The Morningside - Moving Crosscurrent Of Time (CD) Digibook

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The second long-awaited album by Russian masters of melancholic metal, The Morningside "Moving Crosscurrent Of Time", holds the direction chosen at the debut band album demonstrating combination of lyrical and heavy compositions touched with the mood of slight sorrow. New The Morningside work also demonstrates tendency to melodic complication while fragmental parties of atmospheric keyboards associating with Eduard Artemyev’s works ("Solaris", "Stalker") add depth to the album sound. The essential part of this album is inspired by Ray Bradbury’ novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Brand new album of The Morningside will be a perfect present both for old band’s fans and for all those Katatonia and Agalloch fans longing for a breath of autumn air filled with fallen leaves smell. The album is issued on a gold-plated CD with pit-art. Limited to 500 copies edition packed in stylish digibook is available.

Tracklist:
1 Intro
2 Fourteen
3 Autumn People
4 Moving Crosscurrent Of Time
5 Insomnia
6 The Outcome (Admit One)
7 Outro

Artist:
The Morningside
Artist Country:
Russia
Album Year:
2009
Title:
Moving Crosscurrent Of Time
Genre:
melancholic dark metal
Format:
CD
Type:
CD Album
Package:
Digibook
Label:
BadMoodMan Music
Cat Num:
BMM. 025-09D
Release Year:
2009
Country Of Manufacture:
Russia
Review
Metal Crypt
3.75/5
11.01.2010

This is different, at least. Rather than the glum Doom/Death I was expecting, The Morningside add an almost prog flair to their music. This is still doomy, with raspy vocals, but the guitar work is very melodic and innovative, reminding me of Agalloch in places. Sometimes the melodies get a little too jazz-like for me, and the music overall does veer a ways into post-metal territory, but the parts of this band's sound come together to make something more than just another clone band. This band is not so much innovating as combining their influences (Anathema, Katatonia, Agalloch) in new ways that I have not heard before. Guitarist Sergey Chelyadinov really shines on this disc, and his smoothly catchy playing is a definite highlight of the whole album. As compositions the songs here are a bit baggy, and don't have as much shape and identity as they could, but they all have some really sharp melodies and a definite mood. I couldn't really tell one song from another on this album, but I was always interested.

Author: Sargon the Terrible
Review
Imperiumi
7-/10
11.01.2010

Aivan kuin olisin sanonut tämän aikaisemminkin: Katatonian Brave Murder Day on alansa paras levytys ikinä. Samaan eivät ole yltänyt sen enempää Opethit, Agallochit kuin Katatonia-miehistön sivuprojekti October Tidekaan. Samaan ei yllä myöskään venäläinen The Morningside, jonka kömpelösti nimetty kakkosalbumi Moving Crosscurrent of Time jatkaa pitkälti samoilla linjoilla, jotka parin vuoden takainen The Wind, the Trees and the Shadows of the Past bändille avasi.

Debyytillä kuullut shoegaze-vaikutteet ovat huuhtoutuneet uudelle levylle tultaessa kauemmas ulapalle ja tilalla on entistä metallisempi ja sanoisinko agallochmaisempi lähestymistapa. Etenkin vokalisti Igor Nikitinin kohentunut örinä ja bändin kitaramelodiat muistuttavat tuosta yhdysvaltalaisyhtyeestä. Toki totaalisia Katatonia-hetkiäkin kuullaan, kuten The Outcomen alkuriffi ja levyn nimibiisin puolivälin teemat. Ja ne shoegaze-näppäilytkin palaavat rantaan Outroista ensimmäisen aikana.

Yllätyksiä ei levyllä siis kuulla, mutta muutoin kiekko on edeltäjäänsä tasalaatuisempi ja mietitymmän oloinen. Nimenomaan kitaramelodiat tuntuvat aiempaa iskevämmiltä jos myös tyyliltään selkeämmin esikuviin palautettavilta. Kakkosraita 14:n tuplaliidit, The Outcomen lopun upean tunnelmallisen säröinen kitaramaisema sekä The Autumn Peoplen kertosäkeen kaunis melodia osoittavat kyllä The Morningsiden taidokkuuden, mutta tässä määrin eivät nämäkään kohokohdat tee levystä kuin tyydyttävän kuuntelukokemuksen.

