Forlorn Chambers
Unborn and Hollow
3 Track E.P
Released 2012
Forlorn Chambers – Tampere, Finland
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/ForlornChambers
Written for www.Brutalism.com
Written for www.Brutalism.com
Genre: Death
Metal
Forlorn Chambers seem to have sprung up from
nowhere as their Facebook page suggests. There is no clue to who or how many
people are in the band, but I love a good mystery and hoping despite that, that
what is contained here within these tracks are good, wholesome and full of
death!
The band’s
cover is also full of intrigue and mystery and is a mass of bland greyness that
looks eerily through smoke into a church or cathedral and well in keeping with
the band’s music.
And off to an
amazing start for a debut E.P. this is just inspiring. It suggests black but
when the vocals begin it sounds very death with nice guttural swipes, melodic
and heavy guitar with a superb throbbing drum beat. Profoundly deep and
rhythmic and a constant source of interest can be had by the listener here with
heaps of originality – just listen out for the deep resonating sound that
penetrates the gut as you raise the volume it really hits hard. The eeriness of
this track is outstanding.
Totally
different to the previous track it holds a deep penetrating sound that is dark,
rhythmic and powerful. With a swathe of blast beats and cookie monster vocals –
always a favourite of mine it pummels with sheer intensity and flows like
liquid gold. Varying in tempo’s there is a lot to listen to within these tracks
and will keep you immersed in a dark beauty from this virtually unknown band.
Again a very
deep but varied track that eats into your brain and produces some superb blast
beats and stark, crisp guitar. On
hearing the vocal secretions it has sent an icy cold chill down my spine and it
keeps coming. Incredibly haunting and melodic with heaps of impact and no doubt
this will be getting played a few more times yet to fully appreciate and savour
the tracks again in all their dark glory.
To Sum up:
A very intense
listen of three sophisticated tracks that have a wind chill factor of well
below zero on the scale. You can experience the bands tracks in their entirety
on their Sound-cloud page but better still I would go out and buy these tracks
for their originality and dynamic rhythms that stand out from the crowd.
A really superb
listen – If I lived in Finland I would certainly be checking the scene out to
see if they were playing live anywhere and go and support them - that is for
sure and if I don’t find out who the members are then what the heck, their
music is superb anyways and maybe having that air of mystery about them is just
what makes their music even more compelling in the long run, but I am still
intrigued. A superb effort for a debut that’s for sure.
Check them out,
click on their page, like the page and listen to their music – you will NOT
regret it! Let’s get the fan-base up from a miserable 54 to 5,400 because this
band deserves some – no in fact a lot of credit!!!
5/5
Track List:
Unborn and Hollow
And we hail the ones who fall
Desolate Resolution
Members:
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Members:
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