Helevorn - Forthcoming Displeasures (CD) Digipak

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Второй полноформатный альбом великолепной испанской группы. За свою одиннадцатилетнюю историю группа успела отыграть множество концертов у себя на родине и за её пределами, поучаствовала в трибьюте группе Katatonia, и выпустила в Испании свой дебютный альбом и получила множество лестных отзывов о своём творчестве в различных музыкальных изданиях. И теперь, поиски музыкантов в области звучания и стремление к высококачественному звуку воплотилось в их новой работе «Forthcoming Displeasures»! По-настоящему эмоциональная музыка группы, сочетая в себе оттенки грусти и печали, способна найти широкий отклик среди слушателей, и, в первую очередь, среди тех, кому близки поздние работы таких групп, как Katatonia, Paradise Lost и Draconian. Профессиональное оформление альбома воплотилось в издании в формате диджипак.

Треклист:
1 From Our Glorious Days
2 Descent
3 Two Voices Surrounding
4 To Bleed Not To Suffer
5 Revelations
6 Hopeless Truth
7 Yellow
8 On Shores (Of A Dying Sea)

Артист:
Helevorn
Страна артиста:
Spain
Год альбома:
2010
Название:
Forthcoming Displeasures
Стиль:
dark metal
Формат:
Compact Disk
Тип:
CD
Упаковка:
Digipak
Лейбл:
BadMoodMan Music
Кат. номер:
BMM. 028-10
Год издания:
2010
Страна-производитель:
Russia
Review
Doom Mantia
8/10
13.04.2010

Helevorn is an doom metal band from Spain. Helevorn formed in 1999 and released a demo in 2000 titled "Prelude". Starting out as a typical doom band in the gothic direction, they have become a lot more darker and heavier over the years. I first became aware of the band in 2005 when they released a CD called "Fragments", this was a giant step in a more doomier direction but keeping the melancholic atmosphere they had in the beginning of their career as a band. By 2007, they were making a name for themselves around Spain and even supported Swallow the Sun on their Spanish and Portugal tours. Moving forward to 2009 and they entered the studio to record this album called "Forthcoming Displeasures", the end result is a very dark, atmospheric album. The production was handled by Jens Bogren and Johan Ornborg who have worked with Katatonia, Paradise Lost and Opeth.

"From our Glorious Days" is the opening track and already the dark atmospheric mood is set, it blends some kick ass riffs with strong melodies and although its a little predictable, the album is off to a good start. Like most of these kind of doom outfits, they use clean to growling vocals but piano parts are added to the clean vocal parts in the opening track to great effect. "Descent" is up next and its even more gloomy than the opener, there is spoken word passages and crunching doom riffs that are clean compared to a lot of other bands in the genre but Helevorn are all about dark atmospheric music and they achieve that here. "Two Voices Surrounding" begins with a piano intro before the melancholic riffs come in till there is a drastic change with the death growls in the middle of the track. There is some great, almost catchy melodies within all the darkness however and the track seems to gain strength the longer it goes on, to sum up this is one of the highlights of the disc. "To Bleed not to Suffer" takes the album in a slightly heavier direction even though it has the added violin sections, this just adds to the dark intensity of the track. The musicianship is top-notch throughout and this is one of the songs on "Forthcoming Displeasures" where the combination of gothic, melancholic doom and epic driving metal is perfected. "Revelations" sees a change in pace with a more mid-tempo metal attack and stunning guitar harmonics. "Hopeless Truth" brings everything down again to some slow, melodic doom. Again it features more dark guitar passages and spooky piano work, it builds up in tension and atmosphere to a fitting climax.

"Yellow" continues the album in a similar vein with more crunchy guitar riffing and a mournful atmosphere, there is a lot of bands that this can compared to but i am sick of doing that so lets just say, its a typical European doom approach but at the same time, the way its played is pure perfection. The album's finale is "On Shores (of a Dying Sea)", it starts off with some musical melancholic beauty before it is washed away with eerie doom riffing and a depressing atmosphere. Aggressive death growls blend with clean, mournful vocals that build the track up into a hell of a highly charged slab of emotional doom metal. Its has a kind of depressing beauty about it that is hard to put into words. When its all over, you are left with a feeling you have heard it all before but you are no less impressed with "Forthcoming Displeasures". What makes it so impressive is the eerie atmosphere combined with incredible musicianship and the superb production. The album is not perfect but it comes real close, Helevorn are a underrated band but this is a album that deserves to push them to the next level amongst doom metal fans. The way this band is improving, the next album could be a all out masterpiece but for now, "Forthcoming Displeasures" demands your attention.
Review
Temple Of Doom Metal
16/20

Five years after “Fragments”, here it is the spanish Helevorn’s second long-duration, of this made through the BadMoonMan label and production it was in charge of Jens Bogren and Johan Örborg (that worked on to the last Paradise Lost’s album, for example).
Looking at and hearing this record, the differences are well well-known relatively to its predecessor; starting for the cover, in which air most wing to the gothic was substituted by the game light/shade that more goes being regularly used in works turned for the projects downtempo; musically, the differences more are wrinkled. In “Fragments”, we met before a work in the line of the Gothic Metal with some doomish inputs. The production was average, not leaving the musics to breathe and to show its potential. For its side, “Forthcoming Displeasures” hugs with more will the lines of the Doom and the Death Metal, with approaches to horizons of Swallow The Sun, Novembers Doom - phase “The Knowing” -, Draconian and Katatonia daily before-98, and the gothic lines meet diluted perhaps more (“Two Voices Sorrounding” is the case closest to the recent past). Along with this everything, exists a significant growth in the quality of the composition of the themes, in its execution and structure, what it could be a more-value for exposition widened to the market of the metal.
Although to be, thus, before a work of Doom/Death, in its essence, where great innovations or attempts of virtuosity do not exist, but where it is possible to hear good meshes of guitar - pulled well to the front -, with a rhythmic section very good and a notable vocal register of Josep Brunet, making to remember Paul Kuhr, in the clean and guturais parts.
The 54 minutes of duration of the album, in its set, guarantee good moments for the fans of the genre, without great moments of fatigue or repetition of the used structures.
When the procession still goes in the begining and although already to be in the market sets of ten of launchings of this lineage, we will be able to affirm that this return of the Helevorn is prominence factor, that must be listened to with attention, because in our opinion we are before a good register inside of this segment.
Review
Flash Magazine
7.5/10

