REVIEW: YEARNING - FRORE MEADOWS

 

YEARNING - FRORE MEADOWS (Holy Recs. - 2001): Yearning is a duo that has made its impact in the underground since a while, Their new recording, this"Frore Meadows" shows us a band in evolution towards melodic and experimental fields (like Tiamat did but without the electronic sounding elements) . the main feature of Yearning is the singer with a privileged voice, almost operistic in some places and really death metal in others and who gives a lot of dynamism to the songs, listen for example the song that opens the CD ("Bleak"). The acoustic guitar parts or the ones without distorsion are abundant on this CD and I think that this is what the band uses to make of their music something extremely original and unique, together with the keyboards that maybe ar mixed a little bit lower than I would like. The atmosphere of songs like "Solitary" or "Autumn" is really depressive with beautiful melodies that enhance this feeling. Favorite Tracks: "Bleak", "In Strange Slowfooted Fever" y "Elegy of Blood". Contact: holyrecords@wanadoo.fr