CATHEDRAL - Apu/The Last Spire (29 Avril)

MisterPatate · Six Frites Under Inscrit le: 31 Mar 2009 Messages: 2489

Il est pas souriant, l'album.

Pingouin · Posté le: Jeu 28 Mar 2013 3:55 Sujet du message:

Tower of Silence, le clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o7v8KZZBeKE

Pingouin · Posté le: Jeu 28 Mar 2013 19:27 Sujet du message:

1) an intro, very noisy feedback and some bells and the words "bring out your dead" are constantly repeated.

2) Pallbearer is the longest track on the album (12 mins) and it's a slow doom track, it doesn't quite go into the stoner territory either, it's Sabbathesque. There's some weird female vocals moaning some back vocal lines too. There's some kind of organs behind the slow heavy riffs and there's a nice acoustic break midway through the songs and it's fucking awesome, after this the song became faster, there's cool bass lines before the awesome slow lead of Gaz, it's a massive amazing track.

3) The shortest track (except the intro) is next, it's still 6 mins. It's a mid paced doom/stoner track with very fuzzy riffs, kinda similar to Endtyme, there's a keyboard break in the middle so they still have some of the weird elements that The Guessing Game brought to the table. The riffs and the solo are very enjoyable.

4) This track leaked some days ago, it got me excited but it's nothing new, fine doom song.

5) Mid paced long track with lots of heavy doom riffs, nothing really different from the previous track.

6) The other long track of the album (10 mins) and it's quite awesome. The first half is traditional doom but a keyboard break starts at around 6 mins and it gets weird, it's proggy and reminds me of the heaviest Dream Theater tracks, it's a very spectacular track with a great atmosphere.

7) A short interlude, it's basically some laughter and it's building some momentum for the final track.

8) Cool 9 minutes track, once again it works very well when it deviates from their doom sound and goes into proggy or acoustic territory. There's some samples of a swamp just after the enjoyable break and the heavy riffs, The last 4 minutes or so are instrumental and it's a mix of organ and guitars, somewhat of a abrupt way to end the record, but it's a great song.

So what we have is perhaps Cathedral's best album since at least Endtyme or even Caravan Beyond Redemption. It's pushing aside their stoner influences and while it's not a continuation of the full blown progressive approach of The Guessing Game, there's still many weird moments using keyboards, organ, acoustic guitars or subtle female vocals. There's not as many blistering leads as before, it's slower and the riffs have the time to flow well. If you weren't a fan of Lee, this album won't change your opinion, but he's less present than usual.

Si ce mec dit vrai, ça veut dire que c'est dans la lignée de The Garden of Unearthly Delights plutôt qu'un Endtyme bis. :love:

MisterPatate · Six Frites Under Inscrit le: 31 Mar 2009 Messages: 2489

Euh, je vois pas le rapport avec The Garden, perso...

Pingouin · Posté le: Ven 29 Mar 2013 7:56 Sujet du message:

Ben il était plus Doume que Stoner (et Chardener) globalement, et rempli de passages WTF (choeurs de mioches, orgue, quelques riffs inhabituels,...).

Droom · Oslow Inscrit le: 15 Fév 2012 Messages: 3419

Je réécoute le seul Cathedral que je possède, à savoir le best-of The Serpen't Gold, et c'est pas si mal finalement. Pourtant, Dieu que ce mec chante mal. C'est le Mustaine du doom ce type.

A défaut de me ruer sur le nouveau, il faudrait que je vois à taper dans les vieux. Histoire d'en prendre un doom et un autre un peu plus zarb'. J'aime bien leur coté zarb' en fait.