Formatisi nel lontano 1999, a Palma de Mallorca, gli Helevorn se ne escono con il loro secondo album (dopo il loro promo cd “Prelude”, uscito nell'inverno 2000 e il primo immaturo lavoro datato ormai 2005 “Fragments”), che li ha definitivamente consacrati come una delle “migliori band doom metal della Spagna” [a detta di alcune delle più famose riviste musicali]. Dopo un periodo di stop durato 5 anni, il sestetto spagnolo rilascia questa nuova release, per la sempre attenta etichetta russa BadMoodMan Music: sonorità doom/gothic, accompagnate anche da qualche exploit con pianoforte (degne di nota sono le tracce “Two Voices Surrounding” e “Revelations”), marcate atmosfere cupe e lugubri degne dei migliori Katatonia degli esordi (bisogna ammettere che la registrazione di quest'album in Svezia ai Fascination Street Recording Studios, sotto l’egida di Jens Bogren e Johan Ornborg, ha lasciato un'impronta indelebile sul sound: mentre il precedente “Fragments” ha visto la luce in Finlandia, negli Finnvox Studios), un growling ben riuscito, che ricorda molto gli Swallow The Sun, coi quali gli ispanici Helevorn hanno girato la Spagna e il Portogallo nel 2007, caratterizzano questo esaltante lavoro, che di originale avrà ben poco ma che comunque si lascia piacevolmente ascoltare. I riff di chitarra sono sempre ben presenti e andanti di pari passo con l'aggressività vocale di Josep Brunet, come a voler marcare profondamente la malinconia che i tempi passati accrescono, vero tema ricorrente di questo cd. In alcune parti Josep ci delizia anche con la sua voce pulita (“To Bleed Not to Suffer”, “Descent” o “Hopeless Truth” tanto per citarne alcune), sebbene il suo uso risulti abbastanza limitato. Registrato nel 2009, ma uscito agli inizi del 2010, "Forthcoming Displeasures" ha tutte le carte in regola per brillare di luce propria, grazie anche alla voglia di sperimentare sonorità che un poco si distaccano dal loro filone degli inizi: ragazzi, questo disco merita davvero di essere consumato a furia di sentirlo e risentirlo, perché un rapido e superficiale ascolto non gli rende affatto giustizia. Provare per credere! Formatisi nel lontano 1999, a Palma de Mallorca, gli Helevorn se ne escono con il loro secondo album (dopo il loro promo cd “Prelude”, uscito nell'inverno 2000 e il primo immaturo lavoro datato ormai 2005 “Fragments”), che li ha definitivamente consacrati come una delle “migliori band doom metal della Spagna” [a detta di alcune delle più famose riviste musicali]. Dopo un periodo di stop durato 5 anni, il sestetto spagnolo rilascia questa nuova release, per la sempre attenta etichetta russa BadMoodMan Music: sonorità doom/gothic, accompagnate anche da qualche exploit con pianoforte (degne di nota sono le tracce “Two Voices Surrounding” e “Revelations”), marcate atmosfere cupe e lugubri degne dei migliori Katatonia degli esordi (bisogna ammettere che la registrazione di quest'album in Svezia ai Fascination Street Recording Studios, sotto l’egida di Jens Bogren e Johan Ornborg, ha lasciato un'impronta indelebile sul sound: mentre il precedente “Fragments” ha visto la luce in Finlandia, negli Finnvox Studios), un growling ben riuscito, che ricorda molto gli Swallow The Sun, coi quali gli ispanici Helevorn hanno girato la Spagna e il Portogallo nel 2007, caratterizzano questo esaltante lavoro, che di originale avrà ben poco ma che comunque si lascia piacevolmente ascoltare. I riff di chitarra sono sempre ben presenti e andanti di pari passo con l'aggressività vocale di Josep Brunet, come a voler marcare profondamente la malinconia che i tempi passati accrescono, vero tema ricorrente di questo cd. In alcune parti Josep ci delizia anche con la sua voce pulita (“To Bleed Not to Suffer”, “Descent” o “Hopeless Truth” tanto per citarne alcune), sebbene il suo uso risulti abbastanza limitato. Registrato nel 2009, ma uscito agli inizi del 2010, "Forthcoming Displeasures" ha tutte le carte in regola per brillare di luce propria, grazie anche alla voglia di sperimentare sonorità che un poco si distaccano dal loro filone degli inizi: ragazzi, questo disco merita davvero di essere consumato a furia di sentirlo e risentirlo, perché un rapido e superficiale ascolto non gli rende affatto giustizia. Provare per credere!

Author: Samantha Pigozzo
Review
Metal Storm
8.7/10
31.10.2010

Helevorn's Forthcoming Displeasures has left me with a permanent expression of delicate horror, as if I am reaching for the last, receding glimpses of pure air left to breathe on our forgotten planet. There is a thick, personal focus here, and a balance of inner struggle and angering frustrations with a silent vision of the haunting sadness that has seemingly engulfed everyone else's eyes. Helevorn has offered an album for those who knowingly or unknowingly mourn for humanity and for each other, perhaps even wanting to change it all, but feel hope becoming ever more distant as they live trapped in passivity.

