Before the Mourning –Etherial End

“The Deception” tears the album open and brings forth a slew of sticky grooves pushed through and into staccato drumming interlaced with heavy vocals and rhythms. A progressive song that can effortlessly blend the different musical layers and sensations amongst Adam’s clean tenors and harsh screams, this is one hell of an opener for this album.

Before The Mourning – The Deception

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“Raised By Wolves” provides a creepily haunting entrance that pushes into a straightforward heavy grind. Adam Ryan makes his presence known with a constant wolf-like steady stream of barked lyrics while a sludgy and dark metal climactic interlude mid-way through take this song into realms we haven’t heard from yet.

Opening with an almost EDM dance glare, “Honestly” plucks forward with tinkling wonderment on the guitar that explodes into preternatural rock glory as it progresses into a dual between vocals and guitar.

“Another Sleepless Night” slices through the introductory electronic synthesized waves into dangerous and ascorbic vocals pushed forth with intensity into the mellow and haunting guitar solo. There is a reason why this song has a video and is one of the first songs off this album, as this song showcases all facets of talent that Before the Mourning can dish out. Evocative and moving vocals “Another Sleepless Night Alone”are pleads from Adam’s mouth

Ladies, we cannot let this man have another sleepless night alone…we just cant…listen to him!

Before The Mourning – Another Sleepless Night (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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Striking hard right off the bat, “Continuum” moves between harsh and clean like a viper cutting through the desert. This song is as progressive and musically interesting as you can find, jumping through various incarnations, as a snake sheds its skin, the layers are practically infinite. Accompanying sludge infused growls, CJ Cussell’s guitars add piques of light throughout and into a rhythm infused solo that meanders off into the very sweet exit.

“The Black Day” features Adam’s vocals at their most ascorbic on this album, as the “Day” rips open along with Phil Gonyea’s hi-speed ticking away at his kit, the song drives into a deeper and darker phase, with a change in key and alternating clean choir infused vocals, but not without CJ taking the song into another plane.     

 

Powerful and dangerous, “No Redemption” explodes with a harsh barrage of thick beats and heavy vocals. “All you left us was a bag of bones – all you gave us was a place to die” paints ominous visuals throughout the song as Before the Mourning allows the final note to drop off with anticipation gushing from our ears, allowing for “The Hidden” to provide a cushion for our woes. Supplicative vocals beckon the listener to do nothing more than to bang one’s head as the song forges on, carried by an undertone of melodic bones that encapsulate and push the listener into dark ecstasy.

Crispy guitars under technical distortion that are torn open by the kit bring “Etherial” into light. Adam continues his supplication until the chorus drives his vocals back off from the cleans into the harsh “Rising” chant.  Paul McBride and Phil Gonyea pull no stops on this song, and Adam bellows right along with them, until the technical distortion returns to insert CJ Cussell into the mix. “Etherial” then truly blisters open into the metal goodness we crave.

Possibly the most balladic, and at the same time the most misery stricken in nature “Deserter” features a sad musical motif and a lyrical story of love falling apart at the seams. Ululating guitars and melancholically evocative vocals gliding over strings transport feelings from deep straight to the surface. “Deserter – what went wrong? I just closed my eyes and you were gone. Should have locked you up and thrown away the key. Now you are just a memory of how our life can be.” “Deserter” is a surprise, as it does not carry the same structure or sound,  but it does add a sad goodbye and exit to the progressive bacchanalia of a record this truly is.

A musical adventure, Etherial End, is an album that showcases everything this band can accomplish, and more. From beginning to end, Etherial End is a record that should be absorbed and reabsorbed. A listener should put their ears on it and become one with it, because it is powerful and has all the intricacies that a musical enthusiast can dissect and savor over and over again.

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