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Eleven tracks and almost forty-nine minutes
of melodic death/doom metal with a little medieval folk radiate off
of Mistweaver’s
instruments on their 4th studio release, 3rd full-length, “Age
of Darkness.” You can hear characteristics from their original
sound, which includes doom and black metal. They can also create quite
an atmosphere. The music is a little raw but has a sound akin to Moonspell,
Cradle of Filth, and Amon Amarth. Some of the guitars can get you
right into songs especially the powerful, epic, death riffs. The one
thing I don’t understand about their music is why they switch
between melodic death and mideval doomy atmosphere so abruptly. It
doesn’t happen often but when it does, its cuts the flow. So
maybe they can work on the bridging a little, it could make their
music excellent. Maybe they like high contrast in parts, but it’s
like they jump from element to element just to do the change. The
layers of elements are what makes this disc respectable. In other
words, the musicians complement each other well. And the keys tie
everything together in the good parts, but are off in the mediocre
parts. One other thing is the drums may be more aggressive than they
need to me at times. “Age of Darkness” was mastered at
famous Finnvox Studios in Helsinki Finland, but surprisingly could
use a little production help. I’d say the positives definitely
out way the negatives…Burgos, Spain should be proud to have
Mistweaver. Rating: 74 |
