APOPTOSIS

-Death- a écrit:
Nep' ton CD est parti par contre il est parti en économique (0,87 cts) pas en prioritaire car je n'ai plus que des timbres à 0,88 faut que j'aille en acheter d'autre :confus:

-Death- a écrit:Oui bien sûr il est toujours dispo, fais moi signe en temps voulu ;
)



Pour les membres de PC c'est 9 eur port compris au lieu de 10 (bon c'est pas énorme comme ristourne mais c'est mieux que rien :cool: )

[size=150]Needs some spins ... needs to grow. - 75%[/size]

Written by oneyoudontknow on March 30th, 2009



Review requests differ from band to band. Some simply push it, request the address and of the CD goes. Others tend to promise a lot but nothing ever arrives by the potential reviewer, not to mention that further questions on the release remain unanswered;
phantom releases I used to call them. Apoptosis tried it another way: before making the deal, I should consider whether the music was something I would be interested in. Actually, I prefer it this way, because it leaves the option to say 'no' and the band can be sure to make a deal with someone who has already got an impression of the art;
it is not this sending something in the blue and wasting money for nothing.



From Fall to Winter Solstice would be Apoptosis' first release and it would also be a full-length. Over thirty-one minutes in length and seven tracks in total, the album does contain neither intro or outro, but opens in a way that the atmosphere is able to unfold itself nevertheless;
not like the shock therapy approach Gräfenstein offered on their Silence Endless piece. Anyway, instrument after instrument enter, the vocals join shortly after the first riffs and one thing becomes obvious already: the band is able to get the music right. There is a flow in the compositions and it stays from the beginning to the end. Despite different approaches it all fits together quite well.



Aggressive, slightly. Melodic, certainly. Atmospheric, undoubtedly. It is not easy to describe the band's performance on this release due to the amount of facets that are offered to the listener. Apoptosis avoid the typical chorus/rhyme scheme, but play (rather) linear but nevertheless catchy music. The former aspect is done quite well and only on some few occasions, it would be those calmer moments, the band would find it difficult to keep up the atmosphere. Beyond these short-coming changes in style, rhythm and additional solos help to keep the band on track. As some amount of energy seems to have been spent on the production, the music comes with a lot of power and as the mix has not been ruined by certain preferences, it is easy to enjoy this piece of art.



There is one phrase by the vocalist, due to its emphasis at the beginning of the track Burial, that always make me chuckle: Dark night, frozen night. It reminds me on In Times Before the Light from the Norwegian band Covenant in which a similar one appears in the second chorus part. Do not know if this is good or bad, but I thought it was worth mentioning it.



An aspect that irritates me constantly when it comes to black metal is the drums. Apoptosis do not use a machine, they have a 'real' drummer, at least according to their MySpace site and such is also mentioned in the booklet, but by listening to the music there is this nagging feeling that it is a machine after all. There reason why I am not convinced after all is the very mechanical way, the extraordinary repetition as well as minimalism which occurs in their play. Be it a real drummer or not, either way, this issue certainly should be overcome on the next release;
the play is quite cool on The Path to Dorang, but generally often to monotonous in the bass-drum. Somehow I would like to see the compositions to have more length. Not that the current ones would end abruptly, but some additional play with the motives is something I would like to see;
less four minutes but rather in the six minutes region. Even though the music is well written and performed, the slight lack of complexity reduces the way the album is perceived.



Final bits and bytes

This release needs some spins until it is able to fascinate entirely. It is not easy these days to find good black metal. Some bands simply try to push it too hard and reach for goals;
they might have problems with achieving;
see Abrahel release or 1888 from The True Endless. For a first attempt this French band did a pretty good job and From Fall to Winter Solstice is loaded with neat ideas, but they want to be discovered. Solo parts, interludes, unconventional song-writing, these would be some aspects that could be brought forth in favour and they easily overshadow the flaws. The whole concept vibrates with some melodies and an atmosphere, which easily grabs the attention of the listener. Despite the harsh vocals nothing of this spills over to the rest of the music. They are well placed, offer not too much lyrics and work fine together with the instruments. So, by summing up all the arguments, a quite positive impression remains.



From Fall to Winter Solstice contains a pro-printed booklet and CD. All lyrics appear in the booklet.



Recommended tracks: The Path to Dorang, Burial.

Ombre a écrit:En parlant de Guudrath il a mis une chro sur son site de Sektarism et un lien vers un site "the apostle of ignominy" et le lien en question te dirige vers un site malveillant! :pas content: