black metal
Over The Past is an album by Norwegian symphonic black metal group Legacy of Emptiness, released on June 12 by Black Lion Records, from Sweden. Almost fifty minutes long, the album has nine tracks: Reminisce, Despair, Angelmaker, Into The Eternal Pits Of Nothingness, Drawn By Nightmares, There -was A Man, Four hundred Years, Transition and Evening Star. A powerful and furious record, whose harmonies reverberates throughout the hostile nature of expansively brutal and darkly infinite melodies, Over The Past carries on the allegorical tenure of its agitated, but perfectly shaped sonorous artistry the strength of a virtuous and sincere ferocity, that solidifies in a brightly peculiar panorama the greatest qualities ever conceived or arranged in the history of the subgenre. With a genuine perspicacity that predicts the whimpering melancholy of a perpetual afternoon of darkness, Over The Past rises like a definitive and fundamental elegy of graceful beauty, that materializes with a splendid vigor the exponential and monumental melodies unraveled by its wonderful and impeccable nature.
With beautiful and preciously versatile harmonies, that expands the reach of its vastly sonorous powerful melodies over the edge of its own musical axis, Over The Past presents to its audience simply one track better than another, in an overwhelming succession of marvelous tunes, that will make you feel profoundly captivated at the first moment you start listening to it. With a deep and wider musical eclecticism, that contemplates the vivacious transcendence of calmer harmonies mercilessly exasperated with the symbolic melancholy of an eternal sorrow in one track, to the brutal anger of a corrosive darkness that firmly involves the aggressive rapidness of perfectly tuned instruments converging to an intensely fatalist rapture in another, the flexible sonorous abilities of Legacy Of Emptiness gives to the essence of their spirit an immensely huge splendor that places them in an entirely different category of excellence.
Wisely utilizing avant-garde and progressive elements that amazingly combine with the atmosphere of the music, Legacy Of Emptiness presents to their audience on Over The Past a delightful sequence of symphonies, arranged in the best shape ever conceived in a symphonic background. With strong melodies, that nonetheless, are flexible enough to transmit a poetic integrity that easily dilutes itself while correlated with the most sinister and aggressive aspects of the music, Legacy of Emptiness has obviously overcome the excellence of their standards, and the final result came out to be this magnificent album.
Impossible not to be successful nor to pass by unnoticed by symphonic black metal enthusiasts in the underground community, Legacy Of Emptiness, in creative and technical aspects as well, has definitely reached the apex of their competence with Over The Past. This is a fabulous album, that certainly deserves a tremendously great repercussion, from the four worldwide corners of the underground.
Wagner
With beautiful and preciously versatile harmonies, that expands the reach of its vastly sonorous powerful melodies over the edge of its own musical axis, Over The Past presents to its audience simply one track better than another, in an overwhelming succession of marvelous tunes, that will make you feel profoundly captivated at the first moment you start listening to it. With a deep and wider musical eclecticism, that contemplates the vivacious transcendence of calmer harmonies mercilessly exasperated with the symbolic melancholy of an eternal sorrow in one track, to the brutal anger of a corrosive darkness that firmly involves the aggressive rapidness of perfectly tuned instruments converging to an intensely fatalist rapture in another, the flexible sonorous abilities of Legacy Of Emptiness gives to the essence of their spirit an immensely huge splendor that places them in an entirely different category of excellence.
Wisely utilizing avant-garde and progressive elements that amazingly combine with the atmosphere of the music, Legacy Of Emptiness presents to their audience on Over The Past a delightful sequence of symphonies, arranged in the best shape ever conceived in a symphonic background. With strong melodies, that nonetheless, are flexible enough to transmit a poetic integrity that easily dilutes itself while correlated with the most sinister and aggressive aspects of the music, Legacy of Emptiness has obviously overcome the excellence of their standards, and the final result came out to be this magnificent album.
Impossible not to be successful nor to pass by unnoticed by symphonic black metal enthusiasts in the underground community, Legacy Of Emptiness, in creative and technical aspects as well, has definitely reached the apex of their competence with Over The Past. This is a fabulous album, that certainly deserves a tremendously great repercussion, from the four worldwide corners of the underground.
Wagner
