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Band/Artist
Fragments Of Unbecoming
Title:
Skywards Chapter II A
Sylphe’s Ascension
Released
2004
Label
Metal
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Track List
1. Up From the Blackest of Soil (Ascension Theme)
2. The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
3. Shapes Of The Pursuers
4. Skywards A Sylphe’s Ascension
5. Mesmerized
6. Entangled Whispers In The Depth
7. Scattered To The Four Winds
8. On A Scar’sEdge To Infinity
9. Lour Pulse
10. Fear My Hatred
11. Insane Chaosphere
12. Life’s Last Embers (Farwell Theme) |
: : The Players : :
Andy B. Franck-Vocals | Cedric Cede Dupont-Guitars | Markus
Pohl-Guitars
Dennis Wohlbold-Bass | Sascha Sauer-Drums
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Skywards Chapter II A Sylphe’s Ascension : :
We begin and end with gorgeous acoustic intros and outros.
About mid way through, we are graciously allowed another brief drink at the acoustic
oasis before being dragged back to the brutal beating we receive during the rest of
the tracks. Number two begins the crushing with heavy, heavy, thick riffs that
continue throughout the entire record except for the aforementioned mellow tracks.
These peaceful interludes turn out to be the best part, I mean I’m a huge fan of the
riffs all over, blasting percussion, or should I say pounding the shit out of the
drums approach, but c’mon guys a little variety would be good. I guess they are
giving it to us in the acoustic format, thank god, but what about the rest of the
freaking album. Whoever’s idea it was to put those break points in saved this baby.
Simply put, we are served a hearty, super hyped up version of “Swedish” melodic
death. There were no lyrics included with my disc, and I could not decipher many
from the tracks, so you are left to figure out the meaning only from the highly
creative song titles. It seems they put a lot of thought into the theme and vibe of
the tracks but without the words it’s all lost in the mush. Only if they had
included their lyrics, that simple step would have made a huge difference, and
possibly given them a few more points in the end.
Highly skilled guitar playing, I couldn’t hear the bass at all, and the vocals while
strong are mostly drowned out by the avalanche of riffs. While Sascha beats the hell
out of the drums, the sound is often a bit hollow, except on the slower part of
track seven, now that’s some good percussive magic. A more consistent booming, solid
or deep sound would have also etched these guys up a notch higher in the ratings.
Not bad, could be much better. If you love riffs and being sliced into tiny pieces
by severe shredding melodics then you will love “Skywards”. I however am looking for
more in an album, especially if the artist wants me to listen to it again and again.
6 out of 10.
Reviewer: Lord M
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