Mausoleum -Tunes from an old funeral (8/10)-UAE-2003
Genre: Funeral Doom
Label: Independent
Playing time: 17:52
Tracklist:
Intro
Funeral Dusk (and the cold dawn)
The serene Demise

Hypnotic, desperate, funeral .these are the words escaping from my mouth after having absorbed those 17min 52 of funeral doom in which we are engulfed unto the hopeless abysses of this crude doom .
From the first notes of the intro, we're denounced by those melodies full of melancholy in which the organ would dazzle the listeners by it enchanting and outstanding notes. But it's only the beginning since the funeral march carries on trough "FUNERAL DUSK" with very oriental riffs and a heavy tempo making you feel such a strangulation , a death metal singing with an abyssal depth , the whole led by some passages of punishment and organ melodies where everything fades and bequeath to pain more fullness and height reaching the end of this funeral voyage with "THE SERENE DEMISE" pronounced by its atmospheric intro and melodious at once , a Doom/Death told by a ghostly voice interspersed by some piano notes coated with dark ambiences.
The atmospheres of the demo are close to THERGOTHON with a hint of SKEPTICISM even too My Dying Bride, a real flood of sadness which won't leave you insensitive .
The reproach that can be done to this demo is the production which is faint but doesn't conceal the instruments or the vocal parts . we must underline that the mastering is finely done , even if the rhythm box that sounds averagely good should be replaced by acoustic drums and a real drummer , and this would give much fullness to this devastating Doom Death.
I will advise the fans of Doom Death metal to listen to the demo and keep following the steps of this band closely… very closely .

Reviewed by +Ben+ English translation by N0cturnus

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