Lake of Tears - Illwill
What a surprise to see that Lake of Tears still exists. I haven’t heard anything from these obscure Swedes since 1995’s Headstones album, which I recall as being a little Doomier than this LP, but I’m not sure that I’ve ever even thought of the band in all that time, so the reality and my memory might not perfectly line up. Over the last 16 years I’ve missed five full-length albums, and a handful of “greatest hits” collections, EPs, and so on. Listening to Illwill doesn’t instantly make me want to go track down all that, but it is interesting. Quite a bit of musical ground is covered, from the W.A.S.P.-like “U.N.S.A.N.E.,” to the occasional Type-O Negative tribute vocals and vibe in “Behind the Green Door,” to Thrashier tracks like “The Hating” (Sacred Reich comes to mind), and even the kinda Punky “Parasites.” “Out of Control” evokes Danzig, “House of the Setting Sun” is a Hard Rock “power ballad” (very light on the power). The more that I listen to this album, the more I wonder if each of these tracks isn’t supposed to be an homage to another band… And if so, then this collection of disparate styles might make a kind of sense. I’d be lying if I said that Illwill hasn’t grown on me with repeated spins. Maybe I will track down some of LoT’s back catalog, or one of the three “greatest hits” releases, and see if they’re always this eclectic.
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