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The Morningside - Moving Crosscurrent of Time. Full-length on Bad Mood Man Music.
The Morningside is a Russian Death/Doom Metal band that has been around since 2006, about one year since their creation they released their debut full-length album "The Wind, the Trees and the Shadows of the Past". This is their second full-length album. Musically we are travelling the melodic side of the Death(Doom Metal realm. the music is suitably slow, with a lot of long instrumental passages. A lot of the riffs are both heavy and somewhat technical, and most of the riffs are melodic, and melodic is the main word I am going to use when describing The Morningside's music. The drumming and the bass on this album is more then adequate, very good musicians. But the main aspect of The Morningside's music is the guitars and the melodic riffs that the guitars create. The music is somewhat inspired by Agalloch and Katatonia, but this is not a clone band, quite far from it actually. The Morningside are trying to create something of their own, while still staying true to their influences and inspirations and a genre of music that they are obviously very passionate about, and I applaud them for that, very commendable. They are not quite there yet, but still this is an excellent album and I think all those that enjoy Agalloch's and Katatonia's material will enjoy this album. |