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вторник, 28 марта 2017 г.

#PER CHI AMA: Death/Doom, My Dying Bride, Saturnus (Fragments of eternity review)


In Russia non ci sono solo BadMoodMan Music e Solitude Productions a dettar legge nel panorama funeral doom: Stygian Crypt Productions, MFL Records e più recentemente anche la GSP, si stanno facendo sempre più largo nel panorama dei suoni "apocalittici". La Stygian in collaborazione con la Backfire Productions, ha rilasciato sul mercato, sul finire del 2016, il nuovo e terzo album dei russi The Extinct Dreams, dal titolo rigorosamente in cirillico, fortunatamente tradotto anche in inglese in 'Fragments of Eternity'. Il genere è evidentemente quello death doom forgiato dagli insegnamenti dei maestri My Dying Bride e dai primi Anathema, quelli di 'Serenades', per intenderci. Quattro le tracce incluse in questo bel digipack, per una durata che sfiora i 48 minuti di sonorità per lo più decadenti, fortemente malinconiche, ma quella malinconia però, che almeno nel sottoscritto, genera pura gioia. Si lo so, sono abbastanza contorto, ma le note introduttive di "Karma", con quel loro mood non proprio gioioso, riescono comunque a infondermi un senso di pace; dopo poco meno di quattro minuti si sprofonda in un funeral doom non pervaso però dai sacri crismi catacombali che vuole il genere. E proprio qui sta il punto di forza della band, in quanto la pesantezza del doom viene smorzata da suoni più melodici, a tratti eterei, e la nefandezza dei gorgoglii vocali viene mitigata da vocals pulite ed evocative che rendono l'ascolto decisamente più piacevole oltreché agevole. Le aperture melodiche nella seconda parte di questa lunghissima traccia (di ben 18 minuti), volgono poi lo sguardo a sonorità di band quali Saturnus e primi Swallow the Sun, per un risultato conclusivo davvero soddisfacente per il sottoscritto. Il terzetto siberiano una certa esperienza nel corso degli anni l'ha accumulata e si sente soprattutto nella seconda traccia, "Damodara Stotra", la song decisamente più dinamica del disco grazie a quel suo incedere carico di groove che ancora una volta ha il pregio di regalarmi un sorriso e un po' di spensieratezza, pur continuando a crogiolarmi nella malinconia dei miei pensieri. Ottimo peraltro il break acustico a metà brano, che regala suoni che evocano inequivocabilmente la tradizione religiosa indiana e mostrano il lato più colto ed elegante dell'act di Barnaul che sul finire del pezzo trova modo anche di citare gli Anathema di 'The Silent Enigma'. Senza essermene accorto, mi ritrovo già al minuto trenta del disco a godermi la terza "In Searchs of Itself" e le sue spettrali tastiere iniziali che introducono ad una song capace di deliziare i palati con quel suo tremolo picking nostalgico e un seguente riffing più acuminato di chiara matrice death metal, che sembra quasi prendere le distanze da quanto suonato fino ad ora. Però la song è lunga e avrà modo di cambiare più volte umore lungo i suoi oltre dieci minuti tra bordate ritmiche, vocals evocative e splendide melodie che risuonano nell'aere. Si arriva alla canzone conclusiva, quella che dà il titolo al disco: credo sia il suono di un sitar quello che si diffonde vibrante nell'aria con quella sua magia derivante da culture lontane e che insieme ad un intrigante cantato (quasi vicino alla recitazione di una preghiera) sanciscono l'eccelsa prova di questa interessantissima band russa, da tenere sotto stretta sorveglianza. (Francesco Scarci)

(Stygian Crypt Productions/Backfire Productions - 2016)
Voto: 80

Source: The pit of the damned

воскресенье, 6 ноября 2016 г.

Фрагменты вечности. Review from Metallicomio



Il progetto The Extinct Dreams, nasce nei primi mesi del 2006 a Barnaul (Russia).
Due anni dopo la loro fondazione, nel 2008, la band partecipa a due dei maggiori Festival Doom Metal russi: il PetroDoom di St. Petersburg e il Shadow Doom Festival di Mosca.

четверг, 13 октября 2016 г.

