REVIEW: UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME - SYMPHONY I "DEEP DARK RED" & SYMPHONY II "ABSENCE OF LIFE"

 

UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME - SYMPHONY I "DEEP DARK RED" & SYMPHONY II "ABSENCE OF LIFE" (Independent, 2002)

Produced by U.D.O.M.

Recorded at Templa Libitna

Tracks: CDI: 1- Silent Dreams; 2- They never Hope, 3- In the Light of Dying Summer, 4- Never Again, 5- Careless, Painless, Far Away, 6- Towards the Emptiness

CD 2: I- This Dark Day; 2- In the Mist; 3- Absence of life, 4- And Death Took Her smile Away

This two CD set is really amazing: it contains two great compositions (one on each CD) subdivided in various parts. This two compositions are "Symphony I: Deep Dark Red" and "Symphony II: Absence of Life". The first one is a really dark composition with a lot of keyboards that create the environment where the two musicians involved here develope their multiple musical ideas. There are some distorted guitar chords (for example on "Never Again"), but the main thing here are the keyboards that set the scenary for this guys. There are also some sound effects here that turn things even more oppressive. Also the slow percussion (programmed drums) is created to emphasize this feeling.

"Symphony II: Absence of Life" starts in a more melodic way with "They Never Hope", with some clean guitar. And again you will have the dark feeling with some melodies and some guttural vocals (think them as a complement for the music, in fact they are not looking for brutality here). A masterpiece.

Favorite tracks: The two CD set is a masterpiece of dark and atmospheric music with excellent compositional skills and great musical knowledge.

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