Fading Waves - The Sense Of Space
Fading Waves is a one man band from Russia and his debut has made its way onto Slow Burn Records, another one of the extended arms of the Doom label Solitude Productions. Called a 'Post Metal' band, Fading Waves' music was written solely by Alexey Maximuk, but he has plenty of guests to help him create the epic atmospheres he needs. Fading Waves takes the best parts of what would be considered Post Metal and puts it together in a very progressive fashion while creating a heavy atmosphere that could be considered Sludge Metal, but the music isn't quite repetitive or distortion laden to really get there. The album opens with "Air" which is mostly just an atmosphere track with recorded messages and a synth in the background. "Flashes" is where the music really begins with the slow, percussive beat and soft guitar and the guest vocals of Anastasia Aristova. During the slower parts that aren't chug heavy her voice sounds crystal clear and beautiful, but during the louder sections such as near the end her voice becomes very hard to hear. Other tracks like "Destroying The Time" are much more complex and high energy, being faster and this is where the other guest vocals from Alexey Morgunov come in- he has more of a deeper bellow that would be found on a Death Doom band. Anastasia is in there too but it is clear that when put side by side, Alexey's voice blows hers away.
After a while it may seem like Fading Waves can get a bit repetitive with the same type of single string picking over and over on a track like "Perforate The Sky," but compared to some bands that just use power chords or chords in general over and over at a slow pace, it sounds a lot more Post Metal based and better than what would be considered 'average.' On the final "Through The Veins" there is a much better balance between the growling during the heavy parts and the clean female singing during the softer, which creates that excellent balance the fans love so much between dual vocals and opposing sides of music. Overall, despite being only five tracks, 'The Sense Of Space' is quite a heavy and epic album that will certainly not leave fans short handed and give them a sort of trip that won't make them too bored or too surprised that they won't be sure what to make of things. This is just dreamy, decent Post Metal.
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After a while it may seem like Fading Waves can get a bit repetitive with the same type of single string picking over and over on a track like "Perforate The Sky," but compared to some bands that just use power chords or chords in general over and over at a slow pace, it sounds a lot more Post Metal based and better than what would be considered 'average.' On the final "Through The Veins" there is a much better balance between the growling during the heavy parts and the clean female singing during the softer, which creates that excellent balance the fans love so much between dual vocals and opposing sides of music. Overall, despite being only five tracks, 'The Sense Of Space' is quite a heavy and epic album that will certainly not leave fans short handed and give them a sort of trip that won't make them too bored or too surprised that they won't be sure what to make of things. This is just dreamy, decent Post Metal.
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- Air
- Flashes
- Destroying The Time
- Perforate The Sky
- Through The Veins
Label: http://slowburn.ru
Reviewer: Colin McNamara
Apr 25, 2012
Apr 25, 2012
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