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HellLight - …And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell… (CD)

funeral death doom metal, Solitude Productions, Solitude Productions
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The third album of a Brazilian band demonstrates the further progress of the musicians. Six epic tracks featured on the album are filled with deep tragic passion created by solid guitar sound and rich keyboards. Dense sound and interesting melodies distinguish the album among their other works. Piano interludes, mid-tempo fragments and clean vocals make the new album of HellLight an outstanding example of funeral doom death metal.

Tracklist:
1 The Light That Brought Darkness 12:21
2 Downfall Of The Rain 14:12
3 Soaring Higher 14:06
4 Children Of Doom 12:19
5 The Secrecy 12:53
6 Beneath The Light Of The Moon 12:55

Artist:
HellLight
Artist Country:
Brazil
Album Year:
2010
Title:
…And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell…
Genre:
funeral death doom metal
Format:
CD
Type:
CD Album
Package:
Jewel Case
Label:
Solitude Productions
Cat Num:
SP. 043-10
Release Year:
2010
Country Of Manufacture:
Russia
Review
Mtuk Metal Zine

This is the third album of morose, reflective doom metal from Brazilian masters of misery HellLight since their inception in 2001, but admittedly my first encounter with the band. It’s a relationship I will certainly be looking to pursue further as there is much to admire about this South American outfit. To be needlessly critical for one moment the keyboards are perhaps riding a little high in the mix for my personal taste, but at times they do add to the splendid air of majesty. The vocals are predominantly of the growling variety but some clean vocals give an added dimension, bringing a slight echo of Bathory’s Viking period works to proceedings. Both vocal styles are provided by the multi talented Fabio who also supplies the guitar (including some well thought and very welcome solos) and keyboard work as well. Alexandre handles the huge bass under layer but there’s strangely no mention of the man behind the slow motion thunder of the drums. Anyway, between them Fabio, Alexandre and their mystery drummer have crafted some truly epic, monolithic musical structures. You can almost feel the seasons change and the years drift past as you listen to this album but you simply don’t care. The songs may be unrelentingly slow but they are also dynamic and multifaceted leaving no possibility of tedium creeping in. It’s also nice to see some intelligent, evocative lyrics accompanying the music and the overall impression is of a gifted band with a fascinating vision to convey. A very enjoyable, gargantuanly epic, doom drenched album with a lot to offer.

Author: Chris Kee
Review
Metalkrant
03.02.2011

Dat Solitude Productions dit Braziliaanse collectief onder zijn hoede nam is allesbehalve verwonderlijk. Met deze "And Then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell" heeft Hell Light een sterke plaat in handen om het ver te schoppen binnen de doomwereld. Hoewel de funeral wat achterwege gelaten wordt op dit album, weet Hell Light de luisteraar gedurende 78min te boeien, en dit met "slechts" 6 songs. Vanaf de eerste plaat vuurt Hell Light zijn helse licht op ons af onder het mom van een wall of sound. Het walst over je heen en laat je verstijfd achter, terwijl de grunts de trommelvliezen teisteren. Anderzijds kan Fabio de Paulo zijn stem op zulke manier inzetten, dat hij tijdens de cleane stukken vaak zelfs wat fragile klinkt, zeker in combinatie met keyboard en dubbele basdrum. De volgende nummers volgen een gelijkaardig concept wat muzikale opbouw betreft. Een strakke, zware, depri sound, afgewisseld met logge riffs en ijzige solo's.

Conclusie:
Met "And Then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell" heeft Hell Light een poortje naar de doomwereld geforceerd. Al is deze sound niet voor iedereen weggelegd, de liefhebbers van het loggere genre zullen dit ongetwijfeld een leuke aanvulling van de collectie vinden.

