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ßÛ° °Û² ° ÛÛ ÛÛ Artist: Whelm ÛÛ ÛÛ ² Û°° þÛ Album: A Gaze Blank and Pitiless as The Sun Ûþ °°Û þ Û²ß Û Year: 2015 Û ß²Û ° Û ² Rel. Date: 2016-02-28 ² Û ± ± Genre: Metal ± ± ÛÜ ° Label: Aesthetic Death Records ° ÜÛ ° ÛÜ ° Source: CD ° ÜÛ ° Û² Type: Album ²Û ° ² Û Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo Û ° ² ² Û Û ° ² Ü þ þ ² þ °Û Û° ß Û If you’ve had to drag any boulders uphill lately, Û Û here is Whelm with your soundtrack. At first, I Û Û wasn’t sure how much I would like 'A Gaze Blank Û Û and Pitiless as the Sun'. But while the opening Û Û two songs are solid if unremarkable soundscape Û Û sludge, Whelm has more cards in hand than is Û Û immediately evident. Starting with “From the Û Û Trenches of Perception”, continual layers of added Û Û spice elevate the album into a memorable delight Û Û of wretchedness. 'Gaze' proves to be an Û Û impressively wide-ranging, windswept feast for the Û Û ears. Û Û As indicated by the title and album art, this is Û Û metal I would listen to in the miserable, Û Û oppressive heat of summer. Walls of harsh, Û Û overdriven guitars rise on all sides like a Û Û blinding desert wind, then withdraw, leaving me Û Û feeling that the storm hasn’t calmed, just off in Û Û the distance for a moment. All members of Whelm Û Û contribute their distinct voices, and the Û Û juxtaposition of several vocal lines in tandem Û Û sometimes suggests dialogue rather than monologue. Û Û The sound palette is fairly extensive, letting Û Û Whelm give the listener more harmony and Û Û dissonance with each cycle of motif, these often Û Û being delivered via a simple color-tone shift. Û Û Like the action-on-every-page of Joseph Heller's Û Û novel Catch-22, Whelm never lessened their grip on Û Û my attention. Û Û I especially welcomed the far-east influence that Û Û unexpectedly appears late in the album. These Û Û pieces combine with the panoramic doom environment Û Û to create an almost cinematic effect. It also Û Û helps give the album a sense of travel, beginning Û Û in one place and ending somewhere else. Û Û Fans of Unearthly Trance, Woods of Ypres, and My Û Û Dying Bride's early 2000s albums would do well to Û Û put 'A Gaze Blank and Pitiless as the Sun' on the Û Û headphones. Walk through narrow, deserted city Û Û streets out onto overgrown fields and hills, and Û Û let this album open up and swallow you into its Û Û maw. Û ² ² ± ± ° 1. Tann Døkka Jørð 2:23 ° ° 2. The Brazen Bull 4:40 ° ° 3. From the Trenches of Perception 7:30 ° ° 4. Perpetual Blindness 5:14 ° ° 5. Delphine la Laurie 12:05 ° ° 6. The Wrecked Orchestra 2:24 ° ° 7. Ghosts in the Undergrowth 8:44 ° ° 8. Event Horizon 11:54 ° ° 54:54 ° ° ±
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