Band: Forest Silence
CD Title: Philosophy Of Winter
Year: 2006
Website: Forest Silence @ SearBliss.hu
MySpace: Unknown
Label: Candlelight Records
Featured on: Burning Misery and Metal-Asylum
Rating: 9.0 / 10
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I love impulse buys - especially when they help me to discover something really brilliant. After all, if it wasn't for this particular impulse buy I would never have come to find Sear Bliss, who are now my current obsession. Anyway, back to the task at hand - reviewing "Philosophy of Winter".

When I first discovered that this CD only had 5 tracks I was a little disappointed - but when I learnt that each track was over 6 minutes I felt a little better. When I pressed play I felt amazing. The CD kicks off with the magnificent "Bringer Of The Storm". The main riff has a great groove and hypnotises you until you are completely immersed in the track. The vocals are a lot like a freezing winter's night - cold and bitter - just as Black Metal vocals should be. "Spirits Of The Winds" is my current favourite from the album and this is mainly because of the way it starts. The infectious riff combined with the first onset of vocals (which are almost screamed) is mesmerising. Before I started listening to a lot of Black Metal, I never thought I would use the words 'infectious' or 'groove' when describing it. it turns out that I was very very wrong This is highly addictive stuff. The next track, "At The Dawning Of Chaos", begins in a much quieter and creepier way before taking us back to that raw and hostile place that the previous two tracks introduced us to. With that said, this whole track has a somewhat chilled feel to it.

"Path Of Destruction" is my second favourite here - this is mainly because the main riff is f*ckin' tasty (apologies for the Tenacious D reference there - I've listened to that album rather a lot recently too) The album's closer, "Philosophy of Winter", is possibly the darkest and most oppressive song here. and I like it. The song manages to create an intensely bleak landscape, which swallows the listener whole from the very first note. I find that so many albums these days end up getting listened to only a couple of times, thankfully (in my case) "Philosophy of Winter" won't have this problem. It's had many repeat listens since I first bought it and it's not growing old yet I predict that it's got a few thousand more listens in it.