The Post-Rock/Shoegaze/Black Metal scene is surprisingly attracting a lot of attention. Ever since Alcest erupted the Black Metal scene with soft post-rock with hints of Black Metal with their debut full-length, Amesoeurs had created a large fan base, Lantlos and Liam spread their music throughout Europe and now you have these bands all over the world.
This compilation is alright. There aren't very many noteworthy songs considering how monotonous the whole album is. Dernier Martyr, Soliness, and Dopamine expand their wings and overshadow the other bands. Dernier Martyr create a lo-fi grass house. The drums are very low and the guitars are paper thin yet very high, bass is unheard throughout most of their songs, and the vocals just shatter your ear drums. The picking reeks of post-rock, while the drumming and vocals balance it out with blasts and rasps. The mid-tempo patterns grasp your attention including variations. Soliness on the other hand, make their appearance in this compilation very clear. Distortion is used lightly and clean tones are powerful. Skygaze itself resembles a sample, many portions of different songs binded together by fading of one pattern and the burst of the next. Dopamine is the last very memorable band. Providing the longest track on the compilation and definitely the most epic. Tempos break boundaries by blending them together flawlessly. Folk elements are prominent, while hints of post-rock are faint. Leads are used extensively giving a bluesy feel to the whole song.
Shyy provides one amazing song while Heretoir is very low tempo but not as capitvating as their EP or their newer material. Ethereal Beauty's production is uneven and shifting, something with lots of potential loses a lot of it with the songs exhibited on this compilation. And I still wonder, where the fuck is the Shoegaze in all this?
This compilation is alright. There aren't very many noteworthy songs considering how monotonous the whole album is. Dernier Martyr, Soliness, and Dopamine expand their wings and overshadow the other bands. Dernier Martyr create a lo-fi grass house. The drums are very low and the guitars are paper thin yet very high, bass is unheard throughout most of their songs, and the vocals just shatter your ear drums. The picking reeks of post-rock, while the drumming and vocals balance it out with blasts and rasps. The mid-tempo patterns grasp your attention including variations. Soliness on the other hand, make their appearance in this compilation very clear. Distortion is used lightly and clean tones are powerful. Skygaze itself resembles a sample, many portions of different songs binded together by fading of one pattern and the burst of the next. Dopamine is the last very memorable band. Providing the longest track on the compilation and definitely the most epic. Tempos break boundaries by blending them together flawlessly. Folk elements are prominent, while hints of post-rock are faint. Leads are used extensively giving a bluesy feel to the whole song.
Shyy provides one amazing song while Heretoir is very low tempo but not as capitvating as their EP or their newer material. Ethereal Beauty's production is uneven and shifting, something with lots of potential loses a lot of it with the songs exhibited on this compilation. And I still wonder, where the fuck is the Shoegaze in all this?
7/10
Dernier Martyr and Dopamine alone are worth the compilation.
Dernier Martyr and Dopamine alone are worth the compilation.
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