Spain is not a scene known for its Doom Bands…probably some few brutal  death have gained some attention in the past, like Avulsed for example. That’s why I got pretty impressed with Helevorn and their recently released “Forthcoming Displeasures” full length album by BadMoonMan Records.

Impressive for several reasons, 1^st with the exception of these dudes, there was another Doom Metal band from Spain in the 90’s…don’t recall the name, but it was doom... so after almost 15 years another Spanish doomy band is memorable for me. But despite this fact, we can say that Helevorn knows very well their job…I mean, the proposal is clear for all the members and that’s obvious when you listen this killer album, you know...slow melodic deppresive doom metal extremely connected with some cult Finnish acts.

Yep…Helevorn does not sound Spanish at all, the continuous use of syths, the clear whisper voices and the overall sound production makes this album one of those jewels for fans of acts such as early Moonsorrow, Barren Earth and so on…I liked so much the growling voices, not so the clean ones but that’s a matter of personal taste, the truth is the overall work these dudes have made is really killer!!!

The sound production is really neat…pretty cold I may say, but totally suitable for the overall proposal that relies on an atmosphere of continuous & misanthropic melancholy. So my recommendation of to keep an eye on this cool band, we’ll definitely keep listening from them in the future, in the mean time, get in touch with them or the label and experience how cold and languid can a band get…you’ll be amazed…I can assure you!!!

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by Filip 16 Mar, 2007