By: Anders

Posted: Feb 11, 2006

Heavy death/doom metal permeated with a thick coat of melancholy is what this rather new Romanian band delivers. The band was formed in 2004 and this is their first release, if we don't count their 2 track promo-release. "Last Breath" consists of 5 atmospheric tracks, which fit the Danish winter perfectly.

The atmospheres are bleak, drenched over the music as dark thick clouds. The down-tuned guitars leads the battle, with its well-weighed riffs and good melodies, the guitar work is pretty good and well-written and carries the songs a long way. The drumming is simple, but fits the music well, shifts pace when it's needed and the cymbal work is nice and varied. The bass pummels below the guitar, always audible and quite interesting to follow and plays a big part in the overall sound of L.O.S.T. The music is also spiced up with some delicate synth work here and there, and that works fine in this sinister environment the band creates. The growls that accompany the music aren't of the best quality, slowly pronounced, which is good as it is easy to understand, besides the 2 tracks where the lyrics are in Romanian that is. Though the slow and almost narrating growls, sounds forced once in awhile and doesn't seem to fit in, the more spins the CD gets, the better the vocals fits. The growl pursued in the first 'Ziua Ce Vine' works very well and sounds good, opposed to the vocals in the last track 'No More…', which really tests the listener.

Overall a good debut mini-album the band here has made, we are offered good and melancholic death/doom with a nice and bleak atmosphere surrounding it. Good song writing and effective and well executed tracks, this is for sure a band to watch on the future, they could very well end up delivering an album or 2, which will end up with a classical status.

Rating: 7/10

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