Cries from the Quiet World: diciembre 2024

domingo, 1 de diciembre de 2024

Woe Unto Me "A Step Into The Waters Of Forgetfulness (Russia, Solitude Productions, SP. 082-14)"

Woe Unto Me is a Funeral Doom Metal band from Belarus, formed in 2007.

A Step Into The Waters Of Forgetfulness is their first album, released January 27th, 2014.

Tracklist:

Slough of Despond 13:08
The Gospel Reading 10:51
Stillborn Hope 09:38
4 06:56
Angels to Die 14:12

Time: 54:45

Recording information:

Recorded at WUM Studio (Belarus) during 2011.

Mixed and mastered at Massive Mixing, Kharkiv (Ukraine) during 2012.

Produced by – Woe Unto Me

Engineer – Artyom Serdyuk, Dzmitry Shchyhlinski

Mixed & Mastered by – NRQ

Design & Layout – Lenore Ani

Within Temptation "Enter (2000 Repress, Japan, Avalon, MICP-10029)"

Enter is the debut studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released by DSFA Records in 1997. After the band became more widely known in foreign markets, it was re-released by the independent label Season of Mist in North America in 2007, and by Nuclear Blast in 2014. It was produced by Lex Vogelaar, founder of the Dutch death metal band Orphanage, and had to recorded, completed and mixed within three weeks.

The album prominently features lead singer Sharon den Adel's vocals as well as guitarist Robert Westerholt's gruff death metal growls. It is considered a gothic metal release with elements from doom metal, and the lyrics focus mostly on dark and supernatural themes. The track "Restless" was released as the first and only single. Although the album failed to achieve commercial success at the time of its release, it entered the Dutch Charts in 2002 after the commercial success of the band's following album.

One week after they signed with DSFA Records, Within Temptation started recording Enter. The tracks on the album were new versions of the tracks that had appeared on Within Temptation's demos. It was recorded in Studio Moskou, Utrecht, and it was completed and mixed within three weeks.

Robert Westerholt remembers that "it was incomparable to the first recordings we did earlier, this one was much more professional. After all a nice experience, but a very quick one. 'Enter' was recorded in two weeks and mixed in three days, so it was very difficult for we couldn't take time to develop songs. But it was a nice experience - it was our first album!" Vocalist Sharon den Adel recalls that "I only had one and a half days to record my parts and it was quite hectic, just a short warm-up and then 'Go'!" Lex Vogelaar, founder of the Dutch death metal band Orphanage, supplied the guitar parts for the track "Pearls of Light". Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek performed some of the growls on "Deep Within".

The album's style "sits between gothic metal and doom" and is very instrumental compared to the band's later works. Many of the songs have longer instrumental sections and fewer lyrics. On several songs Westerholt provides growling (in contrast to later albums on which it is rarely used). The lyrics focus on darkness, ghosts, and wars instead of the more common fantasy, love, and nature-centred lyrics found on later albums.

Although it didn't enter the Dutch albums chart in its release year, Enter eventually rose to No. 32 in 2002, after the great success of the song "Ice Queen". The album, along with The Dance were re-released in the US on 18 September 2007 by the label Season of Mist. After the great reception of later albums and the Hydra World Tour, Nuclear Blast decided to release a together re-issue of both Enter and The Dance on 10 November 2014, in order to give the new listeners access to the band's early material. By the end of 2018, the band released the album for the first time on vinyl format. It then entered the Dutch Vinyl Charts on number 6.

Songs from Enter were played live during Within Temptation's shows between 1997 and 1998. After that, only "Restless", "Enter" and "Deep Within" were played regularly during the Mother Earth Tour.

As of 2004, songs from the album Enter are not performed regularly anymore by Within Temptation. The title track and "Candles" were performed at the major concert at the Java Island in Amsterdam during The Silent Force Tour. "Enter" was last played at London in 2005, but "Candles" was played a few times in 2006 and at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on 9 May 2012, during the 15-year anniversary concert "Elements"; the concert was released in November 2014 as part of the Blu-Ray/CD set called Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert.

The only single from the album, "Restless", was performed again a few times during The Heart of Everything World Tour in 2007, being performed at shows in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK throughout October and November, and also the 2007 Fanclub Day in July. It was played once in Brazil in 2008 and then on the band's Sanctuary Theater Tour in 2012. At the eleventh version of the Metal Female Voices Fest, in October 2013, former Within Temptation member Martijn Westerholt, nowadays with Delain, played the song live with Sharon den Adel as a guest vocalist.

Track listing

Restless 06:08
Enter 07:14
Pearls of Light 05:15
Deep Within 04:30
Gatekeeper 06:43
Grace 05:10
Blooded 03:37
Candles 07:08
Restless (classical version) 05:38

Time: 51:23

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio Moskou, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Mixed at RS29 Studio, Waalwijk, Netherlands.

Lex Vogelaar - producer, mixing

Sylvia Vermulen - engineer

Oscar Holleman - mixing

Anthony van den Berg - executive producer

Co-produced by Within Temptation.

Witching Hour "Past Midnight... [Germany, Evil Spell Records, ESR 015-1]"

Witching Hour is a German Black/Thrash Metal band formed in 2006.

Past Midnight is their second full length, released March 11th, 2011.

Tracklist:

Past Midnight... 01:40
Under Evil Spells 05:39
Total Possession 03:36
Barbed Wire Lust 04:29
Dark Unholy Night 04:41
Black Countess 06:07
Hail the Cult 03:26
Black Horned Doom 04:46

Time: 34:24

Recording information:

Recorded from 27th - 31st July 2010 at Toxomusic Studio Koblenz

The track times are not listed on the release.

Witchfinder General "Death Penalty [1990 Reissue, Japan, Metal Mania, TECP-25449]"

Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge. They were part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene and have been cited as a major influence on the doom metal genre. They were named after the 1968 British horror film Witchfinder General.

Witchfinder General formed in 1979 by Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope in Stourbridge, England, as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement during the early 1980s. They were strongly influenced by Black Sabbath, and have been described as one of the pioneers of the doom metal style. The band's importance was acknowledged mostly after they disbanded. Witchfinder General disbanded sometime in 1984 amidst reported controversy of their sexually explicit album covers in the UK.

Death Penalty is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Witchfinder General. It was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. The album received some criticism for the cover photograph, which featured topless model Joanne Latham. The photograph had been taken in the yard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Enville, Staffordshire, without the permission of the local Reverend. The album was originally released on LP and picture disc and was later reissued on CD. Pictured on the cover is Phil Cope, Zeeb Parkes, Graham Ditchfield and a member of their road crew. While Peter Hinton is credited with producing this recording, the writers Phil Cope and Zeeb Parkes always felt the credit should have gone to the engineer Robin George.

Track listing

All tracks by Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope.