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They never send any lifesign before PRAEKOSMIUM, █ █ █ █ you wonÆt find any information on the founding date or █ █ █ █ anything else. The only real information you can obtain █ █ █ █ consist of one foto of the only person behind the band and, █ █ █ █ as a logic consequence, the fact, that he has done █ █ █ █ everything on his own (well, there were some session █ █ █ █ musicians involved recording this record). The debut record █ █ █ █ of this german band consists of ôonlyö five tracks, but it █ █ █ █ still offers a total playing time of round about 45 █ █ █ █ minutes. █ █ █ █ You could describe the record as two-parted (although these █ █ █ █ parts are mixed). The five tracks of the record are divided █ █ █ █ into two instrumentals, one outro track and, as the core of █ █ █ █ the record (as both tracks are quite overlong) , two ôrealö █ █ █ █ tracks. One of these core pieces starts the record, its █ █ █ █ named Die Architektur des Seins and it covers 15 whole █ █ █ █ minutes of the total playing time. This song starts quite █ █ █ █ calm but soon gets transformed into something darker, █ █ █ █ melancholic which resembles the main part of the track. You █ █ █ █ could easily say, that this track is the centerpiece û the █ █ █ █ soul û of the whole record, as it covers the whole music █ █ █ █ spectrum FrostSeele can offer in itÆs finest quality. █ █ █ █ The song offers everything pending from really catchy riffs █ █ █ █ featuring screamed vocals to some calmer moments, which █ █ █ █ continue the theme of the opening. These quite different, █ █ █ █ but still matching, parts prevent the song from becoming █ █ █ █ boring, although it had itÆs highlight û without any doubt █ █ █ █ û right in the middle of the track. The only real flaw in █ █ █ █ this song might be the long-drawn instrumental at the end █ █ █ █ of the track. The other songs feature the same █ █ █ █ base-quality, but they lack something else, which diminish █ █ █ █ the general impression. █ █ █ █ The main symptom found in these tracks is the lack of █ █ █ █ highlights, respectively the lack of really catching riffs. █ █ █ █ The two instrumental tracks are quite varied and well done, █ █ █ █ but they didnÆt manage to create something really catchy. █ █ █ █ Of course itÆs always difficult to create a striking good █ █ █ █ song without vocals, but the long playing time took itÆs █ █ █ █ toll. The second ôrealö track Du has another little flaw in █ █ █ █ the middle section, as the song becomes really slow paced █ █ █ █ and nothing really happens in this long-drawn period █ █ █ █ (although IÆm quite aware of the fact, that this passage █ █ █ █ fits quite well into the concept of the track, but itÆs █ █ █ █ still too boring.). The production is quite good, besides █ █ █ █ the fact that it lacks the low frequencies, which causes █ █ █ █ the bassdrum to be too subtle at times. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Conclusion: █ █ █ █ FrostSeele released a really striking debut record █ █ █ █ basically out of nowhere! The tracks are quite varied and █ █ █ █ well done, but all of them suffer from one or another flaw █ █ █ █ like the lack of highlights or really catchy riffs that █ █ █ █ canÆt be balanced by the good basic quality the songs have. █ █ █ █ This record contains a mix of melodic black metal and █ █ █ █ atmospheric/ambient music, that surely isnÆt new but really █ █ █ █ well done. You loved Daemmerfarben? Then you will love █ █ █ █ FrostSeele too! █ █ █ █ █ █ █░█ █░█ █ █ 1. Die Architektur des Seins 14:59 █ █ █ █ 2. Diagnose 7:15 █ █ █ █ 3. Du 13:22 █ █ █ █ 4. Tabula Rasa 6:51 █ █ █ █ 5. 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