Colosseum - Chapter 3: Parasomnia
It truly is a thin line Funeral Doom bands walk between Earth movement and just plain bowel movement. At this slower than slow pace, there is nearly no margin for error. Do it right and you’ll give the listener the chills. Do it wrong and merely put the listener to sleep. Finland’s Colosseum have been at it for five years, and have yet to aspire towards the former. But with Parasomnia they are starting to show signs of being at the cusp of potential greatness. In particular the 21-minute epic opener “Dilapidation and Death” has flourishes of breathtaking beauty within it’s oppressive, crushing heaviness. The only setback being that the song is 21 fucking minutes long! Still, it’s clearly evident that strides have been made towards greatness and not just slowness. Juhani Palomaki has the perfect growl for the genre, bestial and utterly sorrowful. Perhaps all they need is more time? I predict their next album will be a vast improvement. This just in: Juhani Palomaki died on May 15, 2010. Well, fuck…
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