Description
One can undoubtedly say that Finland is the cradle of funeral doom metal.
From Thergothon and Skepticism to Tyranny and Shape Of Despair, the
land of the thousand lakes gave birth, shape and life to this sub-sub-genre
so monolithic and impenetrable. Here at Avantgarde Music we know
something about it, as Thergothon only studio album was our very first
release, back in 1994, and now, a quarter of a century later we go back to
the scene of the crime
Profetus third studio album is a concept about time and mortality, a
collection of bleak compositions to raise the awareness that everything is
transient, all is impermanent. To express such idea, The Sadness Of Time
Passing can be linked to the Japanese concept 'mono no aware', and such
link to the far east is sealed by its cover. The painting by Yuka Yoshihara,
talented contemporary Japanese painter, was made using 19th century
colors and old Japanese painting techniques to resemble a Finnish
romantic, XVII century painting.
The Sadness Of Time Passing was composed along a five-year span, a
period which carried great personal losses for Mäkinen. Eventually,
Profetus locked the door of their own studio, a wooden lodge in the middle
of the Finnish woods, and recorded the album as a whole during one week
only, in early 2018. The studio, said to be haunted by the spirits of the
woods, gave a natural sound to the recordings
Track Listing
- The Sadness Of Time Passing
- Nostalgia
- Momentary Burial
- Northern Crown
- Tiarnia
Additional Details
Label: Avantgarde Music
Genre: Metal
Language: English
Run Time: 68 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 11/22/19
UPC: 641126300386
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