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Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CD . :: :: Label :: Avantgarde Music R.date :: 2025-08-23 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: AV514CD S.date :: 2025-03-28 __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.100 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 269kbps :.. . Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo . . Size :: 89.36 MB . . . __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 1. Infinity on Low 1:12 :: :: 2. Ever Fading Light 7:42 :: :: 3. Dream of Yesterday 6:18 :: :: 4. Shades of Cold 5:14 :: :: 5. Far from Home 6:38 :: :: 6. Forever Yours 3:46 :: :: 7. Unbroken Fragments 4:49 :: :: 8. A Velvet Hue 7:19 :: :: :: :: :: :: ------- :: .. >> 42:58 .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: From Bandcamp, ôExpanding on their roots in depressive rock and :: :: black metal, AUTUMNÆs DAWN has created an album that is both :: :: familiar and daringly new. With tracks that balance harrowing :: :: intensity and moments of poignant beauty, ôWe Lost Our Hope :: :: Along the Wayö explores themes of despair, loss, and fleeting :: :: hope. The inclusion of 90s rock influences adds a nostalgic yet :: :: modern dynamic, creating a rich and immersive listening :: :: experience.ö The album has eight songs, and ôInfinity on Lowö :: :: is first, and itÆs a short mood-setter. The mood is very :: :: solemn, and the medium is piano. :: :: :: :: ôEver Fading Lightö is the first proper track. The riff is low :: :: and slow, and I picture deep hues of grey. Harsh vocals sink :: :: the song deeper into depressive tones, but the mood changes :: :: with some guitar melody and then in come these rich clean vocal :: :: harmonies. From there, itÆs a fight to the death between the :: :: two moods with no clear winner. ôDream of Yesterdayö begins :: :: with some clean vocals, harmonies and melodies, and it crawls :: :: out the deep place the previous song occupied. Although it :: :: remains melancholy, you can feel flickers of hope trying to :: :: break through. ôShades of Goldö is darker and a bit more :: :: introspective. It has hardened elements that are augmented with :: :: moments of pure beauty, and the harsh and clean vocals wrestle :: :: with one another throughout. :: :: :: :: ôFar from Homeö has endless shades of grey, like a succession :: :: of cloudy or rainy days that just come one after another and :: :: each day you wake up, nothing changes. The harsh vocals seem to :: :: accentuate the frustration of so many of us in our current :: :: lives. ôForever Yoursö is a shorter acoustic led piece that :: :: gives you pause from the dull ache of the previous songs and :: :: also offers you a branch of hope. ôUnbroken Fragmentsö has :: :: steadier tones and seems to live in that world that is between :: :: despair and promise. ItÆs an area that is safe for most people, :: :: but it doesn't offer you the chance to test your dreams. ôA :: :: Velvet Hueö closes the album. It features dark somber sounds :: :: that are tempered with melodies at just the right times. :: :: :: :: This album is an odyssey through the quiet ache of nostalgia :: :: and the fragile persistence of hope. It lingers in the tension, :: :: in the muted silver hues of memory, where light struggles to :: :: break through but never fully surrenders to the dark. ItÆs an :: :: album for those who have stood at the crossroads of hope and :: :: despair and found themselves unwilling to choose a direction. :: :: It is for those who understand that some stories do not end :: :: with triumph or tragedy, but simply continue, wavering in the :: :: twilight. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2025 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :