FORGOTTEN TOMB — ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil (review)

FORGOTTEN TOMB — ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil album cover Album · 2012 · Melodic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Deprived...

Genre: gothic/black metal/rock

Apparently Forgotten Tomb was once a revered depressive black metal band delivering some of the most bleak and mournful black metal known to mankind. But then, at some point, they made a drastic change in musical direction and started incorporating elements from gothic metal and alternative rock into their style much to the chargrin of their fanbase.

Not having heard their previous material, I have nothing to say about that, but I actually quite like "... And Don't Deliver Us from Evil". It has the harshness of black metal in the form of the vocals and some of the more tense and dissonant chords and harmonies, and the overall atmosphere does strike me as being rather melancholic.

However, this is combined with a deliberate influence from alternative rock - more specifically the noise rock that I associate with the likes of The Pixies. In addition, Forgotten Tomb incorporate the heavy beats of stoner doom and a slight sludgy feel - just check out the fine track 'Cold Summer'. There are several melodic passages, and this is where the depressive and melancholic feel really comes into the picture - more so than with the more traditional black metal passages.

For my money, this album is a fine effort, showing that black metal can be integrated with other types of rock and metal music with a positive artistic result.
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