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 Advent - April Ethereal
Newest Review: ... that the band would deliver an endearing but unspectacular homage to their melancholy idols, but even approached with these ... more  ... none-too-high expectations the album proved to be a crushing disappointment.
Whereas Opeth's songs are grand, sweeping epics merging death metal, doom, folk, blues and prog rock, the tracks on 'Advent' offer nothing but sterile and derivative mid-to-fast-tempo black/gothic metal, accompanied here and there by the odd half-arsed doom riff and bland parping keyboards, overlaid with unimaginative growled vocals that are devoid of any real energy or passion. There is little in the way of songstructure on offer either and ...more |
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Release Date: 2001 - 10 - 22, Audio CD, Conquer Last Update 23.11.2009 05:46
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Advent - April Ethereal: Opeth minus the talent (266 words)
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April Ethereal are clearly big fans of Swedish folk/blues/prog influenced extreme metal band Opeth. Not only is their name taken from a track from Opeth's 1998 album, 'My Arms Your Hearse', but the album title, 'Advent' is the name of the opening track from Opeth's 1996 full length, 'Morningrise'. I had modest hopes for the album, anticipating that the band would deliver an endearing but unspectacular homage to their melancholy idols, but even approached with these none-too-high expectations the album proved to be a crushing disappointment. Whereas Opeth's songs are grand, sweeping epics merging death metal, doom, folk, blues and prog rock, the tracks on ... Read the complete review
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