Night Of Suicide - Desire (CD)

Review
Forgotten Path
7.5/10

Night of Suicide is another example of international collaboration and in this case it is formed by a Finn and a Hollander. Their new album is based on quite an interesting mix of genres - Death/Doom and Funeral Doom Metal. It’s not often that such music is released although bands with the combination of these genres are not so rare.
Four slow, melancholic compositions are very enjoyable, but it is difficult to distinguish which one of the mentioned genres is dominating in “Desire”. The style of playing and the created atmosphere reminds me more of Funeral Doom Metal, but the guitar parts are strongly influenced by Death/Doom Metal. The only thing that balances between both styles is the vocals. But are the genres so important if the music in general sounds good? Probably not. Nevertheless, “Desire” has some drawbacks. Firstly, at some parts the vocals seem to be out of tune and sound similar to the singing manner of experimentalists Circle of Ouroborus from Finland. Secondly, the six-string guitar sometimes sounds off key, it doesn’t match with the other instruments and melody. Despite these aspects, “Desire” sounds quite pleasant and leaves a positive impression. If the band added some variety to the compositions and avoided the mentioned drawbacks or maybe better performance on all the tracks, we could hope for a much stronger result.

Author: Odium

Review
Metal Hummer 2011
7/10

I E név alapjän kevés kétséget hagy zenéjét I behatärolandö ez a 2005-ben alakult hôl- ! land duö. Gyâszos hangulatû doom zenét I jätszik a Ben de Graaff énekest és Markus 1 Heinonen hangszerest tömöri'tö éjszakai I öngyilkosok kettöse, gyakran keresztezve a doom/death és a funeral doom hatärmezs- I gyéit is. Nyilvànvalôan meri'tenek a nagyok 1 alapmüveiböl, ûgy mint My Dying Bride, J korai Anathema, Katatonia, de több mint I valôszinû, hogy a finnek fontos zenekarai- I nak (Thergothon, Skepticism stb.) a lemezei- I vel is tisztäban vannak.
A 45 pereben hallhato négy szerzemény* nem btr olyan egyedi vonpsokkal, mint a fent elsoroltak kiadvânyay « de elképZelé- seik, ötleteik a hollandoknäk is va^hnak, /és értenek a vâzolni kîvânt*siri vilàg lefestésé-hez. A lassu, doomos gitarjatekot tobbszor is vonosokra emlekezteto billentyujatek klse-ri, ami extra hangulati plusszal ruhazza fel a kriptak miliojet megeneklo zenet. Masutt vilagvegi gitarharmonidk szonek eji fatyolt korenk. Graaff hangja termeszetesen hor-ges, de nem az erthetetlen, ertelmezhetet-len fajtabol.

Nem alapmu a Desire, de elvezetes album, s a funeral doom irant erzekenyek szamara kiprobalando.

Author: M.P.

Review
13 Brat
22.07.2011

Ljubim doom, malo manj diši mi funeral doom. Tako bi lahko poimenovali moj odnos do tega obskurnega, redkim nekrofilom namenjenega žanra. Toda enkrat je potrebno zopet prisluhniti in ponudba ruske založbe Solitude Productions po recenziranju njihovih izdaj je prišla kot naročena. Zadeva je že na prvi pogled seksi, saj benda skoraj nihče ne pozna, tako da nekaj točk so že dobili. Sledijo pa 4 nad 10 minut dolge kompozicije, ki zahtevajo precejšnjo dozo koncentracije in uživanja v mračni kontemplaciji. Po možnosti z Ipodom, sedeč na nagrobniku na bližnjem zapuščenem pokopališču. Za imenom Night Of Suicide se skriva nizozemsko finski projekt, ob tem je potrebno samo še omeniti, da finska polovica deluje tudi v doom bendu Astral Sleep. Baje tudi projekt ni ravno nov, saj naj bi šlo že za tretji izdelek. Glasbeno celotna zadeva temelji na melodičnih kitarskih linijah, ki se ponavljajoče prepletajo in peljejo komade od začetka do konca. Vokali so običajno hropenje, značilno za začetne Paradise Lost in My Dying Bride, tako da nič presenetljivega na tem področju, občasno so le dodani spremljevalni vokali kot ste jih nekateri vajeni pri cerkvenem petju. Verjetno ni treba posebej poudarjati, da na ritmiki ne delajo veliko, konec koncev gre le za pogrebni marš in ne za poziv na ples. Glasba primerna za posebne trenutke in večne (nek)romantike.

