Solitude Aeturnus - Hour Of Despair



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Solitude Aeturnus to this day remain a band virtually unheard of outside doom
metal circles yet a legend within their own clan, a sign of both doom's
reluctance to ever grace the metal spotlight and the Texan's own lack of
recorded and touring output since a 1987 formation. "In Times of
Solitude" is not the follow-up I had been hoping for to 2006's excellent
"Alone", but instead is a compilation of the band's first demo and some
random other assortments designed to please presumably only the most
earnest SA fans.

The five opening tracks taken from 1988's "And Justice For All" demo
(released seven months before a certain Metallica album) showcase a
surprisingly coherent sound and performance for a band so young and
inexperienced. Tracks like "It Came Upon One Night", "Transcending
Sentinels" and "Where Angels Dare To Tread" are very similar to those
I've become used to hearing in their 1991 and 1992 full lengths, the
demo sound doing little to hide the band's unusual songwriting style and
sense of classic metal songwriting.

"Rememberance Of A Life" is a true rough-and-ready rehearsal track from
the days of Kris Gabehart on vocals, from before when Robert Lowe
arrived and whose vocal style has since defined the band. "And Justice
For All" is an energetic live club track while two Rob Lowe-era
demo/rehearsal tracks close the piece, where even by 1988 the band's
sorrowful tone that has prevailed to this day had taken a unique shape.
All in all an interesting look at the early days of this cult doom
legend but for new-comers I would recommend classic second album "Beyond
The Crimson Horizon" as a starting point as this really is a
completist's work only.
Solitude Aeturnus - Hour Of Despair (2007)



Get ready for an hour of despair with the uncanny doom metallers from
Texas! The tracklist of their very first DVD release is comprised of
songs filmed and recorded live on their visit to Poland, and includes
songs from their latest album back then, 'Alone'.

Tracklist:

Scent of Death
Haunting the Obscure
Mental Pictures
Destiny Falls to Ruin
Sightless
The 9th Day: Awakening
Phantoms
Is There
Pawns of Anger
Waiting for the Light
Days of Prayer
Falling

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