Obolus lament rar

The strongest aspect of Lament is easily it's massive, yet extremely raw, production. I have heard Obolus referred to by some as part of the "Blackgaze" movement considering they are from California, that makes some sense.

I don't hear these elements in the actual compositions, but Lament's production could certainly give off this illusion. Making use of a "wall-of-sound" style production popular with many modern shoegaze acts, Lament sounds just massive, with the oddly comforting fuzz of the guitars and bass creates a bed of dissonance for the listener to snuggle up into.

The vocals hide just beneath the static, shrieking out as though they were voices in your head, pleading with you to end their suffering. Lament just has a tremendous sound, which allows it to overcome its fairly standard songwriting. Standard, but not poor at all. Lament can be absolutely thrilling at times, like the explosive and haunting "Hatred," which blisters with raw riffs, chilling keyboards and damaged, fearful screams. Repetition is used to excellent effect throughout Lament to create atmospheric tapestries and deep wells of darkness.

Not having any expectations for this album might have helped, but Lament has been one of my favorite albums of so far. It isn't original, but the mature and complex musical compositions combined with some of the best production I have heard in black metal all year allows Lament to overcome it's standard origins and be something greater than the sum of it's parts. Flesner Records has been giving this spectacular little EP away for free via Bandcamp while also releasing the album in physical form , so toss away the misgivings and give this a serious spin.

Rating: 8. Obolus are a band from San Francisco, California that plays a very dark and depressive form of black metal and this is a review of their EP "Lament" which was released by Flenser Records. Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast depressive black metal riffs that also have a post black metal feeling to them as well as the modern sound that seems to appeal to the hipster crowd mixed in with a brief use of clean and soft playing while still retaining a dark, raw and primitive sound and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording, as for the classical guitars which are only used on the last song they use finger picking to enhance the darkness of music.

Vocals are all high pitched depressive black metal s creams, while the lyrics cover dark and depressive themes, as for t he production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it. In my opinion Obolus are a very good modern day sounding depressive black metal band and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band.

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