1. "Through Her Silvery Body". Starts with a piano lesson. Everything seems quiet and calm. The crunch begins a minute in. Nice melodic octaves, over a slow chug. Deep, evil vocals penetrate the soul. The sound of someone who ate a sun I guess. There is no sign of urgency, as the song takes a methodic and careful approach as it makes its way through her silvery body.
2. "Deadly Nightshade". Perhaps could have also been called Atropa belladonna. Another slow chugger.
3. "Out Of The Gloomy Light". One thing that I'm confused about is why all of these Nordic metal bands use English for their band names and song titles. There's probably a reasonable explanation, but I don't feel like looking it up. Instead I will copy and paste Finland's Coat of arms, as presented by Wikipedia:
4. "Swallow (Horror Pt. 1)". More melodic guitars, more slow pace. I had this on the other day and was more into it than I am right now. It's still solid, but I was hoping for more pace this morning.
5. "Silence of the Womb". Cool change up in the early goings of this. It even changes to regular singing, with the screams in the background. I'm usually not into that kind of mix, but it works real well at this point in the album. The singing experiment is short-lived (which is also good), as the growl continues. It's pretty bad that it has taken me five songs to realize that if you swallow the sun, the morning will never come, as stated by the album's title. At the end of this song, there's creepy talking and a baby crying. As to be expected from a metal song referencing the womb.
6. "Hold This Woe". Piano over more octavey guitar. More singing. Drums kick the singing out. Then the drums chill, and the singing comes back. I'm not sure if I love this, or hate it, but it is a good change of pace from the rest of this album. I'll appreciate it. Metal vocals take over midway through the song. I like that they don't let the singers have too much time to do their singing. No one wants an 8 minute song of singing. 8 minute of decay is perfectly fine.
7. "Under The Waves". Under the waves you will find more meeeeeetal. And this guy:
8. "The Morning Never Came". More singing. More majestic anthem rock. More solid metal vocals. More slow pace. If you're not in a rush with your metal, this album will work fine.
9. "Solitude (Bonus Track)". A bonus track that starts as a ballad. "Please let me die in solitude" cues the end of the ballad, as the crunch of distortion takes over. I guess the request was denied. This might be the best track.
Grade: 3 out of 5 decapitated goats.
Top Tracks:
1. Solitude (Bonus Track)
2. Under The Waves
3. Through Her Silvery Body
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