DEATH OF GIANTS - Ventesorg CD

Grief is both intensely personal, and a commonality between us all. This admixture of the private and the relatable can make music through which it is channeled incredibly powerful. In a genre like Doom, already associated with the melancholy and the morose, these emotions fit naturally and reinforce both the sense of sadness and the potency of the music itself. The recent output of Swallow the Sun initially springs to mind. Death of Giants is another such act. A doom project created by Frail Grounds vocalist Morten Søbyskogen to process the loss of his wife to brain cancer, it is musically and conceptually bleak. But, as is often the case with the most miserable of music, it is beautiful. Channeling not only Søbyskogen’s personal tragedy, but the somber and softly dramatic stylings of Draconian, My Dying Bride, and the aforementioned Swallow the Sun, it packs an alluring, emotional punch.

Limited Edition Digipak CD