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Hank The Drifter · 01-29-2011, 09:35 AM

Gris - Il Était une Forêt...

Il Était une Forêt...- 9:36
Le Gala des Gens Heureux - 10:28
Cicatrice - 11:44
Veux-tu Danser? - 9:28
Profonde Misanthropie - 8:05
La Dryade - 10:04

Gris is a two man depressive black metal band from Quebec, Canada. The band has been active under the name 'Gris' since 2006.

When you sit down to listen to this album you're going to need to focus all your attention on it. There's so many small things you can easily miss out on if you're not paying attention and while those small things may not seem to make that big of a difference you'd be surprised as they are fairly important and can make the listening experience entirely different. This album is one that brings forth pain and torture as good as any other album I can think of. The vocals are the thing that turn some people off to Gris. Personally, I think the vocals make the album what it is. The albums add so much to the overall feeling of torture, misery, and despair of the album. The vocals are about as harsh and guttural as vocals can be. As I listen to this album I can just see the vocalist being in pain and while that may sound like a bad thing in this particular case with the crunchy and raw feeling to this album is absolutely works perfectly and helps to make the album. I think that's what makes Gris's vocal work so special for me because most bands that utilize similar vocal styles are a huge turn off for me but Gris just makes it sound so natural its almost like the vocals themselves are another instrument. The guitars on this album are extremely 'crunchy' sounding and at times even work as a wall of sound but that's the idea so it works well also. This album makes great use of the piano, violin, and even cello. The last track on the album, La Dryade is one that catches each and every listener off guard the first time they hear it. Its an instrumental song that makes great use of the instruments I mentioned above. When I say makes great use of I mean it to these dudes really know how to play and how to create beautiful music. Usually I find this type of track or ambient tracks on black metal albums to become boring because they are so poorly executed but that's certainly not the case in this, and that's yet again another thing that makes this particular album standout in a genre that has become very stagnant at times. No matter how many times I listen to this album its still just as fresh and interesting as the first time I turned it on.

Rating:
My thoughts - 9/10. I cant give the album a perfect rating because there is always going to be room for improvement and hopefully Gris will do so in the albums that are supposed to be coming up.

Recommend - 10/10. If you're looking to get into depressive black metal I simply cannot think of a record that's better for getting into it. Simply

01-29-2011, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hank The Drifter Take it easy, but take it Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 213	Gris - Il Était une Forêt... Il Était une Forêt...- 9:36 Le Gala des Gens Heureux - 10:28 Cicatrice - 11:44 Veux-tu Danser? - 9:28 Profonde Misanthropie - 8:05 La Dryade - 10:04 Gris is a two man depressive black metal band from Quebec, Canada. The band has been active under the name 'Gris' since 2006. When you sit down to listen to this album you're going to need to focus all your attention on it. There's so many small things you can easily miss out on if you're not paying attention and while those small things may not seem to make that big of a difference you'd be surprised as they are fairly important and can make the listening experience entirely different. This album is one that brings forth pain and torture as good as any other album I can think of. The vocals are the thing that turn some people off to Gris. Personally, I think the vocals make the album what it is. The albums add so much to the overall feeling of torture, misery, and despair of the album. The vocals are about as harsh and guttural as vocals can be. As I listen to this album I can just see the vocalist being in pain and while that may sound like a bad thing in this particular case with the crunchy and raw feeling to this album is absolutely works perfectly and helps to make the album. I think that's what makes Gris's vocal work so special for me because most bands that utilize similar vocal styles are a huge turn off for me but Gris just makes it sound so natural its almost like the vocals themselves are another instrument. The guitars on this album are extremely 'crunchy' sounding and at times even work as a wall of sound but that's the idea so it works well also. This album makes great use of the piano, violin, and even cello. The last track on the album, La Dryade is one that catches each and every listener off guard the first time they hear it. Its an instrumental song that makes great use of the instruments I mentioned above. When I say makes great use of I mean it to these dudes really know how to play and how to create beautiful music. Usually I find this type of track or ambient tracks on black metal albums to become boring because they are so poorly executed but that's certainly not the case in this, and that's yet again another thing that makes this particular album standout in a genre that has become very stagnant at times. No matter how many times I listen to this album its still just as fresh and interesting as the first time I turned it on. Rating: My thoughts - 9/10. I cant give the album a perfect rating because there is always going to be room for improvement and hopefully Gris will do so in the albums that are supposed to be coming up. Recommend - 10/10. If you're looking to get into depressive black metal I simply cannot think of a record that's better for getting into it. Simply __________________ “If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.” - Hank Williams Last edited by Hank The Drifter; 01-29-2011 at 05:14 PM.