Red Moon Architect – Concealed Silence (2012)

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After blowing us away with their youtube trailers for this album, we had to reach out to the band’s label and try to get hooked up with this release to enjoy its excellence and communicate it to the masses. Red Moon Architect’s debut full-length titled “Concealed Silence” could not come at a better time when similar bands like Swallow The Sun, Black Sun Aeon, Insomnium, etc. are paving the way for more Finish Melodic Death/Doom acts to get recognized.

This one man project headed by Saku Moilanen of RoutaSielu fame, opens with the commanding “Abscond”. This very Doomy track features very powerful riffs and killer growls courtesy of session musician Frans Aalto. While the first track is short and sweet, it crates the right momentum with its melodic sections giving a very Insomnium/Swallow the Sun vibe but with its own direction and uniqueness.

The first ‘long’ epic comes under the title of “Funeral”, in this track we are treated to some lush keyboard arrangements and more devastating growls/riffs combination. Very well paced and constantly shifting, this track nicely culminates with a very ethereal atmospheric passage. Quickly pounding away with a heavy opening “Death Rank” abruptly creeps unto the listener with its raw and powerful aggression.

Opening with some weird atmospheric, near-drone like sounds for a few minutes the keyboards/guitars pave their way to some more Death/Doom brilliance. In this track we have some very melodic sections that kind of resemble Omnium Gatherum, but a bit slower and more on the Doom side. This song nicely leads to the closer “Realm”, and its enchanting female vocals. Spawning 4 minutes of great Gothic Doom Metal, this is one of our favorite tracks of the release.

With a very diverse and highly entertaining sound, we are hooked on Red Moon Architect. Led by Saku Moilanen, this band delivers in every single aspect. We would only wish this release was more than 5 songs, but we can’t have everything in the world. “Concealed Silence” is one of those releases that should be in the collection of any Death Doom fan, and we hope to hear this band release more albums like this in the future.

Band: Red Moon Architect Album: Concealed Silence
Label: Inverse Records

Release: October 12th, 2012

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Genre: Death/Doom Metal

Country: Finland

Rating: 90/100
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