![]() ![]() "Venereal Dawn" comes off as a more focused composition and for that I am very thankful. "Odem" is one of the songs that hits the hardest on the album and I quite enjoyed that track a lot. From here the album moves into what we'd come to expect from Dark Fortress over the years. I do think they put together a song where this is what Keep of Kalessin wish they had released with parts of "Reptilian" though, so Dark Fortress is certainly working in a better fashion already. I'm still not that into it, but I'm a closed minded elitist as many would tell me. However, the approach on "Lloigor" works out a lot better and the clean sections feel a lot more ethereal than in your face. The second song sort of borrows from "Wraith" off of "Ylem" with a focus on more clean vocals. There are also hints of modern Behemoth in the way some of the riffs are structured and the chorus section where Morean yells "dawn" hits hard like a Behemoth chorus. They've also included choirs into sections of the song which sound really great with this approach, and it actually feels a bit like something I'd hear on an Orphanage album. Its very immersive and listening to it gives me hope for the rest. They really try to keep the song built around these core influences, which is what makes the track work. ![]() The song "Venereal Dawn" appears to be a healthy blending of Keep of Kalessin with a Secrets of the Moon style. Here Dark Fortress seem to have worked out a lot of the problem areas on "Ylem". It's actually a very incredible and awe inspiring song. The album opens with the epic title track clocking in at nearly eleven minutes. I am not sure if any fixes are coming down the line.** Century Media seems to use a different pressing plant for this distribution location versus what is distributed in Europe. So, America/Canada/Latin America might have a problem. **UPDATE: After talking with the band it appears the misprint is only in the North American edition of the booklet. Lyrics for some songs are outright missing and this is just ridiculous to see this level of a misprint. I think there's a huge misprint in the booklet because the pages of "Lloigor" and "Luciform" show up twice. Morean has truly outdone himself wit the sheer volume of lyrics he puts forth on these songs. Within the booklet you can find more art of this nature and it is well worth looking through. Some things you can create are cool, but there is no core image touched with a feeling hand a lot of times. The obsession with photo-shop a horrible direction for art in general. I highly appreciate using real art as opposed to the heartless digital forms plaguing the industry today. The art direction this release is really awesome and the cover is extremely eye catching. A few friends urged me to check it out, so when it came out I purchased my copy at the local record store. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).After "Ylem" I wasn't really planning on rushing out to get "Venereal Dawn", but then I started hearing stirrings of how good this album was in the underground. ![]() Get the embed code Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn Album Lyrics1.Betrayal And Am The Jigsaw Of A Mad 7.On Fever’s Wings8.The Deep9.The Deep (Acoustic Version)10.Venereal DawnDark Fortress Lyrics provided by Sânge ne va proteja (Blood will guard us) I faint as I'm dragged across mangled plains ![]() Under necrotic cells, with plasma stained Where once sweet pastures bloomed in peace Nu ne mai încălzește (No longer warms us) ![]()
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