Friday, May 20, 2016

Fallen - A Tragedy's Bitter End (2004)


Related:
Funeral - Tragedies (1995)

God-tier Norwegian funeral doom. Deep, sorrowful clean vocals and lushly layered keyboards perfectly compliment the crushing, plodding heaviness of the guitars and drums, making for a majestic, almost ethereal sound. Fallen is the brainchild of Anders Eek (founding member of Funeral) and thus far, A Tragedy's Bitter End remains the band's only album.

Track listing:
1. Gravdans
2. Weary and Wretched
3. To the Fallen
4. Morphia
5. Now That I Die
6. The Funeral

Your hand is not for me to touch
Still my yearning desire could pull ships aground


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Isole -
Forevermore (2005)
Procession -
Destroyers of the Faith (2010)

8 comments:

  1. Have you heard the reissue/compilation Solitude Productions did last year? It features this album and some unreleased demos Christian Loos had been working on before he killed himself. Really haunting stuff - I've always been really moved by the basso profondo voice.

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  2. Hey, do you think you could reupload this, please? Love your blog.

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  3. hi.....hey this stuff and funeral are new to me...really like it. Is there other stuff of this ilk you could recommend?...thanks

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    1. If the clean vocals are what you're digging, have you heard:

      Warning
      https://warningdoom.bandcamp.com/album/watching-from-a-distance

      Omit
      https://opiumhum.blogspot.com/2016/10/omit-repose-2011.html

      Forest of Shadows (I've posted later stuff of theirs but the earlier stuff seems more relevant here)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMnwedkX8fM

      Lethian Dreams
      http://opiumhum.blogspot.com/2013/09/lethian-dreams-season-of-raven-words.html

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  4. oh great thanks!.....it's the clean vocals...with....the....plodding....riffs

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  5. and then grumbly vox mixed in.....sweeet

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  6. Lethian dreams is great thanks! It's what I wanted cocteau twins to be but they refused.

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  7. We love you so much. Thanks.

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