Temple Of Guilt

Majestic Downfall | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 2, 2009
• Label: My Kingdom Music
• Copyright: 2009 My Kingdom Music
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• ASIN: B001OY7C20
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars DOOM!, May 17, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Temple of Guilt (Audio CD)

Man, it's hard to listen to an album like Temple of Guilt - the debut full-length from Mexican doom metal band Majestic Downfall - and not want to kill yourself. That's how you know you're listening to some "grade A" doom metal. If you get to the end of the album and need sunshine and a copy of Abba's Greatest Hits to claw yourself out of a bleak melancholy, that's doom done right, and that's exactly what Majestic Downfall (hell, even the name depresses) delivers.

Majestic Downfall is essentially a one-man band. Jacobo Cordova (ex-Antiqua, Project Firestart) takes brutal doom metal back to its roots with this project. Temple of Guilt instantly recalls early efforts by My Dying Bride, Katatonia, and Morgion. That classic doom sound is augmented by elements of modern doom like Agalloch and Novembers Doom as well as traces of death and black metal. The end result is five songs ranging from 9-15 minutes in length that range from somber and melancholy to soul-crushingly bleak. It says a lot about the strength of these songs that I never once get bored with them. They're all of a similar style, but the pace ranges from funereal to headbanging, and the atmosphere is always compelling. These powerful, evocative songs paint a fascinating and despondent picture one gray brushstroke at a time.

Doom metal fans, rejoice (better yet, mourn). You're in for some truly monumental doom when you enter the Temple of Guilt. Just don't keep any sharp objects or loaded firearms nearby when you listen to it, or you may not survive the experience.