Clouds - Doliu (2014) [320] V01dV

Clouds is an Atmospheric Doom Metal band that manages to transpose deep feelings of sadness, longing, melancholy into beautifully written pieces of music, merging clean vocals and keyboards with extremely powerful growls and dark guitar tones.

Band Members:

Jarno Salomaa (Shape Of Despair) Guitars
Daniel Neagoe (Eye Of Solitude) Drums, Vocals
Déhà (Deos) Guitars, Bass
Kostas Panagiotou (Landskap) Keyboards
Jón Aldará (Barren Earth) Vocals (track 2)
Pim Blankenstein (Officium Triste) Vocals (track 4)


Tracklist:

1. You Went So Silent 8:12
2. If These Walls Could Speak 6:01
3. Heaven Was Blind To My Grief 8:32
4. A Glimpse Of Sorrow 11:46
5. The Deep Vast Emptiness 13:00
6. Even If I Fall 8:22

First of all, "Doliu" is the romanian translation for "mourning", because the whole album is centered around this concept, death, grief, regret and departure. That being said, the music speaks for itself, each and every sound blending seamlessly, every tone and texture set the dark ambiance, from the first minute to the last. Each song seems to be placed in the perfect order, and brings out the great songwriting skills of all these amazing artist combined. And it's not just the fact that the vocals, slow-paced drums and expressive guitar riffs are extremely well placed, It's how they all succeed at channeling those deep emotions into a doom metal masterpiece.