Music: Melodic Black Metal
Country: Canada
Website: www.myspace.com/woodsofypres
Duration: 61:19
Cool Songs: The Will to Give, The Sun was in My Eyes: Part One & Doom
WOODS OF YPRES is one of those bands who defy classification. Like OPETH and AGALLOCH, much of their music is melodic, relying on acoustic intros and wind downs. Also like the above-mentioned bands, WOODS OF YPRES music spirals into black voyages.
The band accomplishes this duality by constantly keeping an aura of suspense, even in the slower, softer moments. Take the albums opening track, Intro: The Looming of Dust in the Dark (& The Illumination), for example. This track begins with an intense, acoustic intro, something you might hear in a seventies horror film dealing with the occult. The acoustics steadily become heavily with the addition of a bass line. The end of the song becomes more powerful, but never fully reaches its stride, meandering back down to more acoustics on the next track, The Will to Give.
The Will to Give is where the music finally reaches its bestial side, unleashing a vicious torrent of black metal furry. David Golds alluring, folk vocals become a harsh black metal yell, the drums blast away, and the guitarists pick their strings with cold malevolence. What follows are thrashy gallops, crushing doom, and mid paced tremolo picking.
By using three guitarists and two bassists, the group truly forms a massive wall of electric sound. The Sun was in my Eyes: Part One and The Sun Was in My Eyes: Part Doom fully utilize this heavy guitar sound, creating a monumentally heavy doom saga. Golds golden lungs fit perfectly with these songs gloomy, depressive tone. His vocals are reminiscent of Silent Enigma-era ANATHEMA and later AGALLOCH.
With the newfound popularity of melodic, extreme bands like AGALLOCH, OPETH, AMORPHIS, KATATONIA, MOONSPELL, and DAYLIGHT DIES; WOODS OF YPRES have a bright future playing dark music for glum souls around the world. Fans of emotion-ridden, darkly tranquil music will revel in Pursuit of Sun & Allure of the Earth. These Canucks have set June as the release date for their next album. If given the proper promotion, there is no reason this band cant become the next OPETH.
note: 9/10
Tracklist
1.Intro: The Looming of Dust in the Dark (& The Illumination)
2. The Will to Give
3. The Sun Was in My Eyes: Part One
4. The Sun Was in My Eyes: Part Doom
5. Allure of the Earth
6. Shedding the Deadwood
7. Dragged Across a Forest Floor
8. Summer's Envy
9. The Ghost of Summer's Past
10. Outro: The End of August
Line-up
Chris Jones – Vocals
Guitar:
Brian McManus
Steve Jones
Yuri
Bass:
Aaron Palmer
Connor Sharpe
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