"This Gorement release is quite possibly the highlight of the Swedish DM scene. The guitars are way down-tuned almost as much as a doom record and with this and unparalleled skill of the highest quality with regard to song writing so as to create a record which truly an experience. The band members described themselves as "just another bunch of dm fans who wanted to create music". Firstly, they are not "just" fans. They are in fact people who love the genre to that level that they decided to give back to the genre what it gave them.. utmost, complete and pure transcendence of the highest level. Secondly, they did not create only music. They also pushed the envelope in one the most brilliant scenes of the death metal genre with their skill of looking into a genre with such an amount of impeccable scrutiny that they understood the new mountains that could be scaled within a genre that is not that prone to change. What is really stunning is that they unlike many bands in the dm forest have a sense of calm serenity throughout one of the most extreme genres of metal. Underlying the death metal spread that the band has so brilliantly and lavishly offered us is of all things, melody and at times an element of pain and sorrow. If this wasn't enough proof of their talent, the band seems so sure and confident of what they have created even though its a rather new area in the field of death metal. They always have a tight grip on the reigns of the beast that they have unleashed upon us and achieving this when trying out a rather new concept in a genre speaks volumes about the band. It's a shame that the band released one record. They may re-unite and there is every chance that they may smack us with another killer album, but if not what they have done is let us go with an undying classic amongst cult circles and more importantly a legacy and masterpiece that even after decades has yet to even been touched."
by Vaibhavjain / Metal Archives
1. My Ending Quest
2. Vale of Tears
3. Human Relic
4. The Memorial
5. The Lost Breed
6. Silent Hymn (for the Dead)
7. Sea of Silence
8. Obsequies of Mankind
9. Darkness of the Dead
10. Into Shadows
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