Earth Is Silent, The

Orchestral metal. Heavy drama with use of strings, concert pianist, choral vocals, less reliant on straight walls of Marshalls. Vocals switch from operatic competent crooning to demon cookie monster mid-lyric at time. Big heavy stuff with elements of black and death metal, but an overall doomy feel. Play with new Bolzer.

1) (1:39) chill minor key orchestral intro with ocean waves, choral vocs 2)* (8:24) big slow drama with operatic vocals contrasted with demonic cookie monster, orchestral metal, after 6 minutes its shifts into 2/4 pummeling double picked blackness 3) (5:41) big heavy drama, operatic vocals reappear later 4) (8:10) slower and swaying, operatic vocs turn evil 5) (5:20) slow sway from start, midway the “nice” vocals appear 6)* (8:48) big heavy slow with a background zen chant, opera vocs to start, switches out to darkness shortly, super nice piano near end 7) (7:23) starts led by piano and “nice” vocals, dark feel, the demon voice appears and the tone begins to build