Full of somber doom metal blended with sullen, gothic metal atmospheres, Forthcoming Displeasures benefits from being something accessible on first listen. The overall sound on the album is dreary, like standing underneath a tree after it rains, yet the clouds are still lingering above. There is a cold immediacy in the way the instruments and vocals blend together, like a solitary walk through a familiar cemetery full of lush trees and ornate headstones. At once I am connected with the legacy of humanity and of all its celebrated stories, but also with individual suffering, the isolation, and the pain that must have permeated so many who once lived and now their descendants.

While the opener, "For Our Glorious Days" (and its video) pulled my mind to standstill, it was "Descent" that clearly caught my attention first. With its poetic lyrical touches, Josep Brunet's vocals are a passionate elegy to us all, seamlessly mixing a clean, conversational, melodic style with expansive, poignant growls. Rarely does music can make me feel nostalgic for our civilization and for myself, but with such deliberate guitar riffs from Samuel Morales and Sandro Vizcaino atop the controlled drumming of Xavi Gil, Josep's lyrics easily develop that desired emotional pull which has me pondering my and all our failures at once.

There are quite a few passages that are subtle at first, but become anticipated upon further listens. From the dramatic passage about halfway through "To Bleed Not To Suffer" that culminates in a painful cello melody to the deceptively pleasant keyboard intro of Enrique Sierra of "Two Voices Surrounding," Helevorn create a layered listening experience that marvelously surrounds us with the slow decay of our kind. The band manage to introduce a few uncharacteristic parts as well into tracks like "Hopeless Truth," with a distinct bass riff in between a push toward death/doom and more acute synth notes.

Forthcoming Displeasures at once isolates us with a desperate present and future for humanity, but does so with a deep appreciation for what we have and could have been. This is a gothic-infused doom that reaches out with wounded hands nearly frozen between the silence of lifeless rivers behind us and immobile clouds above. It is a sound that is heartfelt and apparent, yet comfortingly suffocating. Easily Helevorn's best work, and an ideal for a backdrop to watching our cities and reality fail as our minds and our planet become irrecoverably hushed.

Author: dismaleuphony
Review
Darkside
8/10
28.05.2010

Нет, ну какой на Мальорке может быть дум-метал! Море, солнце, девушки – а тут, сиди, весь в черном, и пытайся нанизывать друг на друга тягучие риффы, да так, чтобы все поверили, что на душе у тебя пасмурно и сыро, а за окном беспрерывно идет мокрый снег… А ведь получилось у испанцев! Да так, что от каких-нибудь меланхоличных финнов (хотя бы тех же SWALLOW THE SUN) или других каких норвежцев (DRACONIAN в самый раз будут, разве что без фемины) не отличить. А потом и отличать не захочется, тем более, что с чувством гармонии у испанцев все настолько в порядке, что альбом их пролетает буквально на одном дыхании, погружая в свою грустно-отрешенную атмосферу и обволакивая смутно знакомыми мелодиями. HELEVORN ничего не придумывают и не нагружают слушателя избыточной музыкальной информацией. Они просто, и без особых затей играют очень мелодичный готик-метал, периодически вспоминая о дум-металлических риффах, как, например, в “To Bleed not to Suffer” или в “Yellow”, но спокойно обходятся и вовсе без них (“Two Voices Surrounding”). Гитарные партии достаточно просты, клавишные – еще проще, голос Хосепа Бруне, кажется, вобрал в себя голоса сотен вокалистов дум- и готик-металлических групп, но все вместе превращается в очень гармоничный и цельный альбом, найти в котором изъян будет не просто, да и не хочется. Ну, вот разве что чистый голос певца значительно уступает его же форсированному вокалу (гроулом его не назовешь), и вставка струнных в упомянутой выше “To Bleed…” выглядит не нужной данью моде. Но все это будет выглядеть мелкими придирками на фоне очень и очень солидного альбома, слушая который я не раз ловил себя на мысли, что хотел бы, чтобы так выглядели современные CREMATORY. Песни “Descent” или “Revelations”, например, выглядят естественным развитием во времени идей, заложенных еще на “Transmigration”… Впрочем, это не упрек ни HELEVORN, ни, тем более, CREMATORY. Просто мысли вслух. А также объяснение почему при всей своей прямолинейности и, честно говоря, вторичности, “Forthcoming Displeasures” воспринимается столь удачным альбомом. Испанцам удалось аккумулировать все лучшее в стиле, и отбросить все лишнее, получив своеобразное «золотое сечение» готик-дум-метал. А это под силу далеко не каждому.
(Диск предоставлен компанией “Solitude Productions”).

