In Somnia
Withered-Frozen-Perished
7Hard CD
This time a better look on Austrian band In Somnia and their album with imaginary mysterious cover art and when I`m looking at it, their music goes exactly where I thought it belongs...
First of all, they started off with very death metal guitar riffs but they are not that band you might think about as classic style death metal. Not at all. They use death metal sometimes to make their sound more powerful and it goes everywhere on the album with other genres like gothic, doom, symphonic metal. They have no struggle in mixing all those influences together and the band is capable to cherish me by stunning melodies, atmospheric keyboards passages, mesmerising guitar work. I do not know why my mind pops up vampiric images and creatures while I am listening to the album. Seems they hold that unique and magic moments in music and lyrics that generates my thoughts like that. Song by song they escalate their ideas to better ones every time I hear it again and again. This album has it all as if you are into melancholic, every pace, very well constructed, all metal album. Diversity is a name here and you should play it loud.
They are able to steal some fans of Cradle Of Filth and German Atrocity for better world balance. So, whatever comes with it for you, give In Somnia a credit they deserve.
In Somnia:
Simon Andreas Brunner – vocal & guitar
Tobias Rainer – guitar
Dominik Senfter – keyboard
Patrick Koesslbacher – bass
Mattias Girstmair – drums
Review by Slawek Migacz
First of all, they started off with very death metal guitar riffs but they are not that band you might think about as classic style death metal. Not at all. They use death metal sometimes to make their sound more powerful and it goes everywhere on the album with other genres like gothic, doom, symphonic metal. They have no struggle in mixing all those influences together and the band is capable to cherish me by stunning melodies, atmospheric keyboards passages, mesmerising guitar work. I do not know why my mind pops up vampiric images and creatures while I am listening to the album. Seems they hold that unique and magic moments in music and lyrics that generates my thoughts like that. Song by song they escalate their ideas to better ones every time I hear it again and again. This album has it all as if you are into melancholic, every pace, very well constructed, all metal album. Diversity is a name here and you should play it loud.
They are able to steal some fans of Cradle Of Filth and German Atrocity for better world balance. So, whatever comes with it for you, give In Somnia a credit they deserve.
In Somnia:
Simon Andreas Brunner – vocal & guitar
Tobias Rainer – guitar
Dominik Senfter – keyboard
Patrick Koesslbacher – bass
Mattias Girstmair – drums
Review by Slawek Migacz
