Shining - VII: Fodd Forlorare
I seem to remember many years ago Ray playing me some of this band’s early works and thinking it was halfway decent, if not a tad unremarkable, Black Metal. Or perhaps that was the Shining from Norway? No matter, neither band is really good enough to warrant a second thought. I do get the impression from the composition alone that these Swedes are genuinely disturbed, and that their suicidally depressed leanings are not an act. Musically this isn’t terrible either, although I do tend to like my suicidal Black Metal bands a bit more suicidal. The real problem here is the vocals. Main man Niklas Kvarforth has no vocal talent whatsoever. His gruff vocals sound like an 80-year old Matti Karki, and his clean voice is 10th rate Ville Valo at best. The fact that the lyrics are not in English does not help his clean vocal cause, either. They could learn a lot from their buddies in Lifelover who pull off this style 50 times better with somehow even less vocal talent. You can do wonders with sheer vibe and feeling alone. Alas, with better vocals, this could’ve placed more in that C+ to B- range, but as is there are just too many quality bands playing this style at a higher level to give a fuck about Shining.
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