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100% Swedish Power DOOM!! Finally, the long-awaited follow-up to 2004's outstanding "Suffering In Silence" album find Semlah engaging the epic, uptempo aura of classic Candlemass with the rawness of Saint Vitus. Features Tommy "Wilbur" Eriksson of Count Raven fame and leather lunged vocalist Johan "Joleni" Nilsson. Imported from Germany.
Band Name: Semlah
Label: Cyclone Empire
Release Date: 2009
Band Website: www.myspace.com/semlah
Media Type: CD
Genre: Doom Metal
Track List: - From The Seat Of False Judgement
- Path Of A Waning Moon Download MP3
- Axioms Of Life
- Perennial Movement III
- Machination
- Manifestation Obscure
- Perennial Movement II
- Frayed Wings
- Beyond Salvation
- My Spirits Fail
- Havoc
Read the full review and interview.
Back then, Semlah was a rough-hewn bastard child of Uriah Heep, Saint Vitus and UFO with a singer that was either a dead-ringer for Ian Gillan/Byron/Moog depending on what mood and register he was in. The only thing that has changed with 2009’s [i]Semlah[/i] is that the production values have stepped up several notches. The 8 minute opus of “Axioms of Life” is a good example. The number starts off mid-tempo with Tommy “Wilbur” Eriksson’s bass (yep, the man from Count Raven!) and Johannes Bergh’s drums in lock step until guitarist Tomas Johnson kicks in with a teeth-rattling doom riff and Joleni joining in soon after with his plaintive wail. Around 3:10, Joleni’s voice trails off, the tempo slows and the song starts chuggin’ hard for the uphill climb ascent on Mount Doom – what a killer interlude here. A subtle orchestration begins that echoes the riff, creating an atmosphere of epic foreboding. A muted E-string starts slowly, building momentum, with Joleni and band finishing off for a monumental climax of Swedish Power Doom – Chris Barnes, Hellride Music.com
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