Monday, September 23, 2013

Blaze Of Sorrow/Echi/Sun & Moon Records/2012 Full Length Review


  Blaze  Of  Sorrow  are  a  duo  from  Italy  that  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  black  metal  with  elements  of  folk  music  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Echi"  which  was  released  by  Sun  &  Moon  Records.

 "All'  Ignoto"  begins  with  some  soft  acoustic  guitar  playing  which  utilize  mostly  finger  picking  which  then  leads  to  some  bass  guitars  and  drums  along  with  some  post  rock  style  riffs  which  lead  to the  music  getting  alot  heavier  with  the  guitar  riffs  and  bringing  in  some  atmospheric  black  metal  elements  along  with  a  great  amount  of  melody  and  after  awhile  the  acoustic  guitars  mix  with  the  distorted parts  which  then  leads  to  the  music  going into  a  faster  direction along  with  some  primitive  elements  and  grim  sounding  black  metal  screams  but  also  keeping  around  the  melodic  elements  as  well  as  slowing  down  in certain  parts  and towards the  end  there is  a  brief  use  of  melodic  guitar  leads  and solos.

  "Empatia" begins  with  some  folk music  style  acoustic  guitars  which  utilize both  finger  picking and  full  chords  as  well  as  some  synths  and  a  couple  of  minutes later  heavy  guitar  riffs  and  drums  kick  in  along  with  some  melodic  guitar  leads  with  lead  to  some  spoken word  parts  spoken  in a  black  metal  tone  before  evolving  into  screams  while  also  keeping  around  some  of  the  spoken  word  parts  and  you can hear  the  bass  guitars  in the  background  and  towards the  end  the  acoustic  guitars  start  mixing  in with  the  distorted  leads  which  leads  to  another  guitar  solo.

  "In  Memoria"  begins with  some  acoustic  guitar  playing  which  brings  a  progressive  feeling  to  the  music  and  then  the  bass  guitars  and  drums  come  into  the  song  along  with  a post  rock  style  guitar lead  and towards  the end  of  the  song  there  is  a  brief  use  of  fast  and melodic  black  metal  guitar riffs  being  utilized  along  with  some  blast  beats.

  "Ill  Soffio  Del  Sole"  begins  with  some  melodic  chanting  which  leads  to some  spoken  word  parts  and  a  minute  later  heavy  and  melodic  guitar  riffs  and  drums  kick  into  the  song  along  with  some  black  metal  style  vocals  and  after awhile  the music  goes  into  a  softer  direction with  some  acoustic  guitars  and  powerful  bass  playing  and  staying  in  that  area  for  awhile  before  getting  heavy  again  and  adding  in  some  fast  and  primitive  guitar  riffing  which  then leads  to the  music  being  into  a  mid  paced  and  melodic  direction  but  also  mixing  in some  slow  and  fast  parts  as  well  as  bringing  the  spoken  words  back  in  briefly.

  "Alberi"  begins  with  some acoustic  guitar  playing  which  start  off  with  some  finger  picking before  adding  in some  full  chords  and  after awhile  synths  make  their  way  into  the  song  as well  as  some  spoken  word  parts  a  few  seconds  later.

  "Echi" begins  with  some  fast  and  primitive  black  metal  guitar  riffs  along  with  some  drums  and  then starts  adding  melody  into the  riffing  before  the  screams  kick  in  which  leads  to  the  music  going  into  a  slower  direction  before  switching  back and  forth  between slow  and  fast  parts  as  well  as  bringing  in some  blast  beats  as  well  as  some  melodic  guitar  leads  which  then  lead  to  some  acoustic  guitars  coming  in and  mixing  in  with  the  heavier  parts.

  "Ma  Il  Vento  Ricordo  Il  Mio  Nome"  begins  with  some acoustic  guitars  and  after  awhile drum beats  start  making  their way  into the  song  as  well  as  some  powerful  bass  guitars  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction with  some guitar  riffs  and  black metal  vocals  and  a  little  later  in  the  song  there  is  a  brief  use  of  blast  beats  before  returning  to  the  acoustic  sections  for  a  few seconds  before  switching  back  and forth  between heavy  and  soft parts.

  "Aspettando  Il  Tempo"  begins  with  some soft folk  music style  acoustic  guitars  and  after  awhile  the  drums kick  in  along  with  some progressive  music  elements  as  well  as  some  powerful  bass  guitars  and  synths  and  this  song  is  all  instrumental.

  Song  lyrics  are  written  in Latin and  cover  nature  and  inner self  themes,  while  the  production has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy and dark  sound  where  you can  hear  all  of the  musical  instruments  that are  present  on  this  recording as  well  as  most  of  the  songs  being  very  long and  epic  in length.

 In  my  opinion Blaze of  Sorrow  are  a  very great sounding  atmospheric  black  metal  band  with  elements  of  folk  and  progressive  music  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS INCLUDE  "All  Ignoto"  "Ill  Soffio  Del  Sole"  and  "Ma  Il  Vento  Ricordo  Il  Mio  Nome".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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