Past members of “Ocean of Sorrow” are now back with a new project of their own: Revelations of Rain. The songs are rather mid-tempo, relying on dream-like keyboard passages, heavy guitars and both grunted and spoken vocals: a classic mix of mid-tempo death/doom metal with gothic elements in the vain of My Dying Bride and Mourning Beloveth! Expect very promising tracks that are both, beautiful and hauntingly melancholic, as well as well-composed and recorded.

At 55 minutes and counting but 8 songs, the rather lengthy tracks (quite inevitable for a doom-metal band) do not give birth to anything out of the ordinary; this is not something completely fresh or new. Plus the tracks are somewhat repetitive where the same elements – mid-tempo paces, heavy guitars, grunts and atmospheric keyboard passages – keep recurring. However, the album seems to have grown on me; it’s been spinning for some time now on my good old player (and on this cold and bleak December night, it’s been delighting me with its suiting and positively agonizing warmness). It is with certainty that I can say: this is an album which will definitely appeal to any doom-metal fan!

Take the opening track, “One of the Winter Days,” a track filled with passion and despair that starts off slow (keyboard solo) and then moves into a heavier passage (one of the heaviest moments on the album) which quickly makes way for a mid-tempo beat that sounds quite traditional death/doom metal. This track is one of my favorites on the album (along with the next track, “December” and “Condemned to Be Silent”), for its diversity and intense melancholic emotions.  “Paths of Doom” is possibly the heaviest track on the album. Starting off with a keyboard passage (performed by Olesya Muromskaya), the track speeds up, where grunts are even mixed with black metal shrieks. Another track worth mentioning is “Condemned to Be Silent.” This track is heavily driven by the beautiful guitar bits and is accompanied by both choral-sounding keyboard parts and clear piano pieces. It is a track where the guitar playing (done by Ilya Remizov) is possibly shining the most.

“Marble Shades of Despair” was recorded at Uzkaya Tropa in March-August 2006 and is the beautifully composed masterpiece of Olesya Muromskaya and Ilya Remizov – who’ve played all of the instruments as well as the vocals on the album (a session vocalist, Argasor is also present on the album). The lyrics are all in their mother tongue: Russian.
This is one debut album that will surely blow any doomer’s mind away! If you’re into old My dying Bride, Mourning Beloveth or Swallow the Sun, be sure to check this release out.

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