Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Illwill Year : 2011 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
Swedish pioneers of dark music, Lake Of Tears, have been a constant
magnitude on the scene since their 1994 Black Mark release of "Greater
Art" and it's hard to imagine it without them. If one constant remains
with Lake Of Tears it is that each subsiquent release will sound at
least a little (often a lot) different from its predecessor, but will be
in no way of inferior quality. "Illwill" is no different from this. It
is Lake Of Tears most rich, mellow and powerful release to date and is
an instant classic in their 8 album catalogue. Working farther away from
2007's "Moons And Muchrooms" somber elements, "Illwill" still holds
true all that Lake Of Tears represent: progressive, modern, dark,
psychedelic unique richness blended into their own spaced out world,
someplace beyond Metal. Make no doubt, "Illwill" is a welcome addition
to the rich Lake Of Tears catalogue.
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Black Brick Road Year : 2004 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
With a Contemporary Mis of Goth, Rock and Metal with an Atmospheric
Touch of Psychedelia, Lake of Tears have Delivered an Impressive
Comeback with "Black Brick Road".
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Forever Autumn Year : 1999 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
The most instrumentally dense, musically accomplished release from
Lake of Tears, Forever Autumn is probably the group's finest
accomplishment. With its metal-cum-folk dramatics and melancholy
harmonicas, Lake of Tears draws what must be an unintended comparison to
American alt-rock prankster outfitWeen. It's very doubtful that members
of either band even heard of -- much less listened to -- the other, but
Forever Autumn's high-contrast folk/prog/metal (especially the sedate
and conversational vocals on tracks like "The Homecoming") bears an
eerie comparison to many a Ween classic. All random musical associations
aside, the dense, well-arranged "So Fell Autumn Rain," "Hold on Tight,"
and "To Blossom Blue" stand out as career bests for Lake of Tears.
Listening to Lake of Tears' mid-'90s work, it would have been hard to
guess that the group could assemble a recording this realized and
well-performed by the end of the decade. That said, Forever Autumn is
very far from being a superior rock or metal recording. It is simply a
fine effort from a lesser '90s Euro-metal band.
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Greater Art Year : 1994 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
This Lake of Tears album is heavier than the others. The music is more
up tempo but still very strong, and there aren't any acoustic pieces,
like with Forever Autumn and the like. The vocals aren't as clean, he
growls a little, but they never reach a real death metal style, even
though LoT often gets lumped in with death/doom bands.
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Moons And Mushrooms Year : 2007 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
Moons and Mushrooms is the seventh studio album by the gothic metal
band Lake of Tears. It was released in 2007, and was the first Lake of
Tears recording to feature Magnus Sahlgren as an official member of the
band (although he had played guitar with Lake of Tears as a guest artist
since 1999). Unlike the band's previous two albums, Moons and Mushrooms
made heavy use of guitars, having a less electronic sound. A limited
edition digipack version of the album was released alongside the
standard version, featuring a cover of the Status Quo song "Is There a
Better Way?" as a bonus track.
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : The Neonai Year : 2002 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
The good thing is that Lake Of Tears haven't lost what makes them
great, the melancholic aspect in the music, catchy or doomy, each song
has an unexplainable sadness vibe, maybe is the vocals of Daniel
Brennare, maybe is the angelic female vocals, or maybe is just that Lake
Of tears know how to do their job.
A experimental album for Lake Of
tears, maybe not all fans of the band will like this, especially the
ones that love the first 2 records, but lake Of Tears have moved on,
never expect that a band will continue to do the same music for 10 years
in a row, quoting Charles Darwin, It's Evolution Baby!
Demo 1 '93 (1993)
TRACKLIST: 1. Eyes Of The Sky
2. Netherworld
3. Upon The Highest Mountain Lady Rosenred (1997)
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Demo 1 '93 / Lady Rosenred Year : 1993 / 1997 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 128 / 320 Info: 3-track demo from the Swedish atmospheric doomsters...Kinda rare this one...
Lake
of Tears first came together in 1992 when Daniel Brennare, Jonas
Eriksson, and Michael Larsson left the death metal band they were
playing in and hooked up with Johan Oudhuis. They recorded a demo in
early 1993 which caught the attention of Black Mark Productions, who
signed the band soon after. Their debut, Greater Art, was released in
1994, followed quickly by Headstones the next year. The band began to
tour through Europe, losing guitarist Eriksson in the summer of 1996.
They recorded a third album in 1997, A Crimson Cosmos, which gained them
much attention in the metal underground. They hired a new guitarist,
Ulrik Lindblom, and toured relentlessly until 1999, when they recorded
Forever Autumn. This album was more in a progressive rock vein than
their previous material, hiring full-time keyboardist Christian Saarinen
to help round out their sound. Unfortunately, the lack of attention
from their label as well as personal problems split the band by the time
2001 rolled around. In the winter of 2001, Brennare told his fans from
Lake of Tears's official website that he planned on fulfilling the last
album in the band's contract, and he had hoped that the band would
decide to help him make one last album.
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Artist : Lake Of Tears Country : Sweden Release : Headstones Year : 1995 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
Abandoning their doom and death metal affectations almost completely
(and appropriately, for that matter), Lake of Tears take a more
traditional metal approach on "Headstones." Released on Black Mark just a
year after their debut for the label, this sophomore outing is a
noticeable improvement upon Greater Art. The songwriting and recording
is tighter, and in what would become a long-term trend for the group,
the guttural chants of their prior release are refined, as more melodic
vocals are used to create greater emphasis on repeating memorable
choruses. This traditional, almost Metallica-like vocal delivery
combined with more aggressive guitar work is an improvement for Lake of
Tears. "Dreamdemons" is perhaps the best song on Headstones, but the
material is pretty consistent throughout the recording. Far from being a
must-have '90s metal offering, Headstones is a decent release from a
group experiencing a much-needed musical evolution.
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