SOLITUDE AETURNUS - Through The Darkest Hour / Downfall · 2CD

Double CD set witht two Solitude Aeternus classics.

Background information about 'Through The Darkest Hour / Downfall'

What happens when you take the crushing weight of traditional doom and inject it with the technical prowess of progressive metal? You get Solitude Aeturnus, and this essential 2CD compilation serves up two of their most devastating offerings in one perfectly curated package. "Through The Darkest Hour" showcases the band at their most introspective and punishing, with tracks like "Falling" and "The 8th Day: Mourning" demonstrating their mastery of slow-burn atmospheric terror. The album's conceptual framework around despair and rebirth creates an emotional journey that few doom acts can match.

"Downfall" takes a different approach, diving deeper into the psychological abyss with tracks like "Phantoms" and "Only This (And Nothing More)" that blend Edgar Allan Poe-inspired darkness with bone-crushing riffs. The interplay between Robert Lowe's soaring vocals and the band's methodical heaviness creates moments of pure transcendence. Both albums represent Solitude Aeturnus at their creative peak, when they were pushing the boundaries of what doom metal could achieve beyond simple volume and despair.

For fans of:
Candlemass, While Heaven Wept, Warning, Saint Vitus, Trouble

Track listing

CD 1:

1. Falling
2. Haunting The Obscure
3. The 8th Day: Mourning
4. The 9th Day: Awakening
5. Pain
6. Pawns Of Anger
7. Eternal (Dreams Part II)
8. Perfectly Insanity
9. Shattered My Spirit

CD 2:

1. Phantoms
2. Only This (And Nothing More)
3. Midnight Dreams
4. Together And Wither
5. Elysium
6. Deathwish
7. These Are The Nameless
8. Chapel Of Burning
9. Concern

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