WDISS – Вitterness Of The Years That Are Lost (review)

posted by Zamo on March 30, 2011

Who Dies In Siberian Slush – Вitterness Of The Years That Are Lost

Country: Russia

Genre: Funeral Death Doom

Label: Solitude – Prod





Who Dies in Siberian Slush caught my attention from the very first demo that I managed to listen to . “Rehearsal Tape“, this being its name, contains 3 songs that are also on the actual album, Bitterness of the years that are lost, reregistered, of course, but tracks that keep the same hard tone specific to doom metal.

Who Dies in Siberian Slush belongs to the new wave of Russian doom, a band that in the first place decided to take its life in its own hands at first, some demos appeared and, gradually, once their first album, “Bitterness of the years that are lost” was released, they earned their place under the “protection” of Solitude Productions label.

“Bitterness of the years that are lost” is an album that takes the atmosphere of the first demos further. The album is pretty much standard funeral doom, with some fragments of death/doom. Even if they don’t bring something new, innovative in the genre of funeral doom, the album catches the dark, pestering atmosphere and cold emotions that are spread over the entire album.

The tracks are specific to funeral doom, a slow tempo, growled vocals, low, slow, distorted riffs. Apart from the solos of the WDISS guitar, they also use a lot of piano / keyboards , that completes some passages very well, outlining the tragical and full of melancholy state of mind, still it isn’t used excessively, it appears when or where it needs to appear. The piano becomes the main actor in the track called Interlude.

The album features guest appearances of vocalists of Comatose Vigil, Amber Tears, Elnordia, and Abstract Spirit and this thing only adds a plus to this chapter, a chapter at which Who dies in Siberian Slush managed to do very okay, nonetheless.

I can honestly say that I don’t need every album to bring something new to a certain genre, this way I could run into many loads of crap that don’t even deserve to be listened to, and I don’t miss this. Sometimes, it’s good to stay inside the box and to do your job the way it has to be done. This thing was also achieved by WDISS, an album of classical, funeral doom, not many new things brought to the genre, but an album that can be savoured from one corner to the other, very well made and very touching, exactly how an album of funeral doom should be.

Rating 8/10

Tracklist:
01. Leave Me (feat. Stellarghost) 06:35
02. The Woman We Are Looking For (feat. A.K.Lezor) 06:53
03. Möbius Ring 07:20
04. Interlude 04:26
05. Завещание Гумилёва (feat. Thorinson) 08:46
06. An Old Road Through The Snow 02:31
07. Вitterness Of The Years That Are Lost (feat. Crystalflame) 09:10