Tears of Mortal Solitude

Forest Stream | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 6, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B000092Q6S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #593,729 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Autumn Elegy

2. Legend

3. Last Season Purity

4. Snowfall

5. Mel Kor

6. Whole

7. Black Swans

8. Winter Solstice

9. Steps of Mankind

Disc: 2

1. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

2. The Garden

3. The Dark Heart of Uukrul

4. The Embossed

5. Mel Kor [Demo Version]

6. Growth Denied

7. Fear (Wasn't in the Design)

8. The Danza

9. Black Swans [Demo Version]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Majestic Sorrow, August 13, 2003

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Damien (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tears of Mortal Solitude (Audio CD)

First off, let me say that if you are not in a depressive mood before you hear this cd, then you will be after. This will possibly be one of the best doom metal cd's to come out for a while! A must have for any Doom metal fan(or even someone who is just getting into this type of style)! The music is so crafted and put together that it will reach your soul and make it bleed. The only bad thing about this album is that the drums are programed, but still are so blended it doesn't sound like it, the sound is still perfect. The vocals are like the lyrics themselves "Dark", They switch between Black, Death, and Clean. The keyboards are Epic and remind me of Dimmu Borgir and/or Tangerine Dream in the movie "Legend". The Guitars through most of the album are heavy and very doomy, the clean guitars remind me alot of Anathema, where you feel like you are in a dreamlike state, which they also use alot of Delay.
All the songs average out to be around 9 mins long. I would recommend this cd to any fans of early Katatona, My Dying Bride, Opeth, Anathema, Daylight Dies, Schaliach, Dimmu Borgir, or the alike.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an EXTREMEMLY good CD, May 15, 2004

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Matt Stoessel (Tolland, CT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tears of Mortal Solitude (Audio CD)

I really do love this album. Every song is quite different. This would be one of the coolest bands out there if they had more than one kind of singing. This is more doom metal than black. I don't know if I've ever heard such a keyboard/synth driven sound before. The keyboards and synths are EXTREMELY atmospheric. Do NOT judge this album by the cover art - you can get Oceanborn's, Vision's, or Beyond the Veil's atmosphere out of this album. The cover art is actually quite boring. It does set the modd for a very depressing album, like Lake of Sorrow, but only the intro actually fits that cover art. You'll feel like your best friend is dying during each song. Its such a sad sound that Forest Stream plays. To a certain degree, this is like a slower Graveworm, only not as heavy, either.

The production is absolutely amazing. It isn't recorded at Finnvox or anything (I think the band's Russian), but it will blow your mind.

The keyboards... the album is flat-out loaded with keyboards. Don't compare this to "When the Aurora Falls" or a Children of Bodom album. These are mostly atmospheric keyboards, not simple keyboard notes that sound like an advanced guitar.

Songs vary in length a lot. The longer songs don't get boring. I think the longest one is just over 12 minutes and there's one about 11:30. There are 2 or 3 "mid-tros", but I don't think any of the SONGS are under 7:00.

The first track is about 3:30 and is a phenomenal intro. It starts off with beautiful keyboards and then starts to sound like Royal Hunt's Intervention (the 14 minute version). There are vocals, but no drums in this track. It leads into the 2nd track which is the most friendly song on the album, meaning that it is like other music, but also has the characteristics that make Forest Stream who they are. After that, you're in for a ride like no other. Tracks 5 and 7 are on the sampler disc that also comes with ...the Infinite by Lunaris and Astronomicom by Without Face, only the album contains the better-produced versions. Track 8, Winter Solsitce is my favorite. It sounds very soft, and there isn't much of a "beat" to it, seeing as how there aren't many drums. There are just half-grunt, half-growl vocals there with the INCREDIBLE, depressing last 2 minutes. After that is the outro, which I believe is 5 minutes. And after the outro... ... its time to hit "replay":-)
I VERY highly recommend this album to fans of anything gothic, doom, death, or black. Just remember that there are NO FEMALE VOCALS. 99999/5 stars. Just kidding:-) But the album honestly is very good.

When you get the time, please go read some of my other reviews and say if they helped you or not. Thanks for reading!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars classic, January 28, 2004

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Kiran Sanjeeva (Del Mar, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tears of Mortal Solitude (Audio CD)

Well... this band from Russia sure makes good, epic doom music. All the songs seem to narrate a story. One can listen to this from the start to the end and it all seems like reading an epic, taking you down different stages and letting you feel and experience each and every moment.

Songs are well crafted. The double-bass kick in at the right moments and so do the piano parts. Very soothing at times, and suddenly erupting with deep growls. This album is full of these.

I checked out some of their samples first and was so blown away that finally I own one now.