Фрагменты вечности. Review from Pest Webzine


Russians funeral doom/death metallers from Altai Krai released new album. Only four songs - and up! This is not a EP. "Fragments of eternity" is more than 47 minutes amazing climate of homesickness, deep space and longing for something unspecified. On progressively expanded machine sound from deep depression growl gives the impression of latent power. For this long, prog-rock instrumental motifs played with verve doom'owym increase the impression of imminent, unspecified destruction. And while this anxiety emanates difficult to grasp power. There were also a pinch of nihilistic sadness and neofolk psychedelic. Solid work from the East!

Reviewed by Vilcin
Rating: 8/10

Source: Pest Webzine

воскресенье, 25 сентября 2016 г.

Фрагменты вечности. Review from Demented Magazine


From the dark recesses of Siberia come a trio called “The Extinct Dreams” Their album cover alone speaks volumes in the fact it looks extremely spiritual and thus creating an intrigue that goes a lot deeper once the music has been experienced.

понедельник, 19 сентября 2016 г.

Фрагменты вечности.Review from Dark Underground Music Zine



The  Extinct  Dreams  are  a  band  from  Russia  that  plays  funeral  doom/death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Fragmently  Vechnosti"  which  was  released  by  Stygian  Crypt  Productions.

вторник, 14 июня 2016 г.

Фрагменты вечности. Review from In You Eyes zine

PUR MANTENENDO PER LO PIÙ TRATTI MALINCONICI, IL SOUND DEI THE EXTINCT DREAMS NON APPARE MAI DISPERATO, MA MANTIENE UNA SORTA DI LUMINOSITÀ CHE CREA UN EFFICACE CONTRASTO CON LE PARTITURE TIPICAMENTE DOLENTI DEL DOOM

воскресенье, 5 июня 2016 г.

Funeral Doom Friday: Piecing Together the Fragments of Eternity with THE EXTINCT DREAMS


Nestled in Southern Russia lies the funerary entity of The Extinct Dreams. Active since 2006, the trio plays an atmospheric strain of Funeral Doom Metal that can be traced to some of Europe's earliest bands. Throughout its decade in existence, the group has released now three full-length albums as well as a split with Unsaved. The group currently consists of members: Ramapriya Das (vocals/guitars), Selena Silent (bass), and Dmitry Slastenin (drums). In the past, the group has featured as many as five members, but has since whittled it down to the current three that composed the music of their newest album, Fragments of Eternity.

воскресенье, 13 декабря 2015 г.

Metamorphosis. Review from Metal Addicts


In the last year I’ve come across countless doom metal albums and have loved just as many as I didn’t, and the same exact thing goes for split albums. And yet before today I’ve never heard a split album between two doom bands, and that’s just what “Metamorphosis” from bands The Extinct Dreams and Unsaved is.

суббота, 31 октября 2015 г.

Nrisimha Pranama. Review from No Clean Singing

I learned about this last song thanks to a message from my friend “B” from the Siberian Russian band Station Dysthymia (among others). The name of the band is The Extinct Dreams, who are based in the city of Barnaul in Altai Krai in the Russian Federation. The song is called “Nrisimha Pranama”. It will appear on a split album entitled Metamorhosis and is described by the band as follows:

воскресенье, 6 января 2013 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия на Aristocrazia Webzine


THE EXTINCT DREAMS - Shining From Beyond

La Russia partorisce formazioni doom con assiduità, star dietro a tutto ciò che gira in quel panorama nazionale è divertente, sfiancante e non sempre fruttuoso. Alle volte però ti accorgi che band lasciate in disparte dopo un primo disco che ti aveva fatto pensare "what a hell?" hanno trovato la propria strada e, pur non essendo diventate chissà che, adesso riescono a trasmettere qualcosa.

суббота, 11 июня 2011 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия на Sea of Tranquillity


Extinct Dreams, The: Shining of Beyond

This Russian project started out back in 2006. Forming members, Roman (guitar, vocals) and bass player Semjon were the only musicians then. After releasing a couple of demos, they came up with their debut, Ars Moriendi in 2008. 2010 brought their second output on Backfire Productions/Stygian Crypt Productions.

пятница, 29 апреля 2011 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия от Сергея Тереньтева (Solitude Prod.)


