![]() Ghost Trail is a beautifully crafted slow burner, taking its sweet time sucking you into its dazzling, gaping jaws before regurgitating you back out. The Lure, which is lightly induced by horns, mainly serves as respite from the colossal ending of Ghost Trail, which is easily the best song on the album. ![]() I think if they could have fleshed them out like they would have before they could have been amazing tracks. UgÃ*n and Österbotten aren’t bad but just don’t catch my attention in the same way as earlier efforts. The instrumental tracks are nicely done but I can’t say I enjoyed them as much as before when compared to mostly instrumental songs like Dim or Dark City, Dead Man. Owlwood opens things nicely reminding listeners that CoL haven’t forgotten their heavy roots while still showing flourishes of well placed melodies and softer sections. Eternal Kingdom incorporates the somewhat more organic feeling guitar work of SATH and the electronic elements of Salvation while adding a few new touches like horns and an expansion of effects likely from synths. That’s not to say the songs aren’t still lengthy, the average tracks clocks in at about 6 minutes, which is more than enough time to get their ideas out. CoL never needed overtly long songs per se but it did give them plenty of time to create smothering blankets of atmosphere which is something very few can match what they are capable of. Part of Pelican’s appeal was that it took so long and many different directions to get to the destination. Instead of crafting sprawling landscapes of sound they have chosen to tighten and focus their aural assaults, similar to what Pelican tried but with better results. Remember those 10+ minute journeys that CoL used to take you on? Well for the most part those are gone, with the exception of Ghost Trail. Not necessarily moving forward but sitting comfortably and experimenting in a reduced capacity. Eternal Kingdom more or less combines the feel of the latter two albums while still sounding like they’re not rewriting the same songs. While The Beyond and the S/T albums were droning sludge fests Salvation and SATH were tempered with quiet ambient passages and soft interludes woven in between slabs of crushing riffs. This album is a band doing what they do best, making solid songs.Īfter 2006’s Somewhere Along the Highway it could be said Cult of Luna (CoL) was searching for, reaffirming and experimenting with their sound.
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