Author: Antti Korpinen
Review
Metal Daze
3.5/5
01.11.2010

Rusia dejó hace tiempo de ser una sorpresa para quienes escuchamos bandas de Metal Extremo (más que nada las relacionadas con el Doom Metal) y a las claras esto que queda en consideración de todos nosotros con la llegada del segundo trabajo de los rusos THE MORNINGSIDE.
“Moving Crosscurrent Of Time” es un álbum que potencia sus cualidades melódicas en lo entramado del Dark Metal (casi olvidado en estos tiempos), construyendo caminos sinuosos entre lo que han hecho los ingleses de Paradise Lost en los 90´s y las bandas fichadas por Solitude Productions actualmente (el sello ruso en cuestión).
La tendencia hacia lo melódico se hace presente a cada paso, sobre todo en las canciones “Autumn People”, la brillante “Insomnio” y la que despide el material con algo más de potencia y pesadez antes de la “Outro” en el final (“The Outcome –Admit One”).
El cuarteto ruso extiende sus más sentidos sentimientos en casi una hora de duración, donde la melancolía se apodera de las canciones, casi penetrándolas, metiéndose en ellas como un espíritu malicioso en busca de saciar su lánguida.
“Moving Crosscurrent Of Time” es un disco oscuro, poco pretencioso, en cierto modo refinado, pero con correctas canciones y un sentido criterio a la hora de la composición.

Author: Gustavo Piccini
Review
Metallized
73/100
20.12.2009

Il quartetto dei The Morningside, di nazionalità russa, si presenta sul mercato con questo, targato 2009, dopo The Wind, The Trees And The Shadows Of The Past del 2007.
Il loro metal risulta ancora fortemente caratterizzato da matrici riconducibili ai Katatonia (Brave Murder Day, Dance Of December Souls), Agalloch (The Mantle) e Ulver, non allontanandosi nemmeno, a momenti, da lidi preziosi come Cynic, anche se risultano essere presenti, a tratti, atmosfere alla The 3rd And The Mortal e dai primissimi Moonspell di Wolfheart. Certo è che gli insegnamenti di queste grandi band si insinuano in una struttura che fa della melodia (chitarristica) il più grande concetto espresso, spiegando le ali in un depressive taste che dalle immense foreste ghiacciate trae la sua grande ispirazione. E se da un lato l’amalgama tende ad ammorbidire grazie all’appetito per la narrazione sonora (a volte anche esagerata), dall’altro giunge incontestabile la veemenza con cui i The Morningside interpretano il lato vocale della “questione”: la timbrica acida e corrotta di Nikitin si scontra con la fluidità della sezione strumentale, solista su tutti, alla stregua di un fragoroso tuono estivo; è questo il lato più intransigente ed al contempo più tradizionale (nel senso folkeggiante del termine) interpretato in Moving Crosscurrent Of Time. Se poi all’incontestabile schiettezza formale del vocalism, ai colori “autunnali”, aggiungiamo contenuti lirici che non scansano l’abbinamento metaforico tra uomo ed ambiente circostante, la ricetta del successo (da altri già sperimentata) è presto confezionata.
Ed è solo un alone di innocente deja-vu a penalizzare venialmente il prodotto.

