Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 30/11/2018
Label: I Hate Records
All songs are great. All influences are present and correct. All
aspects of the album are stellar. The best trad doom release of the year? Have
a listen and decide for yourself.
1.
A Dream Within a Dream
2.
The Thirteenth of November
3.
Woodstock Child
4.
The Sweet Taste of Ruin
5.
Pray for Doom
6.
The Orchestra Bizarre
7.
Paralysed by Sleep
8.
Father Winter (Sacrifice Pt. 3)
The Review:
Germany's
greatest and purest doom band return with this monolithic slab of powerful and
muscular trad doom. If you've heard “The Peaceful Dead” album, then you
know that this band are one of the best in the whole genre.
“Pray
for Doom” is
a continuation of the lofty heights the band has set themselves via their back
catalogue. The sound is immense- the drums are so thick and powerful- the
bottom end is as muscular as Dorian Yates back in the mid 90's, the tempos are sluggish,
and the songs are well thought out and presented with maximum emotional impact
courtesy of the plaintive and ultimate-in-doom voice of Gerrit P. Mutz.
The
Opener “Dream Within A Dream” tells
you everything you need to know about the album; if you like it, then you will
like the rest of the record. If you don't like it, then you don't like doom.
End of. Highlights are genuinely hard to
pick out, due to both the quality and the uniform approach of the record. The
title track may be an obvious pick as it is a balladlike track, well-crafted
and presented. That said, the hard rocking “The Thirteenth of November” might be more up your strasse... Either
way, there is just quality all the way through this album.
In
times when “doom” is sometimes just two-piece bands playing two chord riffs, Dawn Of Winter represent the best and most real deal
available. All elements are doom. All songs are great. All influences (Vitus
etc) are present and correct. All aspects of the album are stellar. The best
trad doom release of the year? Have a listen and decide for yourself.
“Pray for Doom” is available HERE
Band info: facebook
