LACHRYMOSE – Carpe
Noctum
Pure Steel Publishing
LACHRYMOSE is a new band rising from my
hometown Thessaloniki, Greece, but its
member are not new to those who are into the extreme metal scene. You see
LACHRYMOSE is the brainchild of the leader and main man of ROTTING FLESH, who,
by the way, released an amazing album this year.
Anyway, I only mentioned this
to show you that the band knows what they are doing and they are in fact
veterans of the metal scene. However, don’t expect to listen to a similar sound
from LACHRYMOSE. There’s nothing in common, other than the two band members
they share, since musically these two bands couldn’t be more different. “Carpe
Noctum” is a dark atmospheric album with gloomy and eerie melodies that are
married together with imposing doom metal riffs and structures. The songs are
heavy and a dark essence surrounds them; they have an imposing rhythm section
and yet there’s always space for melodies. The vocals now are handled by a
female vocalist who uses an operatic singing style with some male death metal
growls here and there to enrich the end result. I have to say this is my only
objection and the only thing I didn’t like on the album. I found the female
vocals rather weak and monotonous. There were moments they didn’t sound
compatible with the music and they really lack in variety. I think Hel has a
nice pitch, but she needs to work more to enhance the plurality in her
expression and performance. I have to say I enjoyed the death metal growls much
more. There is also a guest appearance from Thomas Vikstrom in the song “In a
Reverie” who elevates the song and makes it according to my humble opinion one
of the best of the album with his excellent performance. To sum it all up I
have to say that “Carpe Noctum” is a more than decent first effort with a very
nice production, artwork and cool songs. If only the vocals were more varied,
we’d be talking about a killer debut album!
Christine
Parastatidou
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