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Review: Solemn Ceremony - Chapter III
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Chapter III

Label: Independent
Year released: 2024
Duration: 43:27
Tracks: 7
Genre: Doom Metal

Rating:
3.5/5


Review online: September 21, 2024
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
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Rated 3.5/5 (70%) (4 Votes)
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Third album from this one-man Aussie Doom band. The guitars sound and the riffs on this are solid, but there is a lot holding this back. All the instruments besides the guitars are given only perfunctory attention, and Howlett's vocals are... not great. "Uninspired" would be a kind way to put it. He just kind of gargles his way through here, not really singing and not really growling. The riffs are good enough that I want them to get proper support, and I think the man could use some songwriting backup, as he has a tendency toward repetition and dragged-out arrangements that make this kind of a chore to sit through, the more so because there are good things about it.

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