It would be unfair if I called them incompetent. While I hate the cheesy kind of techno they have on this album, I have to admit they are good at it. There is also the occasional decent piano line. While most of the guitar is very disappointing and almost reminiscent of metalcore, there is a very beautiful melody in the song "All those Tristful Winters." It sounds like something that Swallow the Sun would do. It is a shame it is wasted on such a silly album.
THE ELYSIAN FIELD FULL
His vocal performance sounds very full and menacing. The black metal vocalist is the best part of this album. Just because the concept behind this album is incredibly stupid doesn't mean that it doesn't have a few worthwhile moments. In the end it just sounds awkward and out of place. At the same time you have another thing that makes you want to rip someone limb from limb. You have one thing that sounds very cheesy and makes you want to dance. It sounds as if they recorded a black metal album and when they were done, they juxtaposed a techno album on top. Agalloch pulled it off on their song "Black Lake Nidstang." I think the reason it didn't sound cheesy when Agalloch did it is because it wasn't upbeat and sounded like it belonged at a rave. Now I'm not saying a metal band adding electronic elements to their music is automatically a write off.
The upbeat techno just sounds ludicrous when put on a black metal album. The Elysian Fields do not fall victim to that horrible fate. "Hey dude, what if we made a black metal album and stuck techno over it?" I am a firm believer that if a band does the same thing over and over again, they will fall into the decaying hands of stagnation.
I can only imagine how the person with the idea broke the concept to the other band members. Having a penchant for experimentation, maybe they felt like this was the next logical step. I wonder how The Elysian Fields came up with the idea for this album.
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