IN LACRIMAES ET DOLOR 'Beyond The Grave'

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal

Country: Italy

Year: Released 11 December 2013 by GS Production

In Lacrimaes Et Dolor is the young Italian project with Russian roots. Really in the story of this formation though short, but from that not less substantial  there is one interesting fact which probably became a starting point from which In Lacrimaes Et Dolor originates. I quote: "After several unsuccessful attempts to create group in the Murmansk the keyboard player Noctis (Dmitry Palamaryuk who is also known as Rossielle or Velenus) decided to cooperate with the Italian producer Mauro Ulag Mancinelli that to do a solo project and to change a genre to the way of Funeral Doom Metal is one from music styles that long ago adored by him... ". And what turn out from it? Results of this work found the embodiment in the debut album "Beyond The Grave" for which this review devoted.

Despite on that it is the first work of the project, it is possible to note that it turned out wonderfully well, and

the reason for that not only features of a "foreign" sound recording, but also a huge emotional contribution of the author to the his work. Generally, everything is made soundly and on conscience!

Music is literally penetrated thin, invisible, but sensible yarns of the of grief and despair tormenting the soul which was lost on the road carrying in the abyss to the end marking inevitable perdition. Only one thought still keeps in this empty, sad world where day by day losses follow,pain, tears, memories - God there is, He with me, He will rescue me... But Him voice it isn't audible, He is silent, prayers and repentances are vain. One can't reach Him, one can not punch this ice wall of silence - and suddenly God already refused me, defined me on the death. In reply only emptiness, a dialog with itself, questions without response, uncertainty, oppressive and frightening... And such atmosphere is sustained from beginning of album to the end, joining all compositions in a unified song of the grief and  despair. In it creations there are everything that would allow to compete with masterpieces of masters of a funeral branch of the Doom Metal! Rich keyboards, atmospheric insertions penetrating by sepulchral cold and the shattering vocal, that compared to the cry from the heart, and calming down to the recitation, that full tragedians and painful reflections and this is logically added in literal sense with a heavy guitar sound.

In general, for of the debut this work is good from all directions, and therefore not for nothing it captures the attention of many fans and connoisseurs of the atmospheric funeral doom's in the spirit of the Mournful Congregation, Krief de Soli, Longing for down...

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