Author: Marko

Review
Headbanger
8/10
08.09.2011

Ешьте побольше кокаину, и она настанет – ночь самоубийства. Кто не хочет помирать, может потестить финско-голландскую банду Night Of Suicide, которая в этом году выпустила свой третий альбом. Его название – “Desire” – содержит намёк на некую томность, а обложка томности противоречит, утверждая торжество могил и веселье сна.
Заводите пластинку и веселитесь: музыкант устало перебирают струны и из последних сил стучит в барабаны, а певец потусторонне рычит и страдальчески поёт чистым голосом. Томность мелодий и общего настроя налицо. К ней присоединяется обложечная сырость и серость: музыка дико печальна и грустна, небо от таких песен сереет и плачет, а калоши сексуально взбухают и хлюпают. Чего ещё желать? По возможности, бесконечности дождя и осени. Чтобы и с неба текло, и из глаз, и с носа. Всемирная скорбь веселится и ликует под красивейшие, щемящие сердце лиды Маркуса Хейнонена. Night Of Suicide очень хорошо делают её дело, уменьшая на земле процент радостных людей.
Соль такова: альбом очень хорош. Хотя здесь нет никаких откровений, вероятность открытия вен слушателем возрастает по мере приближения к концу пластинки. Или сокращается, если такой красивый и грамотно записанный сверхмелодичный и атмосферный материал производит на вас терапевтический эффект. Тут следует быть осторожным и учитывать вероятность привыкания. Как к этому альбому, так и к нетленным пластинкам команд-конкурентов (Shape Of Despair, Funeral и Officium Triste, например). Правда, привыкание к таким веществам, если вы не едите кокаина и его друзей, не может иметь плохих последствий.

Author: Richter

Review
Cosmos Gaming
08.04.2011

Night of Suicide is a funeral doom band that was formed in 2005 as a collaboration between Ben de Graaff and Markus Heinonen, two musicians that have been active in their respective metal scenes for quite some time. While Graaf is from the Netherlands and Heinonen is from Finland, they’ve been fairly active and have released three full length albums so far. The latest, Desire, is available via Solitude Productions and while it may be a little shorter than their earlier material it still manages to have the same impact on listeners.
Funeral doom has always been a love or hate type of genre, as its extremely slow tempos and oppressive atmosphere has put it into a separate niche. Night of Suicide follows the standard formula of the genre but tends to skew more towards the melodic side, and even ups the tempo slightly during specific parts of the album. The guitar arrangements throughout Desire are surprisingly light for a band of this type, as rather than attempting to completely crush the listener with a wall of sound and atmosphere the group goes for a more subtle approach and establishes an ominous and foreboding vibe. Each of the four tracks offers something a little bit different, but the overall tone stays about the same for the entire album which makes individual songs feel connected to each other. This is definitely the type of release that is best taken in as a whole rather than on a song by song basis, and listeners that do so will be drawn in by the textured arrangements.

Ben de Graaf handles all of the vocals on Desire, and he moves between powerful low pitched growls and clean singing. The growls are the most dominant aspect of his performance as they break through the instrumentals and add an extra layer of intensity and roughness to the material. When it comes to the clean vocals, things are a little shakier and while they do suit the music quite well it sometimes sounds as though they are beginning to head out of tune. I have not heard Night of Suicide’s entire back catalog so I am not 100% sure if the previous material had clean singing or whether this is something new, but it could use just a bit more polish.

Aside from the slight issues with the clean vocals, Desire is a strong effort from a band that understands how to create atmospheric material that isn’t quite as claustrophobic as some of the other funeral doom out there. This genre may be an acquired taste but if you’ve always been intrigued by the way that the style has been able to do a lot with so little then don’t miss out on this release. Night of Suicide is quite an interesting group, and it may be time to track down their previous two full lengths to see how they stack up.

Author: Chris Dahlberg