A Clarion Call - Asunder

Description: Artist: Asunder / Genre: Hard Rock & Metal

Newest Review: ... but was fortunately much mistaken; this is just as varied in mood and style as any other metal album, and in this instance, ... more

... long doesn't automatically mean tedious, repetitive and suicidal. Asunder seems to take its influence from the greatest doom successes of the previous decade, most evident in the contrast between the more harmonious and melancholic My Dying Bride inspired passages most present in 'Twilight Amaranthine' and the heavier, groove-laden riffs of the other two songs, and the sound is satisfyingly heavy and melodic in equal measure. The cello work of Alex Bale-Glickman adds to the band's distinctive sound, even if this dist...more

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A Clarion Call - Asunder: Empyrean Expanse of Arcane Spectre (400 words)
by - written on 29/01/08 (Very useful, 15 readings)
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I don't give five stars easily, but Asunder's debut is by far the most definitive doom metal release of its type that I've ever heard. Consisting of three long, funereally slow and varied songs clocking in between twelve and fifteen minutes in length, this isn't an album for casual listeners, but it goes the extra distance to really satisfy patient fans who embark on the journey. I had preconceptions that this would be yet another sequence of monotonous dirges in the funeral doom style of bands like Thergothon and Esotetic, but was fortunately much mistaken; this is just as varied in mood and style as any other metal album, and in this instance, long doesn't ... Read the complete review