In The Woods… – Cease The Day

In The Woods… – Cease The Day
Debemur Morti Productions
Release Date: 23/11/2018
Running Time: 54:43
Review by Chris Galea
8/10

It feels odd having an album from In The Woods… without the creative presence of the Botteri twins. Despite their departure, original drummer Anders Kobro and English singer James Fogarty (the latter of Ewigkeit fame) were determined not to let their efforts go to waste and with the assistance of guitarist Bernt Sørensen gave birth to this album.
Musically, “Cease The Day” is atmospheric Black Metal with Progressive attributes. Onto this are daubed epic and free-flowing emotional soundscapes. ‘Substance Vortex’ and ‘Strike Up With The Dawn’ are apt representations of these qualities. In comparative terms, “Cease the Day” is an improvement on “Pure”, its predecessor, but not as fulfilling as earlier In The Woods… albums such as “Strange In Stereo” or “Omnio”.
Peeling open “Cease The Day”….’Cloud Seeder’ is an excellent and catchy composition. ‘Transcending Yesterdays’ sometimes risks suffocating under its own weight but also contains some bewitching and cathartic moments. Taken as a whole, “Cease The Day” sometimes tries a bit too hard to be In The Woods… but by and large it should please the band’s fans. It certainly pleased me.
“As the fire becomes cold, there’s a story to be told” is a verse from the brief title-track that concludes the album. It’s also an accurate summation of the raison d’être of In The Woods…!
TRACKLIST:
1. Empty Streets (09:30)
2. Substance Vortex (07:26)
3. Respect My Solitude (06:33)
4. Cloud Seeder (06:52)
5. Still Yearning (09:00)
6. Strike Up With The Dawn (06:26)
7. Transcending Yesterdays (07:05)
8. Cease The Day (1:51)
LINE-UP:
James ‘Mr Fog’ Fogarty – Vocals, Guitars, Basses, Keys
Bernt Sørensen – Guitars
Anders Kobro – Drums
Kåre Sletteberg – Guitars on 2.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/inthewoodsomnio/
https://www.instagram.com/inthewoodsofficial/
https://in-the-woods.bandcamp.com/
https://www.debemur-morti.com/en/234-in-the-woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6IcuGxbiI ‘Empty Streets (Official Audio)

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