom, but personally I'd place it under the genre of Anathema-influenced dark metal, though the first song, after very Agalloch-like intro practically copies Dimmu Borgir during Stormblåst even with sounds. At the same time Legend is in my opinion the worst song on the album, and futile for the sake of entity. That's why it may come as a surprise when the next song Last Season Purity brings forth all what Forest Stream really represents: Simple, beautiful melodies and extremely melancholic moods that could be played during the end of the world of humankind. The consequense is that the music practically exhales epic feeling and closeness to nature.
The force of the songs lies in all what is played and what is left not to be played, so that everything essential and necessary stays. All this is crowned by the convincing vocal performance by Sonm the Drunkest, containing everything possible from growl to pronunciation to clean vocals.
The production strengthens the music well in it's brigthness, but is on the other hand a bit too clinical for my taste. It can't however be said bad in any way.
Push the name Forest Stream into your minds. Tears of Mortal Solitude is so strong display, that you can afford to expect much from them in the future."
"Many people think barely anything positive has appeared from Russia, and Tears of Mortal Solitude, the debut of Forest Stream doesn't exactly burst out of positivity. This however doesn't prevent it from being a brilliant album.
According to the promo letter the genre is blackened doom, but personally I'd place it under the genre of Anathema-influenced dark metal, though the first song, after very Agalloch-like intro practically copies Dimmu Borgir during Stormblåst even with sounds. At the same time Legend is in my opinion the worst song on the album, and futile for the sake of entity. That's why it may come as a surprise when the next song Last Season Purity brings forth all what Forest Stream really represents: Simple, beautiful melodies and extremely melancholic moods that could be played during the end of the world of humankind. The consequense is that the music practically exhales epic feeling and closeness to nature.
The force of the songs lies in all what is played and what is left not to be played, so that everything essential and necessary stays. All this is crowned by the convincing vocal performance by Sonm the Drunkest, containing everything possible from growl to pronunciation to clean vocals.
The production strengthens the music well in it's brigthness, but is on the other hand a bit too clinical for my taste. It can't however be said bad in any way.
Push the name Forest Stream into your minds. Tears of Mortal Solitude is so strong display, that you can afford to expect much from them in the future."
)) Wind of Pears !!! Who is the drunkest here?!
