The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure

"Apocalypse – A term not alien to the world of music considering the clear bandwidth of styles commiting themselves (partially at least) to the fascinating musical version of this phenomenon. Mr von Meilenwald isn’t new to this profession either: With “Unlock the shrine” he raised the bar for apocalyptic sound experiences to a pretty high level. But that it would be necessary to secure oneself a new measure together with your copy of “Rain Upon the Impure” – not many could have considered that.

I’m not on giving too much away right now, as the album has been properly praised already by numerous Webzines and such, but what this man has constructed with comparative simple elements is indeed more than just remarkable: eighty minutes in time the listener is welcomed by ecstatic flushes, enters even (funeal-)doomlike fields and will rub his eyes beholding the sometimes just fantastically composed melodies. Not to mention the bag full of surprises."- Metal Observer

Rain Upon The Impure 200 Tracklisting 1. 50 Forts Along The Rhine 13:38 2. Soliloquy Of The Stigmatised Shepherd 15:39 3. Rapture 1:16 4. Blood Vaults (I: Thy Virginal Malodour) 15:42 5. Soil Of The Incestuous 16:24 6. Balnaa-Kheil The Bleak 02:40 7. Rain Upon The Impure 14:33 Total playing time: 01:19:52

I should start with a warning: do not expect Rain Upon The Impure to be anything like Unlock The Shrine. While the strong feeling of apocalypse is still emanated, this album is stylistically different. Alexander von Meilenwald, the mastermind behind The Ruins Of Beverast, goes through large lengths to deliver us a very oppressive album. The feelings variate between stark bleakness and relentless devastation. The production on the album is clear and fuzzy (not being contradictory - it's clean and quiet when it needs to be, fuzzy in appropriate parts to add atmosphere). Alexander von Meilenwald went through great lengths to create such an album that really raises the bar for composers in the same genre. It is a true black/doom masterpiece.

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