StefanoHab

I’m very curious to listen to it... Not a bad review, you describe it perfectly...

No, the clean vocals are there (like in the break of the first song), but they are rare and sporadic compared to the screams. Maybe in other albums they were used a bit more. I want to make a note about this, in response to STONEY: I too, at first, couldn't stand this voice... it seemed flat, monotonous, dull... but then I completely reassessed it. Fugakawa's voice is completely immersed in the music; it is an integral part of the songs, as if it lends a dramatic sense to the notes. The guitars underneath sketch out desperate melodies and he is the scream of that desperation. I noticed this especially when I analyzed the lyrics in Japanese... perfect voice. I know it doesn't seem like it at first, but it needs to be listened to carefully. I used to hate it, now I adore it. This is written in the review. And I never said that the album is easy to assimilate...

Oh my God, if I hadn't read this, I would have never imagined that Dozer were Swedish O_O damn, it’s really true, the Swedes can play anything. If one day there ever exists a folk stoner sludge death black post rock hardcore emo metal band, it will surely be Swedish...

I can only tell you that the Mogwai themselves have declared to be big fans of Envy, and among other things, they have collaborated (for example, Envy releases in the European market through Rock Action Records, the label owned by Mogwai). However, they are different genres, and if you like Isis and Mogwai, it doesn't necessarily mean you will also like Envy (less atmospheric and much faster and more passionate, although there are common points). Nonetheless, I recommend giving them at least one listen...

Difficult, yes, but it's always better to try than to stand still contemplating without being able to share with someone else what you feel, and maybe introducing the album to other people. Do they seem like labels to you? They might seem whatever you want them to be, but they are also reflections. I never write anything without a precise meaning, no matter how much someone might have doubts. Feel free to give me a 1 if this doesn't please you! :-) P.S. If you didn't like Envy, it will be hard for you to understand the review...

Nice album, yes, but honestly (at least for me) it doesn't reach the levels of We Live, Dopethrone, Come My Fanatics, and the like... maybe I just need to listen to it more closely...

I fully share the critiques; it’s true, I have been repetitive and I could have avoided it. I’ve said this before: when I’m particularly engrossed in an album, I unfortunately risk becoming too wordy, and I apologize for that, but it’s a flaw that I don’t always manage to control. As for the complex concepts used too lightly, I feel the opposite: it seems to me that many music reviews always stop at a superficial description, comparing sounds, describing genres, without delving too much into what an album can evoke in the listener. I believe that sometimes “heavy” concepts, which may belong to philosophy or other themes and seem totally out of place in a review context, can instead be used to describe the music contained in an album. This is because it’s not always easy to express what one feels while listening to music, and at least in my case, I can’t articulate what I truly want to say without employing certain concepts. It may be a strange way to approach a review, that’s true. I’m probably the only reviewer in the world who thinks this way, but it’s better to be different and to write what one really believes in rather than conforming to “simple” descriptions that fail to penetrate the depth of the album... Then, it’s obvious that this method may be liked or disliked, shared or not, just like the content of every review; these are subjective viewpoints, just as not everyone can agree and not everyone considers the album worthy of such an analysis (and it may not even be liked, of course) :-). Thank you nonetheless for your patience in reading it... I myself don’t know if I would have made it through :-D

Rereading it in hindsight, I realized that I had exaggerated and written it too long, but there's nothing I can do about it; when I get caught up in an album, I start writing and I can't stop... it's as if I'm trying to describe in the finest details the emotions I feel while listening to it...

Indeed, they are Germans... maybe I got confused because I remembered they were under Pest Productions, which is a label packed with Chinese black metal bands similar to them... I must have had a mental wank :-P

But aren't Coldworld Chinese? o_O