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Band
Shores of Null
Title
Quiescence
Type
LP/EP
Company
Candlelight
YOR
2014
Style
Death
5/5/2014 6:56:44 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
Italian doomsters Shores of Null possess enough requisite skills to dabble in areas normally reserved for Amorphis and Katatonia. 'Quiescence' is the band's debut album and one that should please those gothic-doom fans that found sustenance in the 90s melodic death scene. The vocals blend deep growls with clean passages that are superimposed over layers of slower riffs and twin guitar melody. Again I am mentioning Amorphis because 'Quiescence' closely resembles those Finns penchant for atmospheric melody that doesn't sacrifice aggressive tendencies. Oceans of Null is a band to watch.
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