Author: old man
Review
Heavy Impact
8.5/10
26.05.2010

Chi ci segue con attenzione avrà notato che da un po’ di tempo a questa parte le relases in campo Gothic/Doom Metal provenienti dalla label russa Solitude Productions (e dalle etichette ad essa affiliate), stanno assumendo un ruolo determinate sotto il punto di vista qualitativo.

A tale affermazione non fanno eccezione gli spagnoli Helevorn, autori di questo piccolo trattato di malinconico Doom dal titolo “Forthcoming Displeasures”, secondo studio album per la band, che segue a cinque anni di distanza il precedente “Fragments”. Prodotto da Jens Bogren, il lavoro in questione è un concentrato di emozionalità, una emozionalità che si muove all’interno di una dialettica di sensazioni ora fosche ora sognanti. Otto brani semplicemente belli, dotati di una musicalità intensa, profonda e matura. Otto brani tra decadenza e romanticismo ove si pongono in primo piano le vocals di Josep Brunet, ottimamente bilanciate nel proprio darsi sia in una oscura e fisica forma growl, sia nella propria essenza di drammatica narrazione sotto aspetto di clean vocals dal profilo Dark. A questo si sommano i riffs plumbei e i deliziosi solos ricchi di enfasi di Samuel Morales e Sandro Vizcaíno, il sostrato di tastiere, pianoforte e semi-orchestrazioni di Enrique Sierra e le ritmiche imperiose del duo Gil/Mainez.

Che si tratti della rabbuiante “Descent” e della più facile ballata “Two Voices Surrounding” i rimandi, sotto il punto di vista della qualità e del trasporto, alle migliori produzioni di Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride e Sentenced non sono assolutamente azzardati o privi di fondamento. Vi basterà ascoltare l’autunno interiore sciorinato dai sette minuti della finale “On Shores (Of a Dying Sea)” per rendervi conto della facilità con la quale gli Helevorn riescono a dipingere scenari drammatico/epici dai contorni romantici ed affascinanti. Vi è poco altro da aggiungere ad uno dei migliori lavori dell’anno in corso. Lasciarsi trasportare è necessariamente lecito.

Author: Andrea Angelino
Review
Kaos Guards
26.02.2010

Ce deuxième album des Espagnols de Helevorn est publié sur un label russe, d’où quelques mois de décalage entre la sortie et cette chronique.

Il est extrêmement intéressant à l’occasion de constater que la péninsule ibérique s’avère désormais pourvoyeuse de formations capables de pratiquer d’autres styles que le Hard ou le Heavy traditionnels, voire le Thrash. Fuyant les clichés ensoleillés collés à leur pays, les cinq de Helevorn se dévouent corps et âme pour un Dark Metal aux fortes effluves gothiques.

Ils le pratiquent conformément aux canons de la tradition : chant clair ou guttural, riffs simples, substrat mélodique assuré par les claviers et les arpèges de guitares, basse grondante, avec une mention pour le batteur qui occupe intelligemment l’espace sonore (double grosse caisse, jeu de toms). Les Ibères agencent ces éléments avec une compétence redoutable, une efficacité indéniable, la production s’avérant impeccable de puissance et de clarté. On croit à la sincérité de leur démarche et on se laisse couler sans déplaisir dans les eaux sombres du Léthé.

