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Band
Chiral
Title
Gazing Light Eternity
Type
LP/EP
Company
Independent
YOR
2016
Style
Black
5/8/2017 - Review by: Greg Watson
Ambient black metal with a greater focus on the ambient
'Gazing Light Eternity', Chiral's latest album, is an ambient, acoustic journey through the flow of time with sprinklings of black metal on a few of the tracks. "Part I (The Gazer)" starts out with your traditional black metal track that slowly incorporates more ambient keys and other instrumentation. The remainder of the album is more on the ambient side and is mostly instrumental with spoken word and a few small vocal parts thrown in. This is something you could put on during an overcast, dreary day and just let the music sink in. This is an album that I would classify as more ambient than anything but still a decent listen all in all.
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
3
MUSIC
3.5
VOCALS
2
PRODUCTION
3
ARTWORK
2
LYRICS
2


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3 :AVE RATING

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TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Gazing Light Eternity
2016
Independent
Greg Watson5/8/2017
3

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