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Night Is the New Day
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Night Is the New Day
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The latest album from Swedish doom rockers
, their first studio effort since 2006, is as moody and beautiful as their other latter-day work. The group's career can be marked in two stages based on the condition of singer
's vocal cords -- basically, after the band's first two albums, he developed health problems that prevented him from performing harsh death growls, and ever since the band has moved in an increasingly melodic direction, even covering songs by
and
. It's unsurprising to learn that
's
helped out by performing the harsh vocals on
album and
EP in 1996 and 1997, since
songs
could be outtakes from that band's
or
. Other tracks like
the hilariously titled
(a song this slow and lush would only inspire soldiers to lie down for a nap), and
are slightly more unique with their use of programmed rhythms and trip-hop keyboards beneath and behind the crunching guitars. Overall, this is a very beautiful and reflective album, though at this point
are only notionally a metal band, much more focused on moody (as in
) beauty than vulgar displays of power. ~ Phil Freeman