Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Doom
Label: Peaceville

English doom masters Anathema’s classic 1995 album The Silent Enigma was remastered and rereleased by Peaceville in 2003, and as a wicked bonus, it comes with a DVD with four promo vids and a 1996 concert in Krakow.
The album itself is rifftastic, slow moving doom with astonishing vocals from Vincent Cavanagh, who at the time the album was recorded was brand new to the microphone. It’s very British, with comparisons to My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost, the other two bands that along with Anathema make up the Peaceville Three, but it’s different in ways that defines Anathema from the rest of the doom metal pack.
For The Silent Enigma, I award a 7.5 out of 10.
The DVD, entitled A Vision of a Dying Embrace, is really good. The promo videos are pretty much what you’d expect, the same vids you could have caught on MTV, MuchMusic, or any other music video TV station back when they still existed. As it is, you can probably catch these videos on YouTube now. The concert, however, is a different story.
It’s a very well filmed show in what looks like a fair-sized venue with a pretty big and supportive crowd. The audio is exceptional, with many camera angles to enjoy the concert from. In many cases the view is much more intimate than what the concertgoers themselves could attain, which is pretty damn sweet. This is the kind of show that could be put onto it’s own DVD without being included as a bonus to an album.
A Vision of a Dying Embrace gets itself an 8 out of 10.

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Genres: Heavy Metal, Punk, Speed Metal
Label: Peaceville Records

Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s kind of stupid. I’m reviewing a SONG. But hey, Darkthrone are my favorite band and have been for years, so get over it.
The new album, Circle the Wagons, won’t be out until April 5, and I have to ‘suffer’ with just this little teaser, released by Peaceville Records and obtained by joining their mailing list in an MP3 format. And after blasting it five times in a row I can certifiably say that “Eyes Burst at Dawn” FUCKING RULES.
People who don’t like Darkthrone’s ‘new’ not black metal sound, you’ll want to not get the new album. Real fans, who appreciate good music when they hear it, you’ll want this album.
And good news, it’s on vinyl and CD and digital release.
I want the wax.
So yeah, the song. Like I said on Darkthrone’s blog in response to the song’s release: “Sounds like NWOBHM with some American thrash and “old” Darkthrone slammed together, punched in the face, and force fed a lot of whiskey.”
10 out of 10.