Eternal Candle - Single (2014)
Iranian doom metal crew Eternal Candle
recently got in touch with us at RWTD, and while they don't have a
full release to their name yet (they're releasing their debut LP
later this year), they had three loose tracks they wanted to share,
and in our opinion, the tracks have enough punch and panache to them
to put out for wider availability. “Blossom Of Old Scars” is a
funereal dirge with an impressive range of vocals and a strong sense
of melody carrying the doom along, with some fantastically on-point
drums giving it a healthy kick of propulsion so as not to get too
bogged down by the despair. “The Silent Forest” brings in some
quiet piano against some blackened vocals and guitar wails, and pulls
off the combo with some unexpected twists that really help elevate
it.
Lastly, there's “Autumn Reflection”,
which is their tribute cover of a November's Doom track, and which
shifts the vocals back towards cleanness while switching between
distorted acoustic and growling electric guitar riffs, doing some
interesting mixing of the moods and melodies. All of the songs show
an admirable interest in experimenting, stretching genre constraints,
and blurring together a number of styles for the best results they
can distill, and for a group that hasn't even put out their first
release yet, they're remarkably skilled on both the technical and
inventive sides of song-writing. Keep an ear out for further
developments from Eternal Candle, and be sure to investigate their
full-length when it arrives.
If you're looking for a place to get the tracks and hear this group for yourself, here's a band-approved torrent collecting all three.
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Bell Witch,
Earthling, Black Magician, November's Doom, Amort
~
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