NYCTOPHILIA - 'Weltschmerz'
It's been two years since Nyctophilia's last full-length album. With such a long and varied discography, I was wondering if 'Weltschmerz' will be a star in Nyctophilia's career... Also, I really like 'Dwelling In The Fullmoon Light', so I also expected that release to top my old favorite by the band.
I listened to the album a few times, and...
I was extremely bored.
I expected something creative, with magical synths and depressive riffs, but all I heard was one loooooong track, that lasted for the 52 minutes of the album. In my opinion, the album did not reach the level of the previous releases. Each guitar riff, drum part, as well as vocals, sounded the same and quite repetitive. Only the fourth track 'Na Zapomnianym Szlaku' was a breakthrough on the album. It felt as if Grief really did his best on that one. This one track didn't save the album, but it kind of kept it at a rather neutral level, since the layout of the physical release was a great choice.
The cover art was a perfect choice reflecting the characteristics of the material, the hand-written lyrics are a huge positive point for the band here. Grief's care for detail was proved yet again in the creative layout of 'Weltschmerz's' physical release.
Well, I wasn't satisfied with the material on the album - even the synths, something that builds up the atmosphere was boring and sounded extremely repetitive to me. As a result of that, the already long tracks felt like an eternity to me.
What saves 'Weltschmerz' is the precision and elegancy, with which the physical releases were done.
A brilliant idea was to add the painting of Grief by Marek Soszyński, I deeply admire his work, and I think that this artwork was a splendid detail.
Overall, I think that there wasn't much idea on what to include in the album, but the fourth track went in a good direction.
Let's wait and see what Nyctophilia will release next.
Nott
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