Glare of Autumn: yeap you've guessed it, with a more than alluding
album title, AX concocts its own rendering of Drudkh-esque imagery and
the first tribute of sorts to the Slavic black metallers that has come
to my attention. It is comprised of five songs that are actually quite
enjoyable, but inadvertedly only just whet the appetite for the "real
deal" after a while. In case you have yet to be introduced to
Drudkh's catalogue, this platter of endearing, melancholically driven
compositions might just sound like something out of the ordinary; the
ebbing melodies and endearing solos already guarantee a placing above
the regular drab. Yet for all its paced, harmonically engaging and
effulgent thematics, AX pays dearly for its zealous, undeviating
adherence to the original blueprints. Any sort or even subtle hint of
authenticity soon gives way to bland repetition many a time and the
formulaic predictability of the overall song structures enervates the
final outcome irrevocably.
Although drawing inspiration from a seminal source, this EP's musical imprint remains unassuming and trapped in its own self-limiting compositional framework; a mere ersatz of the Ukrainian outfit's romanticism which perhaps could've fared a more apt presence as an abstract influence on some other release of theirs. I suppose seen as a tribute it most definitely serves its purpose, but otherwise scores poorly on the interest ratings.
Although drawing inspiration from a seminal source, this EP's musical imprint remains unassuming and trapped in its own self-limiting compositional framework; a mere ersatz of the Ukrainian outfit's romanticism which perhaps could've fared a more apt presence as an abstract influence on some other release of theirs. I suppose seen as a tribute it most definitely serves its purpose, but otherwise scores poorly on the interest ratings.
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