Sans déplaisir mais sans surprise. Car c’est là que réside la principale faiblesse du groupe : les compositions sont très – trop – classiques, presque prévisibles. Du coup, le tempo lent qui prévaut sur les huit compositions, combiné aux ambiances lancinantes, peuvent créer un certain décrochage au fil de l’audition. Cela dit, les inconditionnels du genre peuvent sans réserve miser sur Helevorn, a fortiori puisqu’une marge de progression existe.

Author: Alain Lavanne
Review
Metal.de
7/10
22.04.2010

Sommer, Sonne und Sangria: Typische Assoziationen, die man mit Spanien und vor allem mit des Deutschen liebster Ferieninsel Palma de Mallorca verknüpft. Dabei enthält das zweite Studioalbum der Mallorquiner alles andere als leichte Animationsuntermalung für präpotente Ballermann-Touristen. HELEVORNs "Forthcoming Displeasures" ist vertonte Melancholie, die eine ähnlich herrlich-hoffnungslose Atmosphäre zaubert, wie es Bands wie PARADISE LOST, MY DYING BRIDE, SWALLOW THE SUN oder auch KATATONIA immer wieder unter Beweis stellen. Damit sind auch bereits die Grenzen des Sextetts abgesteckt und vielleicht erinnert sich der ein oder andere auch noch an das vor vier Jahren erschienene "December Songs - A Tribute to Katatonia", denn auf diesem Album haben HELEVORN mit ihrer Version des KATATONIA-Klassikers "12" zum ersten Mal - zumindest bei mir - Eindruck hinterlassen.

Die gelungene Mischung aus heftigen Growls und intelligent platziertem Klargesang von Frontmann Josep kommt der düsteren Grundstimmung sehr zugute, so dass man sich zu Songs wie dem schleppend-düsteren "Descent", dem hitverdächtigen "Two Voices Surrounding" oder dem mit südländischer Rhythmik angereicherten "Hopeless Truth" in wohlwollender Agonie wälzen und sich in Selbstmitleid suhlen kann, bis die Tränen fließen. Ebenfalls erwähnenswert ist der Titel "Revelation", der mit dramatisch treibender, stellenweise mit Pianoklängen aufgelockerter Instrumentalisierung zu begeistern vermag.

Produziert und gemixt wurde das Album von Jens Bogren und Johan Örnborg, die bereits Alben der zuvor erwähnten Bands veredelt und auch "Forthcoming Displeasures" mit einem angenehm erdigen und kraftvollen Sound ausgestattet haben. Freunde der erwähnten Genregrößen sollten daher nicht lange überlegen und zugreifen, auch wenn eine gewisse Eigenständigkeit nicht immer zu vernehmen ist. Für den nahenden Sommer gibt es bisher jedenfalls kein besseres Melancholie-Schmachtwerk als "Forthcoming Displeasures".

Author: Jens
Review
Pavillon 666
7.5/10
26.04.2010

Cinq ans après leur tout premier album studio nommé « Fragments », empreint d’un style plus particulièrement gothique avec l’apparition de chants féminins alternés avec des growls bien caverneux, les espagnols d’Helevorn semblent avoir trouvé une musique qui leur correspond mieux avec la sortie de cet album, « Forthcoming Displeasures » : du doom bien lent, bien mélancolique, à l’instar de groupes tels que Katatonia ou Draconian.

Des progrès sont tout d’abord à noter au niveau du son. En effet, la production est bien meilleure (dû sans doute au fait qu’ils aient signé chez un label pour le moins sérieux, à savoir Solitude Productions). Toutefois, on sent un léger manque d’homogénéité entre tous les instruments. Hormis ça, on sent que le groupe s’est appliqué dans ses compos, se fichant de la longueur des titres, privilégiant les ambiances et les émotions à l’originalité ou à la technique.