Author: Gert Maris
Review
Stereo Invaders
8/10
03.01.2011

Terza uscita discografica per un project attivo dal lontano 2001 e che ci propone un gelido Funeral Doom dai connotati Death molto particolari ed epici. Fin qui, nulla di strano, se non che i musicisti in questione arrivino dall’assolato Brasile. “…And Then, The Light of Consciousness Became Hell…” è un concentrato di maestosità e vigore che, a tratti, ricorda il Pagan dei maestri Bathory. Comparto vocale prima sanguinante e ferito e poi serenamente impostato e solenne, come da tradizione Viking. Un concentrato di aulici sospiri, poesia che ha in sé la purezza dei cieli più tersi e che, in qualche modo, pare volerci trasportare nelle terre del nord. Insomma, più che alla samba gli HellLight paiono affezionati ai venti della Siberia, e di questi siamo loro grati. La malinconia, i trasporto emotivo e l’uso così etereo della tastiera diventano raggio di sole su bianca distesa di ghiaccio. Passaggi di commovente pianoforte diventano regale inchino di fronte a colonna di pellegrini erranti, illuminati da fendente di chitarra in un crescendo di echi dal divino sentore. I suoni sono perfetti, grazie ad una produzione che esalta le poderose cadenze di scuola Doom, e che ha i riflessi della cristallina acqua di sorgente. Sublime, per ogni aspetto e sfumatura “…And Then, The Light of Consciousness Became Hell…” rapirà gli amanti del genere e chi vorrà sensibilmente emozionarsi. Un’ora e venti di musica che scorrerà via un attimo, sorretta da passione che sentiamo trasudare ad ogni nota, e a cui non possiamo che dare il nostro plauso. Da sviscerare in ogni suo singolo aspetto, sfaccettatura e momento, full-lenght consigliatissimo.

Author: Thiess
Review
Chronicles of Chaos
8/10
28.03.2011

This Brazilian band of musicians knows its way when it comes to slow, plodding and melodic doom/death metal. Not playing funeral doom par excellence, HellLight's doom bears a huge, heavy sound, searing and soaring keyboards, and a pretty cool vocal treatment; the semi-growling ones with an almost hissing quality, and the clear, disdainful, traditional metal style of clear-yet-downtrodden vocals.

HellLight's music is a different take on doom/death metal, as the band are not afraid to experiment with different approaches within this otherwise strict sub-genre. Albeit not re-inventing the wheel, _...And Then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell..._ has turned to be one hell of a good album, a beacon of singularity in an ocean of copycat bands in the field of doom/death metal.

Equipped with a mammoth sound, the distorted guitars are monstrous, encapsulating the body of music under their dark wings, rolling and spiraling down, dragging all the other elements housed in their midst down their cataclysmic route, pulverizing one's ears while doing so. The keyboards are gentle yet ominous, and have their fair share of the overall melody; funereal-like and necrotic.

_...And Then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell... _ is a focused and tight an album. HellLight have an extremely high sense of melody, and equipped with the knowledge of what makes a listener tick, they employ their music's many facets of the celestial versus the hellish (sometimes alternately, sometimes synchronously) in the most professional and artistic way, without sounding too "out there" on one hand, or too generic on the other. The excellent vocal delivery (especially the clean vocals) only complements the music with yet another quality.

HellLight's third album is a mountain-pusher on one hand, but on the other it is musicianship made flesh; the heavy parts are genuine funeral-oriented doom/death and metallic to the core -- unlike the funeral doom bands who dwindle into ambiance, neglecting the metal character of their music -- whereas the other side of HellLight's delivery is the focus on melody, where they more often than not sound like something Tiamat could have done on their timeless _Wildhoney_.

_...And Then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell..._ is a great surprise from an unheralded Brazilian band and a worthy addition to the growing roster of good bands that have gathered under Solitude Productions' roof.

Author: Chaim Drishner
Review
Doom Mantia
7.5/10
01.03.2011

This is the third full length album from Brazilian doom-metal band HellLight and I guess they want you to get your moneys worth because this album goes on and on and on for almost 80 minutes. Six epic tracks featured on the album are filled with a mixture of passion and despair and are delivered by a chunky guitar sound and warm sounding keyboards. There is piano interludes, mid-tempo detours and clean vocals that give this album something slightly unique in the world of funeral doom/gothic metal but it long and extremely drawn out so you will need some patience to get through this. While this still falls under the banner of funeral doom, there is strong epic-death/black metal elements interwoven throughout the songs that remind me of bands like Bathory, Atlantean Kodex, Astral Sleep and Evoken. I have had this album for a few months now and it has basically taken me that long to really get know the songs on "And Then, The Light of Consciousness Became Hell" and even now after a couple of dozen spins of the disc I am still discovering new things about it. The Bathory comparison I made says it all, not that the band is any kind of rip-off but if you are familiar with mid-era Bathory, you will know what to expect here. This is pagan metal, funeral doom and extremely epic with only 6 songs ranging from 12 to 15 minutes.

