Darkflight
The Hereafter
Metallic Media
Symbol Of Domination
Black Plague Records
When I look at info sheet about this release, it reveals facts about process of recording the album which started off in Bulgaria but mastering was done in a cradle of world`s best city of heavy metal – Birmingham/UK.
The core of the band is two people from Varna/Bulgaria but in creative music process there were several individuals involved. For example clean vocals for 3 songs are sung by Steve Cannon, spoken words in Bulgarian are done in a fourth track by D (Eleven Drops To Sink Into). Arsonist (Ars Moriendi) took responsibility for French vocals in track five and Yovan Georgiev`s child`s voice is not that common thing in metal record as it is done in song 6th. Quite an album when you think about all of it and my only awareness was that it is not always been a formula for other bands to work things out best for the album when so many persons are part of it and you must go through so many events to finally have the album wrapped up. In this case however, The Hereafter is a winner musically but the sound is not anything bigger than just underground production that showcase the band`s solid music credentials.
There are 6 songs in total and almost 60 minutes of metal. If I had to do sort of deconstruction of their music, the result would be more-less predictable. The one guitar is tuned to build-up only the atmosphere and heaviness of the record while it is played very slow. The other guitar plays some gothic, melancholic riffs and rhythms which remind me early Paradise Lost but Darkflight`s music is more mournful and sorrow like funeralists from UK`s Esoteric, on the other hand. Sometimes it might feel that you have drowned yourself in sadness of their music but it`s rather pretty cool feeling they give you in return. Vocals sound quite good with this growl and a bit scream manner which is quite convincing when every word is longing for few seconds to express some profound desperation in voices of the vocalists. Clean vocals are insubstantial and lack of passion in first part of the album but songs five and six are fortunately much better done in this matter. When I think where this record is more emotional when come to reacting on music in general them my answer is definitely - in music, not so much in vocals.
If you like slow and melancholic doom metal and bit of ambient, ghostly synths and dismal black metal, they have it for you. There also is a little light to be found in music but do not expect they will sweet your night before you go to bed.
Line up:
Ivo Iliev - vocals, guitars, drums, keys
Milen Todorov – bass, vocals
1.Crushed 09:13
2.Expiring Soul 07:14
3.Giving Up 10:18
4.The Outpost 06:19
5.Sans Âme 12:59
6.Threshold Of Death 11:03
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added:10.03.2018
The core of the band is two people from Varna/Bulgaria but in creative music process there were several individuals involved. For example clean vocals for 3 songs are sung by Steve Cannon, spoken words in Bulgarian are done in a fourth track by D (Eleven Drops To Sink Into). Arsonist (Ars Moriendi) took responsibility for French vocals in track five and Yovan Georgiev`s child`s voice is not that common thing in metal record as it is done in song 6th. Quite an album when you think about all of it and my only awareness was that it is not always been a formula for other bands to work things out best for the album when so many persons are part of it and you must go through so many events to finally have the album wrapped up. In this case however, The Hereafter is a winner musically but the sound is not anything bigger than just underground production that showcase the band`s solid music credentials.
There are 6 songs in total and almost 60 minutes of metal. If I had to do sort of deconstruction of their music, the result would be more-less predictable. The one guitar is tuned to build-up only the atmosphere and heaviness of the record while it is played very slow. The other guitar plays some gothic, melancholic riffs and rhythms which remind me early Paradise Lost but Darkflight`s music is more mournful and sorrow like funeralists from UK`s Esoteric, on the other hand. Sometimes it might feel that you have drowned yourself in sadness of their music but it`s rather pretty cool feeling they give you in return. Vocals sound quite good with this growl and a bit scream manner which is quite convincing when every word is longing for few seconds to express some profound desperation in voices of the vocalists. Clean vocals are insubstantial and lack of passion in first part of the album but songs five and six are fortunately much better done in this matter. When I think where this record is more emotional when come to reacting on music in general them my answer is definitely - in music, not so much in vocals.
If you like slow and melancholic doom metal and bit of ambient, ghostly synths and dismal black metal, they have it for you. There also is a little light to be found in music but do not expect they will sweet your night before you go to bed.
Line up:
Ivo Iliev - vocals, guitars, drums, keys
Milen Todorov – bass, vocals
1.Crushed 09:13
2.Expiring Soul 07:14
3.Giving Up 10:18
4.The Outpost 06:19
5.Sans Âme 12:59
6.Threshold Of Death 11:03
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added:10.03.2018
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