The Ghost of Eyesore wrote:
EisenFaust wrote:
The Ghost of Eyesore wrote:
Adam wrote:
EisenFaust wrote:
I saw re-releases of their previous albums in the record store when I was browsing for this. Are their older efforts as good as this one, and which album should I go for first?
I don't know if they re-released
Beyond the Crimson Horizon, but if so, go for that first. All of their old stuff is pretty good though, and any of them are a safe bet if you like
Alone.
They did. They just re-released the first two with some bonus demos (remastered and limited to 2000 copies each). Definitely worth picking up, bro! Every album is excellent in its own way. I always warn people about Downfall, though. It's a great album, but the band got screwed with the mixing of the album and it's pretty weak and thin. It's got its charm, though, and musically it's outstanding. Production-wise, though, it just doesn't stand up to their other CDs.
I guess I'll grab
Beyond the Crimson Horizon when I walk by the record store later today or tomorrow. As Adam mentioned in the review, this kind of music needs a certain 'bombast' in the production, so if Ken is right, I'll leave
Downfall for now.
I can't believe I haven't checked out this band before now.
Thanks to the both of ya!
Downfall works because it's not so doomy as their other albums. It's much more of a metal album with doom elements. It's excellent anyway you slice it.
And be warned about Beyond the Crimson Horizon and Into The Depths of Sorrow, the production isn't the greatest. They're great albums, and the remasters did wonders for it, but you're not going to find a deep, pummeling production. It's still going to sound a bit thin because it was recorded in the late 80s with a limited budget. Well worth your money, though.
Through the Darkest Hour is their most crushing album. The production on that one PERFECT! Just listen to the song "The 9th Day: Awakening" on their myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/solitudeeternalListen to more songs/clips here:
http://www.eternalsolitude.com/pages/05_media.html#It'll take more than a bit of 80s production to stop me, haha. I love the first
St. Vitus albums. Of course they are channeling a more depressive feeling, which demands less from the depth of the production than epic pathos. I love the production on Candlemass's
Epicus... (but I generally love that album too much to form an unbiased opinion about any of it's qualities).
Unfortunately the re-releases were gone, when I went past the record store today, but the owner promised, that they'll have them back on the shelves tomorrow.
The 9th Day... sample rules! The more distinct heaviness of the sound works pretty well for them. I'll check more of the samples when I've finished the record that is currently spinning (Sleep - Dopesmoker so I'll take a while, haha)
