Yawning Void - Streams Within (2019)
Following up on a couple of advance
singles released last year, the Finnish group of Yawning
Void have emerged with their first full album, and while it first
popped up on a limited cassette run from Kuolema Records back in January, they've recently
received a CD release from Weird Truth Productions, giving them some
wider exposure.
The
first of the album's five tracks (all of which run over seven
minutes) is “Hearts Like Abyss”, which leads listeners into the
band's black/death/doom cocktail with an enticing ear-worm of a lead
riff. The vocalist (credited as K.T.K.) shows off a good rumbling
growl and satisfyingly harsh roars, while the rest of the band brings
in some tight support for that hooky riff, quickly digging down to
that heavy reward. “Melaina Kholee” follows, broadening out the
heaviness from the riff (though it does feature a solid one) to a
more rounded song-writing approach. Things are kept slow and sloggy,
but it moves with a deceptive swiftness for its length, and wraps its
run up with surprising neatness for such a craggy piece.
“Ouroborean”
takes central spot, contrasting the harsh vocals (taking overlay in
the mix) against some almost gentle melodic highlighting, while the
following “Kalmoranta” brings the harshness over to the
instruments as well, with some organ-like keys providing the cleaner
counter-point to the fuzzy feedback. Wrapping up with “Aequor
Benthic Bodies”, Yawning Void push their way through a thick
atmosphere of dread and regret, leaving an aftertaste of earnest and
committed doom. Not too shabby for a first album, and considering
the striking knack of the band for crafting memorable riffs, I can't
wait to hear where they grow from here.
~
Gabriel
For Fans Of; Deathbell,
Heavydeath, Jupiterian, Major Kong, Shrine of the Serpent
~
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