Band: HypothermiaAlbum: Skogens Hjärta
Year: 2010
Country: Sweden
Since this song is ridiculously long (68 minutes and 44 seconds to be exact) I rarely manage to squeeze in enough time to listen to the whole song. But just the other day I had an hour and a half long bus journy through dark and snow-covered woods ahead of me so I couldn't resist the temptation. I didn't have a outer worldly experience but it sure made the drive comfortable and relaxing. Hypothermia is perhaps the most common name in the Depressive Black Metal-scene with multiple releases in their bag. Some think that they are amazing and some say that they are just overrated, everyone seems to have an opinion on them though. With this release you can clearly tell that the music tends to drift more and more to the Depressive Rock sound, kind of reminds me of a gloomier and heavier Red House Painters with it's slow and mellow guitar-play and simplistic drumming. The production on Skogens Hjärta is without a doubt the best to feature on any Hypothermia-release to date and overall the sound is more cleaner than before. Although there is some more distorted and harsher parts which for the most part gives the song a heavier background, the focus is mainly on the repetitive and very catchy melodies. This may not be easy listening due to the length and lack of variation, besides some nice build-ups and slightly different drumming on some parts the whole song evolves around the main melody. For me that is the beauty of the song and i think it makes the song more melancholic. Like a lullaby to a suicide.
Song(s) you should listen to: Speaks for itself doesn't it?
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