Celestial Season (Holland): remastered reissue of 1990s gothic death doom

Celestial Season used to be a rather elegant form of death doom with melodies and a general style of quality in the music, a certain musical sensibility that was more than just heaviness and gloom, although those things were always there anyway, but with this band things sounded a bit refined or skilled, if you will. (Later on they took their music in a more stoner direction). This compilation takes two old demos (their 1992 debut demo and a 1994 demo, which came out after their 1993 debut album). Now, it is understandable to be skeptical of these demos. "How good can old music from rusty, dust-covered demos be?" Well, if you like death doom, you might be surprised! By the way, for instance, the 1992 demo songs' sound quality was ok, but this has been remastered. If you compare the original demo (it's readily available on YouTube through various sources) with this new version, the sound quality is definitely stronger. --Metal Bulletin Zine

Celestial Season

The Merciful

vicrecords

30 October 2020

The official propaganda from Vic Records: Celestial Season from The Netherlands were formed in 1991 and released five full length albums over the years. The band evolved from doom death metal to gothic doom death to stoner metal on their last few albums. They were one of the first to combine death metal with doom and violines and keyboards. Celestial Season are generally regarded as the Dutch doom death gothic pioneers. This cd release called ‘The Merciful’ contains the debut demo ‘Promises’ from 1991 and their promo 1994. The two demos are restored and remastered by Achilleas Kalantzis at Suncord Audiolab (Varathron, Benediction, Gomorrah). Celestial Season will release their brand new album Fall 2020.

01 The Merciful 7:36

02 Together in Solitude 4:53

03 Surreal 5:06

04 For Eternity 5:58

05 Above Azure Oceans 7:27

06 Will You Wait For the Sun- 6:51

07 The Scent of Eve 12:12

The Merciful by Celestial Season

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