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Year : 2016
Style : Melodic Death Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 148 mb
Bio:
Initiated by lead guitarists Erik Gaßmus and Phillipp Olivier, the German Progressive Death Metal band WORDS OF FAREWELL formed in early 2007.After four months of rehearsing, the 7 track EP 'Ashes of the Coming Dawn' was recorded at Boombox Studios in Lünen and published in a quantity of 500 units.In the autumn of 2008 the band recorded the 4 track CD 'From Now On...' for promotional purposes at Total Recall Studios in Herten. It was pressed in limited numbers to be sent out to record labels and venues, distributed at live concerts and additionally offered as free download.Furthermore, the second sampler of the 'European Underground Extreme Metal Front" featured their track "In Fiction'.In the summer of 2009, Jonas Wübbe entered as the new drummer of the band.Subsequently, the live sound was further improved in reducing the instrumentation from three to two guitars - former bassist and singer Alexander Otto gave way in bass playing to former rhythm guitarist Nils Urginus, and concentrated on only doing vocals from then on.From June to December 2010, the band entered Metallurgy Studios, Mönchengladbach, where the debut album 'Immersion' was produced.Taken from this production, the song 'Sorae' was uploaded to various internet platforms where fans and musicians sang from the treetops.In 2011 Phillipp Olivier left the band, Henrik Tschierschky, long-term friend and former guitarist for the bands Harasai and Symbiontic, followed as competent successor.Since early 2012 Words of Farewell cooperate with the German record label AFM Records from Hamburg. The first official act was the distribution of “Immersion” Europe-wide on March 30th and in the United States of America on May 8th, 2012.Countless reviews from both national and international critiques awarded the album very high marks, in some cases the highest possible.Shows on festivals as well as concerts with legends of the genre like Scar Symmetry and Dark Tranquillity followed.In early 2013, Jonas Wübbe left the band on friendly footing and Tristan Wegner entered as the new drummer.
Album:
Words of Farewell was recommended to me due to perceived similarities to Omnium Gatherum and other Finnish genre hallmarks. I definitely see some parallels here, as these Germans feel just as opulently melodic and their riffing style has a bit more of a modern vibe to it, with the proclivity for chunkier, almost groovy rhythms. This band certainly won't trigger a paradigm shift or anything in the genre, but there aren't many German band working with this more modern, synth-laced framework, so its nice to see the region get some solid representation with Words of Farewell. Now, this is the band's third record and their experience has presumably been put to good use, as A Quiet World has most of what I want in a modern melodic death act, and excels in the important aspects.Getting right to the nitty-gritty, "My Share of Loneliness" is soaked in tangible, palpable heaviness and evokes a convincing dichotomy when the elegant synths bite off their share of sonic real estate. The keys are indeed very similar to Omnium Gatherum, or even some Russian acts like Sympuls-e and Sunless Rise, like the trance lines that thread in-between the sinewy gait of the riffs on "Gaia Demise." The lead guitars are also more than capable of holding their own, resulting in a strong assault from a melodic aspect, even if the rhythm riffs feel a modicum rote at times, lacking in verisimilitude and failing to appreciably inveigle the listener. Some cuts like "Gallows Frame" crank out some nifty, obtuse rhythms in a manner redolent of later Scar Symmetry. Words of Farewell share that same Martian vibe, especially with the futuristic sounding synths and super-focused leads.Raw technicality isn't the band's strongest suit, but the guitarists are up to the challenge of maintaining equilibrium and enthralls me thoroughly with the raw emotion that bleeds through the lead melodies. Soloing also leans more on impressing through measured restraint as opposed to shredding. This results in even more memorable instances within A Quiet World, which is shaping up to be one of the best melodeath exports of the year. I certainly can't accuse the band of monotony either, as there is a wide breadth of tone and atmosphere throughout the record, like the multifaceted "Limit Cycle," which makes good use of its seven-plus minute runtime and runs through a bevy of interesting progressions, evoking further parallels to Scar Symmetry.The unexciting rhythm guitars aside, A Quiet World is a seriously impressive modern melodeath outing. Words of Farewell feels like a band that would excel with a competent clean vocalist trading off with the screams, and the absence of such here (save for a few instances) makes me wonder how much better these guys could actually be. In fact. that would almost be a melodic overload, so it is probably for the best in the end. The voluminous, rousing swells of the synths pins down the introspective, cerebral atmosphere of the record in a way wholly familiar yet no less awesome. Definitely a shoe-in contender for album of the year regarding the subgenre.
Line-Up:
Alexander "Alex" Otto - Vocals (lead) (2007-present)
Konstantin Voßhoff - Bass - See also: Aparathus
Robin "Rob" Dirks - Guitars (2014-present) - See also: Victims of Prejudice
Erik "EG" Gaßmus - Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) (2007-present)
Leo Wichmann - Keyboards (2007-present)
Tristan Wegner - Drums (2013-present) - See also: Barfuß, MowHa, Stahlfuß
Tracklist:
01. My Share of Loneliness 05:45
02. Gaia Demise 03:31
03. Gallows Frame 05:10
04. Limit Cycle 07:46
05. Zero Temperance 04:07
06. Momentary Life 04:46
07. Oversoul 05:15
08. The Farthest Reach 04:11
09. This Shadow My Likeness 10:45
+ Video "Gaia Demise" (Official Video)
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