Questo Moving Crosscurrent Of Time è infatti un disco che macina e coinvolge pian piano, anche grazie ai ritmi mesti, avvolgenti ed estremamente orecchiabili: dall’intro strumentale, che sembra iniettarci nelle vene le gelide atmosfere della loro terra d’origine, si passa a brani come i primi 14 e The Autumn People (in riferimento al capolavoro di Ray Bradbury Il Popolo Dell’Autunno del 1962?), due canzoni di chiara e tipica matrice folk/black, impreziositi, tuttavia, da due rispettivi themes non banali e fin prog (soprattutto considerando la metrica del drumming): nella fattispecie, colpiscono gli arpeggi con la chitarra pulita che si mostrano eleganti e assolutamente ben amalgamati nel tessuto ritmico dei due brani e che costituiscono, indubbiamente, il trademark del quartetto.
Il quarto pezzo, Insomnia, parte con un cantato effettato quasi industrial, per poi abbandonarsi ad un mid tempo nostalgico e lineare, intervallato da arpeggi intimi e interessanti. La title track, che nel gusto ricorda i nostrani Sadist, risulta essere il brano più riuscito: ottima struttura, riffing coinvolgente e lead vocals conturbanti e striscianti: il tempo raddoppia a circa metà songs, e l’headbanging è inarrestabile.
Un assolo dallo stile decisamente Cynic sorprende e non può che strappare consensi. Efficace il lavoro delle chitarre distorte alternate a quelle pulite anche nei successivi episodi titolati The Outcome (Admit One) e Outro, che chiudono l’album in maniera coerente ed elegante.

In complesso, il lavoro dei russi può apparire ad un primo ascolto tutt’altro che esplosivo ed immediato, ma proprio qui sta la preziosità della scoperta di ogni brano, tramite un ascolto approfondito che non deluderà l’ascoltatore più esigente ed amante di queste sonorità a dir poco nobili.

Author: Lynda Giacomello "Sangre De Lyn"
Review
Metal Integral
17/20
19.12.2009

On the cover, the Russian group MORNINGSIDE displays a landscape of dismal swamp banal, as if crushed by a sky filled with clouds tormented and hostile. As an introduction, a long beach instrumental effectively evokes such landscapes typically and eternally Russian immense, desolate, exhausted by a steady wind, sending the man to insignificance. Ensuing six compositions long and slow, heavy doom declining a clear, melodious, very melancholy, sometimes as weightless. Only the hoarse vocals and hugs MORNINGSIDE hostile border to the extreme. However, production and mixing favor the heavy side, including some excellent solos (focusing primarily on the feeling and the natural progression) and parts of the twin guitars best effect. The charm of Moving Crosscurrent of Time acts undeniably until instrumental outro that echoes the intro described at the beginning of this column: Life is an eternal recommencement. Acquisition strongly recommended for both fans ofOPETH for those PORCUPINE TREE (preferably on the site solitude-prod.com).

Author: Alain
Review
Aristocrazia Webzine
14.12.2009

Secondo album e maturazione evidente per i The Morningside li avevamo lasciati con il debut "The Wind, The Trees And The Shadows Of The Past" ancora agli stilemi classici del melodeath/doom e ci ritroviamo una formazione profondamente cresciuta ed emozionalmente più variegata e propositiva.
"Moving Crosscurrent Of Time" infatti partendo dalla base e dalle melodie che avevano formato lo scheletro del predecessore ha al suo interno un'anima decisamente più articolata e che supera spesso il confine del "Metal" lasciando che correnti alternative rock e accenni acustici facciano la loro comparsa.
Appare chiaro come le risorse vengano estrapolate dall'insegnamento ormai di lungo corso impostato da band come Katatonia e Agalloch maestri del genere, vi basterà ascoltare brani come "The Autumn People", la titletrack "Moving Crosscurent Of Time" o "The Outcome (Admit One)" per capire.
Creano un velo malinconico, dolciastro che si spande leggiadro e al tempo stesso decisamente grigiastro, atmosfericamente spesso ci riconduce alle realtà citate ma al tempo stesso mostra un carattere che si sta delineando e trovando una propria strada da percorrere.
Da notare come la voce di Igor Nikitin seppur aspra nel suo growl/scream continuo non sia ma d'impaccio agli episodi, al contrario si poggia elegantemente sul riffing diluito, accattivante dedito quasi a cullare l'ascoltatore, creato da Sergey Chelyadinov.
Il chitarrista oltre una fase ritmica priva di pecca non si tira indietro nell'attimo in cui ha possibilità di sfoderare le sue doti solistiche peraltro di pregevole fattura.
"Moving Crosscurrent Of Time" è curato nel minimo dettaglio, lascia alle tastiere il ruolo di amplificatori di pathos e all'accoppiata Ilya Egorychev al basso e Boris Sergeev alla batteria creare movimenti andanti o trascinati a seconda dello svolgimento dell'autunnale ambientazione che pare rivivere negli episodi e non si limita a una semplice compagnia ma coinvolge nella suo intero scorrere.
Un album che consacra in definitiva i The Morningside come una delle band da seguire per chi è appassionato dello stile, consiglio quindi il loro ascolto, lasciatevi catturare dall'essenza nostalgica che li pervade.
Review
Minacious

