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| A solo-project by Stijn van Cauter (Until Death Overtakes Me), which focuses more on creating extreme funeral doom than any of his other projec... (see more) |
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| Nox Aurea - Via Gnosis (2009) |
Coming from Sweden, here’s a new band that isn’t playing the usual Candlemass-influenced Epic Doom but rather the Gothic Doom made prominent by fellow countrymen Draconian. To go even straighter to the knotty point: Nox Aurea is a Draconian clone. Female vocals and symphonic keyboards and mournful guitars and deep beastly male growls and dark artwork...All this is well done, but devoid of anything really personal.
Despite starting with such strong negative points, Nox Aurea still manage to bring something a bit interesting in their first release : musicianship. For Nox Aurea is a wee bit more technical than Draconian, especially in the guitar and bass area. This is due mostly to the presence in the band of Peter Laustsen, guitarist for the technical Black Metal band Rimfrost. Now, the problem is that Rimfrost is nothing more than a good Immortal clone, And thus may explain why Nox Aurea is nothing more than a good Draconian clone. Therefore, if you like Draconian, there's pretty much every chance you'll like this first release from Nox Aurea.
Now what I really want to say to the band is this : what can be forgiven for a first album will surely become an hinderance if the band can’t develop a personality of their own. There's copycats of well-known bands everywhere on the Doom scene, and in these days of digital music and financial crisis, it's pretty sure that the fans won't have the money for the clone when they can get the original.
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1. Opus Draconus
2. The Funeral Of All
3. Odium Divinum
4. Suffer
5. Distant Stars
6. Nights In Solitude
7. Last Amongst Earth And Sky
8. Mother Alethia
9. Via Gnosis
Duration: Approx 71 minutes
Visit the bandlist page for Nox Aurea
| Reviewed on 16-04-2010 by Laurent Lignon |
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| Pick of the Month |
Demonia
'Divine Tragedy' |
...What makes Demonia so special is their ability to make music that harmonizes into beautiful melodies without any particularly impressive guitarplay or soloing. It all cumulates into a single holistic aura...
Read the full review here.
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