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Soul

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Overall, this is an excellent CD with many crushing and atmospheric songs.
The slow and heavy songs build up to satisfaction. In fact they are so good that I find myself skipping the harder songs like Nothing and Cold Skin because I feel they wreck the mood.
My favorites are Dissipation, Suffer Alone, In Silence, Despair, and especially Incandescence.
I would also like to point out that their drummer kicks ass. He shows a lot of restraint, but still lets loose some amazing fills.

well kiddies....this is the final mindrot release of new material ever....there are new bands in the ashes forming and recording as we speek..... there is also talks of mindrot releasing the legendary "faded dream" promo as well as some other demo outtakes and unreleased material....the new bands that have come from the ashes are SHIVA which contains bassist matt fisher and guitarist dan kaufman....and NACENT which has vocalist adrian leroux and guitarist john flood......both groups are in the studio writing new songs to unleash on the public.....i hope there are many fans still around out there that will support the new acts which are full of new blood and life and will not let the fans down....thanks for the support from the past...you are all appreciated...thanx

This album is perhaps one of the better albums I have in my collection. I have followed Mindrot since Endeavor and I feel Mindrot has found themselves musically. Lyrically they have never held back. THe lyrics are so deep and thought provoking. To put it bluntly they are depressing. All you have to do is listen to track 2 called "Nothing". This is music for the emotional listener. IF you are a fan of Doom you have to listen to Mindrot. If there band members can keep themselves out of jail I expect very big things out of them. At the rate they are going they should become legends amongst there genre.

Sadly, when I heard of Mindrot's breakup in March of 98', I was sadly disappointed. It's funny how I got hooked onto Mindrot, for maybe a year or so I corresponded with one of the band members online & learned of the band that way. I have since lost connect with him. As for the album, "Soul" -- it's definatly something that remains in my CD player. These guys had the ability to bring forth, not only great music, but there was defiantly soul behind their words.

Two years have passed and I still can't believe Mindrot's gone. Soul, as well as Dawning, are two of the most crushing, atmospheric and involving records I've ever heard. Soul is one of those records you listen to from start to finish and you don't know where time went, a black abyss of devastating riffs and melancholic melodies that'll make you push "play" again as it ends. If you're into dark, emotive and just HEAVY music, Soul is a must-have! Just check out "Incandescence" and let go of your life.

Mmmmm the Cd came out in 1998 not 2005! Hardly Nu-Metal...only if he knew! True Mindrot fans know. The body we all knew as Mindrot is spinning in his grave...

Adrian Leroux
Mindrot (Rip)

1998's Soul was the second full-length album from US doom metal band Mindrot. The cult metal band was only active for a brief period of time in the mid `90s, but they left behind an impressive legacy of doom.

Mindrot's sound bridged the traditional doom metal of Black Sabbath and Candlemass with elements of death metal (and to some extent thrash). Sabbath-style guitar riffs are paired with crushing rhythms, and the vocals range from clean/almost whispered to a frenzied shouting/not quite death metal growling. Soul is as bleak as it is heavy, conjuring feelings of despair (as on the 10-minute monster "Despair") as well as Evoken. I also hear similarities to better-known US doom metal bands Morgion and November's Doom.

Sadly, Soul ended up being Mindrot's final offering, as the band members moved on to other projects. The album remains a classic example of death-laden doom metal, and one that any serious doom metal fan should hear.

i think that this is a great band but not to the point that i would say that its awesome but theyre ok "mediocre" i am by no means trashing this band, but it is worth buying, oveall i have mixed feelings on them, but see for yourself, go buy this cd.

Okay, first of all ? I would like to say something here...Im i the only one who thought that mindrot's soul sounded like a soulfly album ? Or any other crappy nu-metal band ? I know that i did enjoy the album dawning but i do not know what happen between this two albums. It just sounds horrible and insted of metal you actullie hear nu-metal! Don't bother...Get dawning insted.