Twilight's Embrace - Penace EP - Rview By Ivo

Summer. The scorching sun. The heat that lies over the city like
drape. Chilled wine. Warm nights and even hotter days. Children
playing in the sun.
I fuckin’ hate it.
Luckily there is “Penance”. The latest EP of english death/doom
band Twilight’s Embrace. Dark, cold and bitter. A longing for
contemplative times. Glacial desires and peaceful memories of
solitude.
But enough now with the metaphors and let’s quickly discuss the
music.

Twilight’s Embrace is short and straight to the point. There are
only four songs on this EP but I can’t find a single weak
moment. The band delivers an excellent performance where every
notes vibrates with emotion and passion and I really, REALLY
like the songs.

Openers “Dying Earth” and “Curtain Call” are more than solid
pieces. Albeit heavy and slow, the tracks leave enough room for
the heartfelt melodies to stand out and although I hear a lot of
My Dying Bride, the band never loses itself in preposterous
behaviour and clichés.
But the real pièces de résistance are the significantly longer
title track and the Paradise Lost cover “It’s Too Late”.
Especially on “Penance”, the band has dialed up a notch and
brought the BIG emotions, the grand melodies, the good riffs and
the mood. I feel that the song nicely mirrors the theme of the
lyrics.

About the Paradise Lost cover, I can be short. Excellent and
Twilight’s Embrace have moulded it into a song that perfectly
fits on the EP.
If you take your doom metal like the leftovers of your coffee,
cold and bitter, seek no further!
For all your masochistic needs! I could recommend any reggae
compilation but I’m not that sadistic.

Review By Ivo Goyens

https://twilightsembrace.bandcamp.com/album/penance-ep