Artist: The Foreshadowing
Country: Italy
Label: Candlelight Records
Formats: CD
Year: 2007
For some reason it is usually very easy to say where a band is from, most of the times the sound or approach to a certain genre reveal the bands origin. So is the case with this The Foreshadowing, these are so Italian as Italian metal can sound. Mediterranean doom rock/metal at its most distinguishable…
Not at all different from country mates Novembre or Klimt 1918 they are twisting the mellow doom sound of later Katatonia into something rather gloomy and uncomfortable. Without being very heavy or extreme they still manage to get their depressing message out, loud enough to make sure the listener is nailed. But, at the same time they are able to draw in loads of melody and recognizable songs to lower the barrier that doom metal often is. The Foreshadowing is actually doom rock/metal at its most accessible, easily fitting to the likes of The Wounded, ShamRain, later Ulver, Anathema and Katatonia and a bit of the upcoming post-rock hype. But what makes The Foreshadowing stand out most is their ability of writing very interesting songs that drag you through a certain pool of misery and the dismal side of life. Especially the voice of vocalist Marco Beneveto is very much appealing and, most likely, adds the most to the rather uncomfortable sound that they push forward. Yet originality is nowhere to be found and the ‘nothing’-concept has been a bit worn-out over the past years, Katatonia is mostly to blame. The same goes for the very recognizable artwork by Seth, always very well executed but also rather limited, and this album could’ve used something else. Other than this, “Days Of Nothing” is just very much recommended to all fans of the melancholic easy-listening-kind of doom and for fans of the aforementioned bands.
