REVIEW: THALARION - TIMES OF DESPONDENCY

 

THALARION - TIMES OF DESPONDENCY (Mighty Music, 2002)

Produced By: Roman Slavik and Thalarion

Tracks: 1- 911...As the War Raged, 2- My Bitter Overstrain, 3- Tunes of Despondency, 4- A Tatrastream Romance, 5- Tatyana, 6- My Weakness, 7- Confined, 8- The Endless Cacophony, 9- Fly Away

Cover Art by Jacek Wisniewski

Recorded at Exponent Studio

This wonderful band comes directly from Slovakia and they have composed nine tracks of incredible beauty while at the same time they deliver savage riffs and black metal vocals. One of the main elements here are the keyboards that create the artmospheres that are essential to Thalarion´s music and orchestrates each of the compositions while contrasting with the fast guitars and the heavy drumming. It is really interesting the contrast between the melodies and the devastating guitars, between Juraj brutal vocals and Nela´s clean female vocals (she is great through all the recording). There are many changes on the songs and the band uses a lot of clean guitars combined with keyboards to deliver new atmospheres. One thing to remark is the excellent sopund that this release has, really making all the music shine with its perfection. A must

Favorite tracks: All the CD

Contact: www.mightymusic.dk