CD Review III
Artist: Blackfield (Steven Wilson & Aviv Geffen)
Album: Blackfield
Release Date: January, 2004
This collaboration between Steven Wilson, lead singer of Porcupine Tree and my hands down favorite vocalist, and Aviv Geffen, an already well-established solo artist, is, in a word, fantastic. The simple raw emotion pouring out of each note, each word, each hit of the stick to drum, is chilling. First off, not only does Wilson have an amazing voice; but Geffen is pretty good in his own right. They have a way, just by closing my eyes, of creating a vivid picture in my mind. One song after another, is a new painting, not just any painting, a masterpiece.
It is by no means a happy record at all. In fact, I think it is very depressing. The images I see are not happy ones. At times they can be pretty brutal. That might just be my fucked up mind; but when I envision and interperate the album, bad stuff goes down. I've seen people die, and not just a regular death either, cold calculated murders. The song 'scars', disturbs me a little sometimes. And some people know exactly why. I can see self-mutilation...and, well you know who is doing it. ._. It is a beautiful song nonetheless, despite my personal history. Anyway, this entire album, in my eyes, is riddled with morbid imagery and death. It isn't obvious and celibratory as you might find in doom metal, it's detectable; but at the same time, hidden behind the beauty of the sound.
In conclusion, it is a great album, no doubt about that; but the subject matter might be a little sensitive to some people.
Final Score: 91/100
Album: Blackfield
Release Date: January, 2004
This collaboration between Steven Wilson, lead singer of Porcupine Tree and my hands down favorite vocalist, and Aviv Geffen, an already well-established solo artist, is, in a word, fantastic. The simple raw emotion pouring out of each note, each word, each hit of the stick to drum, is chilling. First off, not only does Wilson have an amazing voice; but Geffen is pretty good in his own right. They have a way, just by closing my eyes, of creating a vivid picture in my mind. One song after another, is a new painting, not just any painting, a masterpiece.
It is by no means a happy record at all. In fact, I think it is very depressing. The images I see are not happy ones. At times they can be pretty brutal. That might just be my fucked up mind; but when I envision and interperate the album, bad stuff goes down. I've seen people die, and not just a regular death either, cold calculated murders. The song 'scars', disturbs me a little sometimes. And some people know exactly why. I can see self-mutilation...and, well you know who is doing it. ._. It is a beautiful song nonetheless, despite my personal history. Anyway, this entire album, in my eyes, is riddled with morbid imagery and death. It isn't obvious and celibratory as you might find in doom metal, it's detectable; but at the same time, hidden behind the beauty of the sound.
In conclusion, it is a great album, no doubt about that; but the subject matter might be a little sensitive to some people.
Final Score: 91/100