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Into Darkness/Eternal Frost

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This will not appeal to a great portion of the "metal crowd".As much as I appreciate this band,the simple truth is that it's one of those "gotta be in the right mood"to even consider giving a spin.Celtic Frost?Yes,the vocals are clearly influenced by Mr. Warrior,but otherwise(besides the heaviness)little to point towards Frost.No,this is slow-mo crossover(definite Hardcore lyrics),albeit with a lean more towards the Metal side.This is,though,somewhat ahead of it's time in regards to the current Drone subgenre - those acclimated to the likes of SunnO)),Khanate,and the like should add a star to the above rating....

Well..this has now gone into COMPLETE OBSCURITY!!!!

THIS IS THE BEST DOOM ALBUM EVER MADE!!!!! NOTHING CAN TOUCH IT..TIME HAS SHOWN ME THIS!!!!! AFTER YEAR's..YEAR's!!!! THIS STILL GIVE's ME THE WILLIE's!!!

When this world is burning down.. I hope to have this the player at the moment!!!

This band also had such INSIGHT..listen to those lyric's HOME SLICE!!!

WINTER..BEST BAND EVER!!!!! THEY GET THE INFESTER NOG VOMIT AWARD!!!

''DEAFENING SCREAMS.......AHHHHHHHHHHHHH''

Death and doom go together like peanut butter and jelly. And Winter may be the apotheosis of the combination.

One song sounds like troops of doom from Sepultura and the others are in their own sound respectively. I would say it is a steady moving atmosphere with long drawn out bass and guitars. If you are curious about your music this sound is a definite to listen to.

This is a great album. It's extremely original. I remember reading the cassette sleeve long ago professing that this isn't black metal or death metal. Well, it's basically very original death metal. I highly recommend it for death metal fans. The music is generally very slow, with a few medium tempo songs.

This is quite simply one of the ugliest depressing doom/sludge releases ever and for that reason alone it is ESSENTIAL.Winter's career was short but honestly I doubt if they could ever have bettered Into Darkness, their only full length album. This is where Celtic Frost could have gone after To Mega Therion and if you listen to John Almans spewed vocals there is more than a hint of the "Warrior" of old. There are no highlights and no lowlights just a continuous onslaught of floor shaking sounds. It wont lift your spirits but thats not the issue either, this is a testament to the atomic winter and will surely be remembered as one of the greatest albums of the genre.

Find it and I dare you to prove me wrong.

The slow burn of anger sockets itself in conflict expressed in geothermal time, crawling minutely into position for eternal battle as the detuned and masochistically-slow music of Winter crushes with nihilism and stoicism. As if to express a morbid sadness through the anger which brings it, a rolling granite consistency holds these themes together and then befriends entropy to grind them down. Inclining angular slabs of power chords against one another creates structure to support slow motion chord changes, as heavily distorted keyboards and studio noises shift the expectation toward the next phrase. Primordial, this music pulls itself from pits of degradation with steady, relentless increase in hypnotic churning, without release. Mewling circus of distorted feedback and organ fill in the gaping void between chords. Tone choice is mostly death metal style, as are vocals of slowly-separating gravel roar synchronizing with shuddering bass of reverb and distortion, while drums are clear and brightly on top of rhythmic projection.

Read his review. It basically mirrors what I would say except I would add more exclamation points.

I would only add that anyone that has been depressed, not whiny-emo-rebel-without-a-cause 'depression' but true clinical depression, will tell you that if there was an audial manifestation of depression this would truly be it. Every note bemoans a swirling miasmic sea of melancholy orchestrated by the behemoth to drag you into the infinite depths of your abyss.

Unleash this Titan at your peril.

This is an essential slab of genre defining death doom in a nice comforting sludge -a beautifully mastered mix which you can play at max volume after midnight for maximum impact! Has anyone ever heard better vocals over rumbling bass and droning guitars? Hear Goden and you can feel the earth groaning as man mistreats it. If you like My Dying Bride, Anathema's Serenades or any drone metal, pick this up. You will not be disappointed.

For anyone who loves doommetal like i do this cd is a must! Think old my dying bride and paradise lost and even old paramaecium! BUY THIS YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!