emperorblackdoom wrote:
I liked "Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth" (not sure what number that is) way back when, but then I thought Woods of Ypres became too soft. I see their last album got a bunch of praise from yourself and others though, so maybe I'll give it a shot.
That's woods two you mentioned. They totally changed sounds you are absolutely correct. Woods 5 is more doom rock with a touch of black metal in the vocals of certain songs.
Haha I try to push woods 5 on everyone. It's such a good album. It takes a couple spins for the melodies and vocal hooks to catch on but if you give it the time it's really good.
Besides woods 5 woods 2 is thier best album. It was the perfect blend of doom and black metals in my opinion. After that album he started phasing the black more and more out. Woods 4 has some good tracks as does 3 but they aren't great albums as a whole.
I could go on and on about woods but I think I covered it all. Oh fuck it. The lyrics on woods 5 are what hooked me. They mostly are about death but it's not a depressing album it's actually uplifting. The lack of a afterlife and basically enjoying the time you have here on earth because this is all there is are the lyrical themes for the most part. They take on a prophetic meaning though since he died right after the album was recorded. That adds a weight and meaning to the lyrics in my opinion.
Ok I'm done. Haha