The Morningside is a Russian Death/Doom Metal band that has been around since 2006, about one year since their creation they released their debut full-length album "The Wind, the Trees and the Shadows of the Past". This is their second full-length album. Musically we are travelling the melodic side of the Death(Doom Metal realm. the music is suitably slow, with a lot of long instrumental passages. A lot of the riffs are both heavy and somewhat technical, and most of the riffs are melodic, and melodic is the main word I am going to use when describing The Morningside's music. The drumming and the bass on this album is more then adequate, very good musicians. But the main aspect of The Morningside's music is the guitars and the melodic riffs that the guitars create. The music is somewhat inspired by Agalloch and Katatonia, but this is not a clone band, quite far from it actually. The Morningside are trying to create something of their own, while still staying true to their influences and inspirations and a genre of music that they are obviously very passionate about, and I applaud them for that, very commendable. They are not quite there yet, but still this is an excellent album and I think all those that enjoy Agalloch's and Katatonia's material will enjoy this album.

Review by: Mordant.
Review
Brutalism
3/5
03.12.2009

When the Morningside's debut "The Wind, The Trees and the Shadows of the Past" was released in 2007, it show a band still in its embryonic phase. The album seemed inconsistent and the band didn't seem to have a clear vision over their sound but they did have some very impressive musicianship, it was the patchy songwriting that was their weakness at that point in time. This is just my opinion of course, the album was critically acclaimed so i know i am in the minority on that issue. Two years later and some changes have been made and its all good news, the band sounds more focused, the songs are stronger and the production has had a much needed boost. The band still sounds like Agalloch or Katatonia so this is definitely a worthy investment if you like those bands. The Morningside play a atmospheric form of doom/death metal, with blackened vocals, along with the occasional whisper. Sergey Chelyadinov (guitar) and Ilya Egorychev (bass) seem to be the driving force behind most of the music on this album while the drums (Boris Sergeev) are solid but not remarkable. The vocals of Igor Nikitin still remains a weak point but i feel it is essentially not a real important part of the Morningside's sound. The album begins a intro before moving into "14’ and its a particularly brilliant song, showing some interesting guitar work. The riffs are dymanic in range and the other instruments pitch in to make a far more expansive sound. I feel myself being more pleased with the clearer more vibrant sound of this album compared with the limited style of the debut, which although good, isn’t as accessible as this album. However, I suspect a number of death/doom fans won’t appreciate the slightly thin production as it doesn’t showcase the dark themes they write about. After "14" another highlight comes along with "The Autumn People", the contrasting textures shows how much they are influenced by the aforementioned bands as they move between those two styles within the same song but managed to do it fluidly. Elsewhere the title track "Moving Crosscurrent of Time" starts off strong but it lost my attention after the 6 minute mark, at nearly 9 minutes it seems a little too long and underdone. The other tracks on the album are of similar standard, good but nothing compared with the first half of the CD. It is interesting how a simple change in production style that allows the bass and percussion to have a more key role in the music can be such a improvement for a band. Here the band shows a big step forward which must be great for the Russian doom scene which has been on shaky ground since the mid 90's. Despite the fact that the band is obviously influenced by both early era Agalloch and early Katatonia, the musicianship is far superior than both those bands. The sad part is they will at the end of the day still be regarded as a copy-cat outfit but don't let that influence your decision on checking this out. This is good atmospheric death/doom with great musicianship with only the vocals having a question mark next to it, also even though the production standard has lifted since the first album it is still no where near heavy enough to drive these really dark tunes home. The band can only get even better from here but grabbing a copy of this is a great way to introduce yourself to this band from Russia.

Author: ed
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