Mystic Moon - Promo 2005 - Self Financed - 2005 [CD]
Tracklist:
1. Omnia Sunt Excisanta (intro)
2. Pale Divine
3. Denial (outro)
Lineup:
Akis Bouclas: Vocals
Jimmy Priest: Acoustic And Electric Guitars
Doomangel: Acoustic And Electric Guitars
Jimmy Asfis: Bass Guitar
Chris T.:drums And Percussion
I was a little bit anxious to finally hear some stuff of those newcomers from Greece as I have heard many positive comments about their music and their live shows. Apart from that it is very important for me to notice the appearance a new Greek Doom Metal band in the scene so when this happens –not very often to be honest - I want to hear their music as faster as possible.
What I got in my hand is a three track promo CD officially entitled “Promo 2005”. With this CD the band wants to prepare the media and the fans for their forthcoming demo CD scheduled to be released around Christmas 2005 (does anyone feel like doing a Doom Metal gift?).
The first track called “Omnia Sunt Excisanta” is actually an intro. Well I do not know if the guys have used this track to fill the space in their audio CD but for me this track is simply…useless. It is just a simple clean guitar melody with no background keyboards or vocals / narrations and without any combination with the next track. All the basic features that the introductions have (and I love nice introductions to tell you truth) are simply not there, so let’s move quickly to the next one.
“Pale Divine” which is the title of the second track surprised me! It begins with a mysterious melody based on clean guitar –with a little effect-, soon this melody gets electrified followed by the basic riff of the song. Upon this main riff we can hear the basic melodic voice lines, soon to be followed by a great refrain. The refrain is in my opinion the song’s most brilliant part: epic –meanwhile mournful- with the guitar melodies getting even more mysterious. Soon after (at about 3:40 minutes) we will meet another doom metal riff and then the song changes getting a little bit faster based in a little epic metal riff and a characteristic lead guitar melody. The great refrain follows once again and the song closes under its electrified beginning melody used here for second time. I really enjoyed this song. The rhythm section is strong and “into the point” . I liked the guitar riffs and the melodies / leads. The vocals has something really special and deep reminding me some pieces of good old UK doom metal stuff (Unsilence could be an example), a little careful with the accent and the usage of even more melodic lines could make this voice to be a perfect one and the songs to sound even more “rich”.
After that great song we will meet another instrumental piece of music called “Denial” that is used as an outro. The song is based on a monolithic Doom Metal riff enforced by some mysterious lead guitar themes and some narrations. Just 40 seconds before the end of the song we will be able to hear another great riff, which I love to hear together with vocals to tell you the truth, but as I have already pointed this song is instrumental.
What I really understood from this promo CD is that Mystic Moon are able to write some good pieces of Doom Metal. I can not say that I have completed a full picture of the band inside my mind taking as a fact that I have heard only one completed song which really left me a positive feedback. Their style is deep, mysterious with some epic touches here and there. They have chosen to walk a difficult part and I am sure that we will hear more from those in the near future. I am expecting their full demo by them which I am really impatient to hear because I think I will be surprised even more. Good start guys! Keep on Doom!
http://www.mysticmoon.tk
mystic_moon_04@yahoo.gr
Review by: Countraven