▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Emptiness Soul ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Life = Pain █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-08-23 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Vacula Productions / Sphera Noctis ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Emptiness Soul where a band from Russia █ █ that has been featured before in this zine █ █ and plays a depressive form of black metal █ █ and this is a review of their 2014 album █ █ "Life = Pain" which was released by Vacula █ █ Productions. █ █ Nature sounds start off the album along █ █ with some depressive keyboards a few seconds █ █ later that also use a variety of many █ █ different sounding keys and on the second █ █ track the music starts incorporating more █ █ elements of ambient as well as going into █ █ more of a heavier and melodic musical █ █ direction. █ █ Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive █ █ black metal screams while the solos and █ █ leads remain true to a very melodic musical █ █ direction and when the music speeds up it █ █ brings in more tremolo picking that gives █ █ the songs more of a raw edge along with a █ █ small amount of blast beats and all of the █ █ musical instruments have a very powerful █ █ sound to them and there is also a brief █ █ use of spoken word parts and they also █ █ bring in a couple of instrumentals and a █ █ couple of the tracks are also very long █ █ and epic in length. █ █ With this recording Emptiness Soul created █ █ a very tragic keyboard orientated style of █ █ depressive black metal, the production sounds █ █ very dark and raw yet heavy and powerful █ █ at the same time while the productions █ █ cover suicide and death themes. █ █ In my opinion this is another great █ █ sounding recording from Emptiness Soul and █ █ if are a fan of depressive black metal, █ █ you should check out this album. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Epitaph 4:48 ░ ░ 2. Life = Pain 4:58 ░ ░ 3. My Dark Melancholy 2:51 ░ ░ 4. Sick 3:09 ░ ░ 5. Dreams (Part I) 4:03 ░ ░ 6. Dreams (Part II) 2:00 ░ ░ 7. Voice of a Dead Ocean 6:33 ░ ░ 8. Only a Few Live 3:14 ░ ░ 9. Fragment of the Soul 4:43 ░ ░ 10. Road of Pain 3:25 ░ ░ 11. Leave Me 3:23 ░ ░ 12. Day of My Death 2:41 ░ ░ 13. In the Empty Nights of Loneliness 9:57 ░ ░ 14. Ode to the Suicide (Emptiness) 5:22 ░ ░ 15. Dreams (Live 2012) 4:02 ░ ░ 65:09 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░