What is pleasing about this release is there is no weak tracks but there is no real stand-out track either. The album is consistent but also extremely monotone, slow and oppressive with very little variation. My favorite track is the album closer titled "Beneath The Light Of The Moon" which is a bit more diverse to my ears than the other tracks but basically the formula is the same for the entire 80 minute running time. Crushing guitars, keyboard-driven melody lines and a foreboding, mournful atmosphere. The music is cinematic with some engaging melodies but the repetitions do get a bit grating by the third of fourth track. I am a huge fan of the funeral doom genre but at the same time I feel some bands get it wrong, HellLight however get it right most of the time. The playing is excellent as is the production and all the songs flow with ease. The problem is as a complete piece of work is it is all too long as by the time you hear the first couple of tracks you have heard the entire album. Thankfully it is so good, it still sounds great to the last notes but it is painfully repetitive. A couple of points to be made here, the vocals range from the absolute depressive to growling to melodic and clean and these variations in style keep the songs from becoming too stale. The guitar solos are amazing and there is some really long solos on this album so if you dig lead guitar, you have to hear this. As it is, "And Then, The Light of Consciousness Became Hell" is a good funeral-doom album that could have been even better if they added more clean vocal parts, more mid-tempo shifts and trimmed some of the fat. I would say at least 20 minutes of this album is padding and the album would have more of an impact if some of the ideas were not so bled to death.

The running time of the album is nothing new to this band, the début album, "In Memory of the Old Spirits" and the following release "Funeral Doom" both push the 80 minute mark and both those albums suffer from the same bleeding of ideas as this one does. I like getting value for money as much as the next guy but this is overkill. However, if you are a fan of funeral doom with strong melodies and expert musicianship, it is hard to go past HellLight and this is a good release for the Solitude Productions label...

Author: Ed
Review
Obscura
15.02.2011

Massive huge third full-length album for Brazilian Helllight after the "manifesto" 'Funeral Doom' (2008) and first for Russian label Solitude Prod.
As it's very easy to guess, Helllight play a pretty scholastic keyboards-driven funeral doom with incredibly long songs (all of them are more than 12 minutes in length), clean vocals here and there and great atmospheric parts.
Despite coming from one of the most anti-doom countries in the world, Helllight find themselves soon comfortable with (s)low tunes songs dealing with sorrow, paganism and death, guided by the majestic keyboards of Fabio de Paula.
The usual concern about this kind of albums is the variations of each song compared to the others. It's true, the songs don't really shift too much from a general idea, but this is not arguable here where we are interested in atmospheres more than skill and if a lot of repetitions are needed to reach this point, may them be the welcome.
This is sorrowful, slow, mourning music which has to be appreciated for what it is, and Helllight makes it in a very inspired way, believe me.

