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   °  ÛÛ    ÛÛ     Artist: Primeval Realm                         ÛÛ    ÛÛ
   ²   Û°° þÛ       Album: Primordial Light                        Ûþ °°Û
   þ    Û²ß Û        Year: 2014                                    Û ß²Û   °
         Û  ²   Rel. Date: 2015-10-14                              ²  Û
        ±   ±       Genre: Metal                                   ±   ±
         ÛÜ °       Label: Pure Steel Records                      ° ÜÛ
      °   ÛÜ  °    Source: CD                                    °  ÜÛ
      °      Û²      Type: Album                                 ²Û        °
      ²       Û   Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo            Û   °     ²
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            Û  Sadly, I am reading all too often these days about  Û
            Û  bands that have such amazing potential, but threw   Û
            Û  in the towel WAAAAAY too early. This is a fate      Û
            Û  that has befallen many bands, especially great      Û
            Û  ones from the 80's, and even newer generation       Û
            Û  bands like Wisconsin's Aphotic, and now these       Û
            Û  guys. Released in March of 2014 after putting out   Û
            Û  three demos in one year, this band threw in the     Û
            Û  towel a month or two after this album hit the       Û
            Û  shelves.                                            Û
            Û  And what an album it is! It's doom metal to be      Û
            Û  sure, complete with a rather unique voice that      Û
            Û  isn't too high or low (but can reach some dark and  Û
            Û  doomy depths at one place on 'Night Of The Wolf     Û
            Û  Moon'). Soaring vocal work is to be found           Û
            Û  throughout, and you'll be singing the choruses to   Û
            Û  quite a few of these cuts in no time. And they      Û
            Û  aren't afraid to break the doom metal mold either;  Û
            Û  these tracks don't always crawl along and doom      Û
            Û  dance on your face! Still, what cuts the points     Û
            Û  mightily is that out of 7 songs, with a very short  Û
            Û  running time of 39 minutes (quite unheard of in     Û
            Û  the doom metal realm), there's THREE                Û
            Û  INSTRUMENTALS!!! Your standard intro, still nice,   Û
            Û  and midway through a 7 minute piece called 'Galaxy  Û
            Û  Lifter' which contains interesting shredding (a     Û
            Û  doom metal "guitar hero" track?) and psychedelic    Û
            Û  Hammond organ sounds. Your final instrumental       Û
            Û  contains some spoken word passages, which may not   Û
            Û  count as "instrumental" to some, though daring to   Û
            Û  combine pianos with acoustic guitars and then       Û
            Û  adding flutes to the mix is a rather bold move      Û
            Û  that works well.                                    Û
            Û  Axe work is superb. Whether they're channeling the  Û
            Û  spirit of Bruce Franklin with some nasty and heavy  Û
            Û  guitar bite that Trouble themselves have "trouble"  Û
            Û  managing these days (excuse the pun), or showing    Û
            Û  off their love of Scott Wino era Spirit Caravan     Û
            Û  (what the cut 'Black Flames And Shadows' reminds    Û
            Û  me of), it's obvious that this band brings a LOT    Û
            Û  of diversity to the table, MUCH more than many      Û
            Û  bands in this genre can muster... And it's only     Û
            Û  their first (and sadly, only) full length! Sad to   Û
            Û  see another bright, promising hopeful up and leave  Û
            Û  the scene, because I dare say with such innovation  Û
            Û  and diversity, this band could be headed onto       Û
            Û  brighter and much larger things...                  Û
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            °  1.  A Primeval Realm                          1:33  °
            °  2.  Black Flames & Shadows                    8:27  °
            °  3.  Electric Knowledge                        5:38  °
            °  4.  Galaxy Lifter                             7:10  °
            °  5.  Heavy is This Mind                        5:48  °
            °  6.  Night of the Wolfmoon                     7:18  °
            °  7.  Primordial Light... Departure             4:00  °
            °                                               39:54  °
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