▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Ivan ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Memory █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2018 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-03-09 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Solitude Productions ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Ivan's "Memory" is a two-track full-length that is █ █ 48 minutes in length and full of things I never █ █ expected. █ █ With two songs above the 20-minute mark, this is a █ █ tedious album to get through. I also suggest that █ █ you donÆt listen to this when youÆre really sad █ █ because both songs are like watching the scene █ █ from movies where it shows all of the good guys █ █ dying off, except this scene lasted 25 minutes. █ █ Boom. There goes Bambi. Boom. There goes Fred █ █ Weasley. Boom. There goes every character you ever █ █ loved that was killed off. █ █ Yes, these songs are sad. However sad and █ █ depressing they are, the melodies are intricate █ █ and beautiful, mimicking a classical approach to █ █ composition. The songs have depth, and within this █ █ depth are many melodies playing at once, but each █ █ one compliments the other. █ █ There are some things that I never expected from a █ █ doom/death metal album. First of all, thereÆs █ █ piano and violin, and they arenÆt limited to █ █ specific sections. They play throughout the entire █ █ album with the guitars, bass, and drums. This is █ █ what really layers the music so much and makes it █ █ sound classical. █ █ Just because itÆs classical sounding doesnÆt mean █ █ that itÆs neoclassical. ItÆs not fast or shredding █ █ at all. ItÆs mid-paced, doom-laden Death Metal, █ █ and it gets the job done. █ █ The only problem I see with this album is that █ █ there arenÆt any major differences between the two █ █ songs. Each song has the same concept: layered █ █ melodies created by violin, piano, and guitar. The █ █ intricacies of the music make it so that you have █ █ to listen to the album multiple times in order to █ █ get the gist, and the length of the songs donÆt █ █ make this easy. In fact, it takes a while for the █ █ melodies to set in. ItÆs probably a good thing the █ █ songs are so long because of how long it took for █ █ my brain to wrap around what all of the █ █ instruments were doing as a collective group. █ █ Other than the issue of the music not being █ █ diverse at all, this album isnÆt bad. The overall █ █ atmosphere of the music was very depressing, but █ █ serene at the same time. I would recommend this to █ █ people who like modern doom/death with a twist. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Visions 22:14 ░ ░ 2. Time is Lost 25:52 ░ ░ 48:06 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░