Author: Gabriele Frontini
Review
Aristocrazia
28.03.2011

Non saranno forse conosciuti ai più ma i brasiliani HellLight è da oltre una decade che ci deliziano con un funeral doom ben composto e suonato, dal 1998 anno in cui uscì il primo demo "Fear No Evil" n'è passata di acqua sotto i ponti e la conferma di un'ennesima maturazione a indicare la corretta direzione intrapresa ce la offre il terzo full-lenght "…And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell…" rilasciato sotto la russa Solitude Productions.
Sono pachidermici, estesi all'inverosimile i brani in esso contenuti, la durata per ogni singola traccia va da un minimo di dodici minuti a un massimo di quasi quindici che per sei canzoni vuol dire il ritrovarsi sul groppone una pietra tombale che sfiora i settantanove minuti, mazzata mica da nulla.Potreste pensare siano troppi, in effetti vi darei ragione se non fosse che gli HellLight il proprio mestiere lo conoscono e lo svolgono come si deve.
Sin dai primi attimi la formazione guidata da Fabio De Paula (chitarra, voce e tastiere) è tutt'altro che ortodossa, non è prettamente death/doom oriented la proposta, sì è vero che le basi hanno la forma dilatata, possente e decadente figlia evidente di quello stile contemporaneamente però godono di un respiro espanso e dal tratto epico grazie ai synth e ad un cantato che si spoglia del growl facendo emergere un clean evocativo e battagliero, fate finta che una creatura come gli Evoken si incroci con una band epic come gli Atlantean Kodex, abisso e mistico splendore che si fondono per dar vita a una terza natura costituita per lo più da tonalità grigie indefinite e proprio per tale motivo opprimenti.
Melodie ampie e cicliche costeggiano un sentiero che ai lati si ritrova due strapiombi, siamo sicuri che la stessa vena gotica andante così melancolica in certi passaggi e capace di obliare tramite un cullare quasi rassicurante da un momento all'altro non si trasformi nella mano che spingerà l'ascoltatore attraverso la bocca dell'inferno?
Il bello di canzoni quali "Downfall Of The Rain", "Soaring Higher", "Children Of Doom" e "Beneath The Light Of The Moon" è questo, il mettere in luce una maestosità solenne dalle sembianze luminose (ricordiamoci che lo stesso nome Lucifero, simbolo per molti d'oscurità, significa in realtà "portatore di luce") che lascia trapelare nota dopo nota i colori che realmente la contraddistinguono, i raggi vengono inghiottiti, masticati e rigettati indeboliti sino allo spegnersi generante un cinereo progredire che s'infittisce erigendo un muro desolante che diverrà infine nero seppia.
Le tenebre vanno a braccetto con la musica che "…And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell…" ci dona in pasto, è un disco che si fa apprezzare con l'aumentare dei passaggi nello stereo, ricco di minuzie, l'esser corposamente ingombrante vista l'importante durata non vi sia di freno, va assorbito, deve girare e rigirare in testa ma una volta che le atmosfere e la solidità del complesso avranno fatto breccia nel vostro animo sarà difficile toglierlo dallo stereo.
Gli HellLight con il terzo capitolo hanno dato il meglio di sè, il fascino ammaliante di questa release sarà la gioia dei fruitori abituali di funeral doom, non sarei di certo sorpreso se chi amasse le prove epiche di un certo tipo si trovasse a proprio agio nell'ascoltare una prestazione monumentale come quella racchiusa in " …And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell…", c'è solo di che godere con album simili, indi a voi usufruirne, l'acquisto è consigliato.

Author: Mourning
Review
Pest Webzine
9/10

I think this is the first Brazilian Doom Metal band I review, those lands are more knowned for their Thrash and Death Metal bands, not for Doom, but I'm really glad I got this one. This is Hell Light's third album since their foundation back in 2001, and I can say it is a very good one, very intense and able to create an atmosphere that makes you feel like you're crushed with a ton of grief. If you take your time and listen carefully to the music inhere you'll find it very catchy and skillfully built: crushing, low-tuned guitars, atmospheric keyboard backgrounds, occasional piano additions, some fantastic, long guitar solos, both growling, depressive vocals and clean vocals a la Quorthon that make this album quite unique especially for Bathory fans (sic!), simple slow drums, basically that's what you'll find on "...and then". Speaking for me, this is most probably my fave Funeral Doom Metal album, or at least the one that captured my interest the most. I hope on their next album they'll add more of those clean vocals variations and also more guitar solos and mid-tempo parts, I'm sure their music will remain as deep and oppressive as it is now, if not more that this.

Author: Adrian
Review
Metal.de
8/10
10.01.2011

Auch gute zwei Jahre nach ihrem programmatischen Monumentalwerk "Funeral Doom" wissen die Brasilianer HELLIGHT - ganz im Sinne ihres Bandnamens - auf dunkelste Weise zu strahlen, denn auch auf ihrem mittlerweile dritten Langeisen brilliert die Formation rund um Mastermind Fabio De Paula, der neben der Gitarren und den Tasteninstrumenten, erneut auch für den Gesang zuständig ist, mit überaus erhabenen Sounds.

Ihren angestammten Stil, den man wohl als Doom in düsterster, überaus ergreifender Variante beschreiben kann, haben die Herrschaften aus Südamerika im direkten Vergleich zum Vorgänger selbstredend keineswegs verlassen, diesen jedoch um weitere, wenn auch nur kleine Nuancen ausgebaut, so dass man nunmehr wohl auch eine etwas breitere Klientel ansprechen wird können.

Ihr aktueller Dreher klingt für mein Dafürhalten in Summe - trotz vermehrter "Schlenker" gen Gothic, wie auch einer mächtigen Dosis Doom / Death, nämlich noch kompakter als jener zuvor, auch wenn das Trio an sich nur sechs Kompositionen auf "...And Then, The Light Of Consciousness Became Hell.." anzubieten hat.
Diese sind dafür in Sachen ausladender Epik ungemein gehaltvoll ausgefallen und an Dramatik kaum zu überbieten, wodurch die Spielzeit pro Song, die im Minimalfall immer noch mehr als 12 (!) Minuten beträgt, nicht nur ungemein intensiv, sondern zudem auch extrem kurzweilig gestaltet werden konnte.

Hinsichtlich der Atmosphäre lassen sich HELLLIGHT wohl immer noch am ehesten als eine Art "räudige" Brüder der Australier THE ETERNAL bezeichnen, auch wenn die Brasilianer wesentlich heftiger und weniger majestätisch zu Werke gehen. Dennoch ist es dem Dreigestirn gelungen eine wirklich eigenständige Melange anzubieten und das noch dazu auf durchwegs hohem Niveau.

Zum Schluss muss ich noch anmerken, dass wohl so etwas wie Magie im Raum stehen muss, wenn ich diesem Album lausche, denn die im "hellsten" Fall dunkelgrauen Strahlen dieses "Höllenlichtes" üben eine unglaubliche Faszination auf mich aus.

Folgt mir in dieses Licht, folgt mir!

Author: Walter.Scheurer
Review
The Pit of the Damned
8/10
17.03.2011

Se fino ad oggi avete sempre associato il Brasile al gioco del calcio, belle donne, spiagge assolate o nel mondo della musica ai Sepultura o ai Sarcofago, beh da oggi, sappiate che le tenebre degli Hellligth caleranno sulla vostra testa, oscurando il sole nel cielo. Da San Paolo ecco giungere nuvole cariche di pioggia che diffonderanno la pestilenza infernale voluta da questo cupo duo. Beh se questa mia breve introduzione non vi è sembrata abbastanza chiara, stiamo parlando di un combo, giunto già al traguardo del terzo lavoro, dedito ad un funeral doom che lascia ben poco spazio a squarci di luce. E lo si capisce immediatamente con il titolo della opening track, “The Light that Brought Darkness”, della serie “Lasciate ogni speranza voi che entrate” e a ragione perché si viene immediatamente avvolti da un senso di assenza totale di ossigeno, quasi a perdere i sensi, storditi da cotanta desolazione. Sapete che cos’è la cosa meravigliosa di tutto questo fiume di tristezza che ci travolge fin da subito? Che è a dir poco incantevole, sbalorditivo per intensità, stupefacente per il suo essere cosi inatteso e imprevedibile. La russa Solitude Productions questa volta ha pescato bene dall’altra parte del mondo con una band dalla classe cristallina che conquisterà dapprima i fanatici di un genere, il funeral doom, e poi potrà a mio avviso aprire le menti di chi è cosi prevenuto nei confronti di una tipologia di sound che, all’opposta di quanto si possa credere, è in grado di regalare esaltanti momenti di musica e gli Helllight ne sono la palese dimostrazione, con un album che per quanto possa sembrare inavvicinabile, (se pensiamo ad esempio solo alle lunghissime durate dei pezzi sempre attestati sopra i 12 minuti), riesce a sorprenderci ad ogni passo. Dopo l’eccellente traccia posta in apertura, capace di regalarci con gli ultimi 5 minuti attimi di solennità profonda, con la seconda “Downfall of the Rain” ci immergiamo in sonorità grevi che trovano il loro maggior slancio nell’inserto pianistico posto a metà pezzo. Pesante e opprimente, il duo carioca lavora ai nostri fianchi con un suono al limite della legalità, fatto di chitarre possenti e ultra slow a verniciare alte montagne innevate, riff sorretti poi da un encomiabile lavoro ai synth di Fabio De Paula (sembra il nome di un giocatore di calcio del Chievo) e da un growling vigoroso che talvolta ci regala attimi di pace con un cantato pulito che mi ha rievocato il buon Alan Nemtheanga, nella sua apparizione nei nostrani Void of Silence. Menzione ulteriore ci tengo a farla per alcuni squarci chitarristici di notevole spessore e di scuola classica, che palesano anche una certa preparazione tecnica dell’act sudamericano. Citazione finale per “Children of Doom”, la mia song preferita, che probabilmente mostra il lato più “etereo” (passatemi il termine) dei nostri, ma che comunque sancisce la mia adorazione per una band di cui non ne conoscevo l’esistenze fino a ieri. Peccato infine per una pessima copertina che con la musica dei nostri ha ben poco da spartire. Comunque sublimi!

Author: Francesco Scarci
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