Description
2024 re-issue
A Canorous Quintet was formed in 1991, they released ’The Time Of Autumn’ demo followed by their debut MCD ‘As Tears’ and two full lengths; ‘Silence of the World Beyond’ and ‘The Only Pure Hate’. Although not as well known and many bands in the Swedish Death Metal scene, ACQ features members from such prominent acts as Amon Amarth, Niden Div 187, October Tiden and Guidance Of Sin. The band then split-up in 1999. In 2005, they reformed under the name The Plague (Swe), but later changed their name to This Ending. Although short lived and underrated, A Canorous Quintet stands among the best Death Metal acts in the history of Sweden. Their full length album Silence Of The World Beyond are among the best of its kind. Just listen to the riffs. I promise this will impress you. Great riffs are the very foundation of any good metal disc and/or metal band. Without lasting well-written riffs, metal would be nothing. The Black Spiral is particularly notable when referring to this subject. The track opens with an unusual but great riff, and is followed with what is definitely one of the best and most brilliant melodic black metal riffs ever. The album never loses its appeal from start to finish. What keeps this disc out of the 90s rating bracket is the production. The album doesn’t sound awful, but it does sound pretty thin. This is surprising considering that Tagtgren did the production. It’s over a decade old, sure, but the recording technology was there at that time, and I don’t feel that good old Pete really took full advantage of it. Silence has a couple absolutely timeless songs, in addition to The Black Spiral. In The Twilight Of Fear is one of them. A definite extreme metal classic, if you will. It seems that all quality extreme metal is overlooked to some degree, but I’m certain that this album was, even more so.
Track list:
1. Silence Of The World Beyond
2. Naked With Open Eyes
3. Spellbound
4. The Orchids Sleep
5. The Black Spiral
6. The Last Journey
7. In The Twilight Of Fear
8. Burning Emotionless
9. Dream Reality