On remarquera sans doute la linéarité de l’album et le fait que certains titres se ressemblent et donnent l’impression qu’ils aient déjà été écoutés. Mais heureusement, chacun possède son riff, son ambiance, sa tessiture qui fait qu’on le reconnaitra. Au fil des huit minutes trente que peut contenir un titre au maximum dans cet album, il y a quand même un moment qu’on remarque le plus, si nous ne sommes pas écrasés par la tristesse et la lourdeur des guitares. En effet, c’est oppressant, comme si tout le désespoir du groupe tombait sur nos épaules.
Dès « From Our Glorious Days », on est embarqués dans cette atmosphère-ci. C’est lent, les claviers sont mélancoliques, les guitares semblent se plaindre, le chant clair est comme une lamentation à côté d’un chant caverneux qui lui, semble être décharné.
Cependant, « Descent » est comme une descente dans les méandres de la tristesse et de la lutte acharnée pour retrouver ne serait-ce qu’un peu d’espoir. Haut de presque huit minutes, ce titre est un vrai bijou en matière d’ambiance. A la fois progressif et gothique, le ton est souligné occasionnellement par des synthés en petite dose, et parfois, le piano, alors que les riffs semblent continuellement les mêmes, lourds et terribles dans leur tristesse, le chant, lui est très expressif. La deuxième partie du titre se veut plus terrible, surtout par son break, l’apparition du chant clair, les complaintes des guitares, et la puissance des claviers lors des dernières secondes, soulignant le tout d’une couleur noire et apportant une bonne dose d’émotion en plus.

« Revelations » se veut plus rapide que les autres titres, la batterie étant plus mise en avant, ainsi que le côté épique des claviers. « Hopeless Truth », le titre le plus court de l’album, possède des sonorités orientales fortes intéressantes, créées en particulier par les riffs, quelques lignes de claviers, et certaines percussions. Un changement d’ambiance notable, d’autant plus que ce morceau semble, étrangement, plus chaleureux mais tout aussi sombre que les autres.

On remarquera sans difficulté le côté Katatonia à l’intérieur du titre « On Shores », totalement triste et glacial. Un peu linéaire et ressemblant à « Descent », il se distingue surtout par sa fin instrumentale, le piano en fil conducteur, les synthés en fond sonore, les percussions en rythme, les guitares douces, tels une berceuse. Chaque instrument disparait au fur et à mesure, comme le symbole d’une fin ou d’une mort imminente.

Un album sympathique, quoiqu’un peu linéaire je le répète, mais certains titres restent pour le moins prenants. Je le recommande tout de même pour tous les amateurs de doom, même si l’originalité n’est peut-être pas au rendez-vous, les influences restant notables au fil de l’album. Helevorn arriverait sans doute à sortir des sentiers battus s’il se détachait un peu plus de ces influences-ci…

Author: Matai
Review
Antichrist Zine
8/10
23.04.2010

Hm, Spain is a country with pretty huge amount of metal bands, in any styles, you know what I mean… Also there are many bands into doom and gothic metal, and almost all the bands plays high quality music, respected worldwide. HELEVORN is coming from Spain too, during 11 years of existence they recorded one demo and two albums, last album is here and now, and its name is – “Forthcoming Displeasures”. So let’s see if this band worth for worldwide respect and attention from the fan’s side. Eight tracks were hidden on this album, and… I listen to it some times and I see just next worthy bands from Spanish Underground! HELEVORN’s music is some kind of dark metal, where doom metal met with gothic attitude, and to the fact, not that modern gothic, but with dark feelings. I didn’t find anything new in their music, but I did NOT looked for that, I just listened to music and this music bring me good emotions. The whole album sounds on one breath, with such measured yet slow rhythm-section (same for drums and etc, all follows each other in right condition), obscure and dark vocals and just atmosphere of total despair and solitude… Also except of those slow or measured rhythms there are also such tempo-changes into marching rhythms, which have pretty catching feelings. Together with massive metal means there are comes also keyboards, and they are great too, they sounds as “right” addition for the whole structure. So, if your soul is opened for interesting doom/gothic metal, with melodic and at the same time obscure parts – try this.
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