KEMET - DYING WITH ELEGANCE (Deadsun Recs. - 2000): Exceptional record from this great band from France. A mix of doom and gothic parts with great climatic vocals, ocassional screamings and great guitars are what make this recording so special. The opening with "Immaculate is really a great beginning with clean guitars pushing through a melody that soon becomes a distorted rythm in the fashion of My Dying Bride or Anathema. The vocals in this track are awesome, sort of a cross of Pete Steele and Aaron from My Dying Bride in the clean parts but worked out in a completely different way (In fact what I like from the singer is that he can transmit the feelings which he is singing about) . In fact the second song "Cowardly yours" starts in amore death metal fashion but getting more climatic after a few seconds. In the middle part of this song there is a screaming part (sort of black metallish) with some Emperor´s shades. "Will you forgive me" has the addition of really interesting bass lines that ornaments the work of the voclas and some twin guitar harmonies that are fundamental for the harmonies. This is an album to listen numerous times because you can find something new each time you listen it. Specially beautiful are the female vocals in "Like a Musing" that make an interesting contrast with the vocalist´s vocals and the guitar solo melodie in the middle of that song. The inclussion of acoustic guitars in some of the songs really help to remark the atmospheres that are present throughout the whole album. My favorite tracks: "Like a Musing", "Immaculate" and "Insignificant". Email: gurkkhas@aol.com
