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Paul Chain -Opera 4th lp [original]

495.00kr

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Very rare original Italian Minotauro Records release with printed innersleeve. Cover and vinyl is ex

It all began when Paul Chain split with Death SS to form his own band. Owing to a combination of managerial differences between Paul and Steve Sylvester, the other main man behind Death SS, and the immense amount of musical ideas swirling around inside Paul Chain’s head, the split was inevitable. No record shows all the swirling ideas as much as his second full length album Opera 4th. The album has music on one side which is so different from the other that it might just as well have been a split between two bands. But remember that he is indeed a musician with an insatiable urge of exploration, so you should really not be that surprised. The first track is a mixture of dark ambient, isolationist industrial and a few hints of drone. In other words, nothing that could remind you of the traditional doom that he’s famous for playing. It’s a cold, haunting, lonely, and honestly quite disturbing piece. Fans of extreme industrial/ambient really should hear this track. It’s incredibly creepy. The fact that the track is about life probably makes it even more chilling. The industrial track lasts a whole 29 minutes, but towards the end the music introduces a guitar that smoothly converts the music a little towards rock. It’s widely different from the traditional doom that the last three tracks contain, but this minute change somehow makes the transition between the two kinds of music, surprisingly smooth. The three traditional doom tracks contain a lot of what you would expect from Paul’s music. It’s a tad darker than normal, but it’s pretty much the Paul Chain original traditional doom blend which all who have heard him before can recognize. The horror lyrics on these tracks are probably inspired by both Black Sabbath and by Pauls time in Death SS. Those traditional doom fans who don’t really enjoy ambient would probably gain more music for less cash by getting one of his other releases, but it should be noted that the three last tracks on this album are worth the money alone because they are among the better Paul Chain tracks.

Track listing:
1. Our Solitude (Birth, Life, Death)
2. Evil Metal: Obsucrity Of Error
3. Bath-Chairs Mary
4. Resurrection In Christ

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Minotauro ‎Records

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