REVIEW: DESIRE - TALES OF PAIN AND DESIRE

 

DESIRE - TALES OF PAIN AND DESIRE (Independent, 2001)

Recorded at Lakiz Studios

Sound Engineering by Nick Terezakis

Tracks: 1- Desire, 2- Icons of the Past, 3- Messiah, 4- Passing Away, 5- The Saddest Tale of Fate, 6- Liliac - Icons of the past reprise, 7- Window of doom

This is a mix of gothic metal with some doomy parts and a whispering vocalist (in the vein of Johan Edlund from Tiamat). The main feeling on this recording is the one of sadness and depression. And this feelings are evident through the melodies that the guitarists are playing all over the songs contained here. There are certain tracks like "Messiah" which are more straight forward rock (and it is mixed lower than the other tracks), and others that are more embellished like "The Saddest Tale of Fate" with its clean guitar intro with melodic lines. I would like them to mix better the drums (which are programmed), specially the cymbals that are really loud covering certain parts of guitars in some parts. Favorite tracks: "Icons of the Past", "The Saddest Tale of Fate" and "Window of Doom"