Les Tenebres Du Dehors: Version 2001 - Elend

A World In Their Screams - Elend

Elend's most recent release is another enjoyable and dynamic neoclassical album, one that avoids tedious repetition by striking an intriguing balance between melodic, classical beauty and blaring, electronic ugliness. This balance is shifted significantly towards the former, with only 'Ondes de sang' and the synthetically screaming 'Borée' crossing over into electronic territory. This album apparently forms the third part of a trilogy, but as the lyrics are all in French, it's a tale entirely lost on me. The band utilises an impressive male and female choir and a large complement of classical musicians, while the rock end of things is only held up by a drum beat pervading most of ...

A World In Their Screams - Elend

Elend's most recent release is another enjoyable and dynamic neoclassical album, one that avoids tedious repetition by striking an intriguing balance between melodic, classical beauty and blaring, electronic ugliness. This balance is shifted significantly towards the former, with only 'Ondes de sang' and the synthetically screaming 'Borée' crossing over into electronic territory. This album apparently forms the third part of a trilogy, but as the lyrics are all in French, it's a tale entirely lost on me. The band utilises an impressive male and female choir and a large complement of classical musicians, while the rock end of things is only held up by a drum beat pervading most of ...

The Umbersun - Elend

m a little out of my depth here, reviewing an apparent metal band that refuses to display any traces of the genre by this point in their career. Elend s fourth album The Umbersun is more accurately a neoclassical album, rooted in the classical tradition with the dynamic aesthetic of a modern film soundtrack, supplemented by angry spoken word narrating a tale of Lucifer in incomprehensible French (except, perhaps, to the French). This is no symphonic metal band combining rock instruments with a supplementary orchestral backdrop, and not even a perfect fusion as happens on rare occasions with bands such as Haggard and Therion. Rather, this is a full-on orchestral ...

The Umbersun - Elend

m a little out of my depth here, reviewing an apparent metal band that refuses to display any traces of the genre by this point in their career. Elend s fourth album The Umbersun is more accurately a neoclassical album, rooted in the classical tradition with the dynamic aesthetic of a modern film soundtrack, supplemented by angry spoken word narrating a tale of Lucifer in incomprehensible French (except, perhaps, to the French). This is no symphonic metal band combining rock instruments with a supplementary orchestral backdrop, and not even a perfect fusion as happens on rare occasions with bands such as Haggard and Therion. Rather, this is a full-on orchestral ...