SWALLOW THE SUN FEEL OUR PAIN OF THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 9:53am by Vince NeilsteinAs Daylight Savings Time comes to a close, the most depressing and dark time of year is now upon us. No band’s name sums it up better than Finland’s Swallow the Sun, and their music captures the impending feelings of gloom and despair via moody, dark, Scandinavian doom-metal. Slow, downtuned, neo-classical bludgeonry and razor sharp keyboards slice through a bowel-movement inducing death metal growl to make some of the most depressing music imaginable. My mood today and feelings about how it got dark at 4:30 last night are perfectly captured in “Descending Winters,” below.
My heart goes out to my Scandinavian metal brothers and sisters who have to deal with only 6 hours of daylight come December. I don’t know how you guys make it through. Actually, I guess you just write depressing music like this.
-VN
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I saw them at their first show Insomnium and Scar Symmetry in the US at Jaxx nightclub in Virginia and met them afterwards. Super chill dudes, there live show was incredible, basically the same as the video minus the snow and parkas. The bassist told me that their first and newest albums are their heavier stuff, and the middle one is the most depressed/emotional one. unfortunately they couldnt pay to have all 3 of their albums come with them so i could only grab their newest.
no steal this track or link? i am intriuged for sure!
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