THE EXTINCT DREAMS "Потустороннее сияние" 2010 Digipack CD

С дискографией барнаульцев The Extinct Dreams всё достаточно запутанно. С одной стороны перед нами второй альбом группы, а с другой – вряд ли оба вышедших официально диска могут называться таковыми. Первый альбом «Ars Moriendi» по уровню самого материала и его реализации тянет на демо (как впрочем изначально и анонсировалось издающим лейблом), но сами музыканты утверждали, что «Ars Moriendi» является полноформатным альбомом. Рассматриваемый же в данный момент «Потустороннее Сияние» тянет скорее на мини-альбом: на две полноценные композиции 15-ти- и 17-тиминутной длительности, приходится по два предваряющих их непродолжительных инструментала.

четверг, 7 апреля 2011 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия на Lords of Metal


The Extinct Dreams - Shining Of Beyond (Mini-CD)

The title of this second release by Russia’s The Extinct Dreams is hardly decipherable on this digipack with a nice layout. Some research told me that the title means something like ‘Shining From Beyond’ in English. The debut ‘Ars Moriendi’ didn’t impress me but I have to admit that this five-piece really did a good job on this disc. The band recorded two shorter ambient synthesizer tracks along with two long, both over fifteen minutes, melodic funeral doom songs with lyrics in Russian, Compared to the debut they really moved forwards and now they manage to keep my attention. Clean vocals, acoustic guitar parts combined with top-heavy passages make this an interesting release for fans of funeral doom metal with melody. As far as I’m concerned The Extinct Dreams now is a part of the list of interesting Russian doom metal bands.

Pim B
Rating: 76/100

Источник: Lords od Metal

суббота, 18 декабря 2010 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия на Behind the evil


THE EXTINCT DREAMS - Shining of Beyond

THE EXTINCT DREAMS have a pretty dark and full of melancholy name that suits them just fine since they've chosen to follow and serve the doom metal genre. Actually their sound isn't that simple and since doom metal has several sub-genres I think I should clear out here that this Russian combo delivers ambient funeral doom metal that's infused and enriched with quite a few death metal touches that spice up the compositions and make them sound more extreme. The death metal aspect of their music is mainly to be found on the growling vocals and on some blast beats here and there. Other than that the songs are based and focused on the creation of dark and bitter emotions with the keyboards and the melodies from the acoustic guitar forming an atmospheric ambient end result. The lyrics are all sung in the band's mother tongue, which is Russian, so I can't tell you much about the topics they deal with other than what I've read in the press release and what I can assume from their cover artwork. THE EXTINCT DREAMS deal with astral themes and that's all the insight I can offer you! The artwork, layout and package are great and the production really good, so if you are a fan of ambient funeral doom/death metal then this might be a release you might wanna check out. The rest of you steer away!

Christine Parastatidou
6.5/10

понедельник, 13 декабря 2010 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия на Doom-metal.com


The Extinct Dreams : Потустороннее сияние

The ugly caterpillar has transformed into a butterfly. The Extinct Dreams sound like a completely different band, as this second album has nothing to do with the first one, 'Ars Moriendi': it is as accomplished as the previous one was wasted. Two voices constantly collide on the album: the first one, clear and nasal, gives distressed and almost pathetic tremolos – it is also out of tune (a bit like the guy from Forest Of Shadows), and let you expect a sentimental album, mawkish at worst; the second voice dampens our fears: that’s a big fat raging growl.

вторник, 17 августа 2010 г.

Потустороннее сияние. Рецензия от Летарга


THE EXTINCT DREAMS "Потустороннее сияние" 2010 

Красивый, меланхоличный, величественный и мелодичный doom/death альбом записали ребята из Барнаула. Всякий раз, прослушивая музыку такого плана трудно оценивать ее однозначно. Начинаясь с синтетической клавишной интродукции, под названием "Сияние (брахмаджйоти)", невольно задаешься вопросом о Великом и Глубоком предназначении буддисткого начала в музыке коллектива. Да и обложка всем своим пафосным видом наталкивает именно на эти мысли... Что ж, посмотрим, что будет дальше.

вторник, 8 декабря 2009 г.

Ars Moriendi. Рецензия на Metalcrypt.org


THE EXTINCT DREAMS “Ars Moriendi” 2008 CD

The Extinct Dreams is a relatively young Russian band who previously released two demos since their formation in 2006. The quintet is now presenting their 2008 offering and debut full-length album called Ars Moriendi, which is in fact the band's first moniker.