Dwell - Ash Tombs
Dwell is a side project of Church Bizarre members Allan B. Larsen (listed as ABL here) and Jens B. Pedersen (listed as JBP) to explore the realms of slower and heavier Death Metal. This is actually a fairly short release as far as Doom/Death Metal is concerned. Though there are three tracks on Ash Tombs, only two of them are actual songs. “Become the Void” is essentially a four minute Ambient/keyboard intro to “Perditions Mire,” although it’s listed as a separate track. It’s definitely needed, though. “Plunging Into Ash Tombs” and “Perditions Mire” are cast from the same mold in terms of how they sound, so breaking the two of them up helps to separate them in the minds of the listener. Otherwise, they would have bled together, sounding like one long song. The riffing is different, but the tonal ranges are fairly close. The keyboard interlude between them is a great move strategically when you know your music operates on a narrow tonal range. Since this is a demo, Dwell can get away with that, but if they ever go on to record something longer than this, they’re going to have to figure out a way to further differentiate the songs from each other. Maybe incorporating keyboards or some other higher pitched instrument would help, because the contrast between that and the lower, darker notes could highlight the differences. Individually, I like both “Plunging Into Ash Tombs” and “Perditions Mire.” Together, they sound similar enough to where you would think they were the same song. It would be a good song, but the same one nonetheless.
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