__ __ 15 _______ _/ /____ ________ _____/ /_ / __/ _ `/ __/ _ `/ __/ _ `/ __/ __/ \__/\_,_/\__/\_,_/_/ \_,_/\__/\__/ p r e s e n t s Wiegedood-De_Doden_Hebben_Het_Goed-NL-CD-FLAC-2015-CATARACT 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 ARTIST : Wiegedood STOREDATE : 05-08-2015 ALBUM : De Doden Hebben Het Goed RIPDATE : 05-05-2015 YEAR : 2015 RUNTIME : 38:35 min GENRE : Black Metal LANGUAGE : Dutch LABEL : Consouling Sounds GRABBER : EAC Secure SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1 QUALITY : 1014kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 292.4MB URL : http://tinyurl.com/pdvp3hs TRACKS : 4 Files 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 01 Svanesang 13:00 02 Kwaad Bloed 7:12 03 De Doden Hebben Het Goed 6:53 04 Onder.Gaan | Voznesenie 11:30 旼컴컴컴컴켸 38:35 min 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Ever heard about the story from the Indian subcontinent of the blind � � men and the elephant? If so, please allow me this digression before � � I get into the review of an album (a very good one, by the way) from � � a band featuring members of Rise and Fall, Oathbreaker, Hessian and � � Amenra, who are all part of Belgium뭩 Church of Ra metal scene. � � � � The story is about an elephant who wanders into a village and a � � group of blind men attempt to ascertain what it is by touching � � various parts of its body. 밒t is a pillar,� claims one with his � � arms wrapped around a leg of the beast. 밡o, it is a rope,� says � � another, as he grabs the tail. Still another (holding a tusk) � � reckons it is a weapon and another (with his hands on the side of � � the elephant) says it뭩 a wall. The point is that perceptions change � � � especially if you don뭪 have the full story � but you can still � � gain something even if you are not sure what it is. � � � � You can tell where this is going, can뭪 you? � � � � You guessed it, I admit that I listened to this album without ever � � hearing a note from any of the bands that the members of Wiegedood � � are in: Amenra (guitarist Levy Seynaeve, who is also on vocals � � here), Rise And Fall (Wim on drums) and and Oathbreaker (Gilles � � Demolder on guitar). � � � � So I can뭪 tell you how much or little Wiegedood sound like any of � � them. Sorry. But in my defence, this album has inspired me to check � � all their other bands out. What I can say is that Wiegedood have � � managed to create a superb album, that is in parts harsh and bleak � � (to be expected from a band whose band translates as 멵ot death�), � � like standing facing a gale-force hailstorm, but in other parts � � gentle and empowering. � � � � And I can say that the lack of a bass player (the members felt one � � was unnecessary) does not detract from the sound at all. If anything � � the lack of a bottom end adds to the icy chill of the songs and � � causes them to wash over you with even more power. � � � � Like the opener, 멣vanesang�, a 13-minute number whose blastings are � � bisected by a hauntingly beautiful, slow guitar piece, which serves � � as an eye of the sonic storm. After the middle section the � � wall-of-noise guitars and blast beats return, along with Seynaeve뭩 � � vocals getting ever harsher. But then the song subtly slows, some � � and remnants of the quiet section return, as the noise fades. It뭩 � � definitely atmospheric. � � � � Next up is 멚waad Bloed�, which begins with more hail-in-the-face � � relentlessness, but then settles into a widescreen onslaught led by � � some brilliantly pummeling double-kick drums, with some soaring � � guitar work to back up Seynaeve뭩 tortured (in a good way) howls. � � The song finishes with Seynaeve fading into the background, one � � guitar playing a dirge and an acoustic guitar playing a melodic � � vamp. It뭩 a nice touch and it gives the listener (and, no doubt, � � the drummer) time to breathe. � � � � The third song, the title track which translates roughly as 밫he � � Dead Are Doing Well�, begins with a slow stomp, with the guitars � � playing an atonic riff which builds nicely for a couple of minutes, � � before Seynaeve comes in with his raspy half-scream, accompanied by � � a single guitar. It is bleak, but the band have said that although � � they realise that their sound (and name) is not exactly celebratory, � � they endeavour to convey the idea that no matter how bad things get, � � you have to press on and get on with life. Which is a pretty good � � way to live, even if it does sound like training advice for an � � ultramarathon. � � � � The album뭩 closer, the mammoth 멟nder Gaan�, begins with more blast � � beats, interspersed with a thundering chorus. Then the mood of the � � song changes from aggression to introspection by the drums slowing � � to half speed, backing up a repeating riff to see the song out, � � ending as it does with a spoken piece in Russian, from Seynaeve뭩 � � former girlfriend, reciting the lyrics in her native language. � � � � It뭩 a chilling way to end the album, which is also� actually I뭠l � � go back to the blind men story for the final description. The last � � of the group got sick under one of the elephant뭩 feet. His verdict: � � it뭩 heavy. � � � � Support and buy. � � � � Extra note: Track 4 has Russian in the title, but taggers go � � crazy when entering Russian gobbledigook. We made it readable for � � you. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 CATARACT: CLOUDING YOUR VISION