Red Moon Architect – Fall (2015)

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With every year having less and less Death/Gothic Doom Metal releases coming out, we cherish the ones we get. Hailing from Finland, Red Moon Architect deliver an astonishing album fill with the sorrow and melancholy that we always look in our music. Originally a one man project, Saku Moilanen has put together a five-piece lineup and has unleashed “Fall” to the world. Featuring eight tracks of soul crushing music, this is one album that you do not want to miss in 2015.

Opening with the slowly building atmospheric piece “A Wish for a Tear”, we have Anni Viljanen returning with her enchanting female vocals. The newcomer growler Juuso Turkki does a great job in delivering the harsh male vocal counterparts, at some points the band sounds like October Tide thanks to his singing style and the riffs on this first song. The band is not afraid of changing up little things that transform the direction of songs like “The Other Side”, where they have pretty interesting tempo changes and play with how they mix the female and male growls, making their songs less linear than the genre standard.

Bringing comparisons to Draconian all the way to Swallow the Sun, the band does a great job in carving their own style and you can hear this on pieces like “Misanthrope” and “Isolated”, both great heavy songs. With a great emphasis on the atmospheric elements of this release, the band manages to create very dense atmospheres filled with lush backdrops and the typical Doom riffs in songs like “Cradle” and the closer “My Curse”.  In terms of being even more melodramatic, “This Won’t Fade” is a disarming song that nicely fits in the album’s trayectory.

Overall, “Fall” is a great addition to the scarce Death/Gothic Doom releases of 2015. The band has influences of all the greats like Draconian, Swallow The Sun, October Tide, but they have their own sound making them quite entertaining and a delight to listen to. Be sure to not miss this release as they are becoming rarer by the day.

Band: Red Moon Architect Album: Fall

Label: Playground Music Finland

Release: March 6th, 2015

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Genre: Death/Gothic Doom Metal

Country: Finland

Rating: 94/100
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