Grave Of Love – All Those Tears Ago (Album – Only The Sun Knows Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-Folk, Chanson.
Format: Digital, CD, Cassette.
Background/Info: Four years after the debut-EP “Decay” (Rage In Eden) Polish musician Michal Kielbasa strikes back with his debut album featuring twelve songs.
Content: The songs are mainly driven by good-old Neo-Folk influences, but Grave Of Love also injected other elements. There’s a kind of Apocalyptic-Rock supporting the songs, but also a kind of ‘Chanson Noir’. Without making too many comparisons we might speak about an imaginary hybrid between The Swans (for the heavy, apocalyptic composition) and Death In June (for the typical Neo-Folk style).
+ + + : There’s a dark, desperate and obscure sphere hanging over the album. It creates this ‘apocalyptic’ style, which I especially like on “Death Of Hope” and “Time Heals Nothing”. The titles and lyrics perfectly reflect the global approach of this work. I also have to say a word about the vocals, which have a very charismatic style.
– – – : Originality is hard to find, but Grave Of Love has seriously improved the global production.
Conclusion: “All Those Tears Ago” will catch the attention of Neo-Folk fans.
Best songs: “Time Heals Nothing”, “Remains Of Grief”, “Tears May Fall”, “Death Of Hope”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/graveoflove
Label: www.onlythesunknows.com / www.facebook.com/onlythesunknows
About Grave Of Love
Grave Of Love is the solo project of the Polish musician Michal Kielbasa. The project mixes Neo-Folk with apocalyptic rock arrangements and a chanson-styled vocal delivery.
The first release was the mini-album “Decay”, issued on CD by the Polish label Rage In Eden in 2017. Kielbasa also contributed to compilations, among them “The Collective IV” on Noctivagant in 2018, the boxed cassette set “D3” on Three Moons Records in 2020 and “Metal w czasach zarazy” on Left Hand Sounds in the same year.
“All Those Tears Ago” followed in 2021 through Only The Sun Knows Records in digital, CD and cassette formats, and is the project’s first full-length album.
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