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In Somnolent Ruin

France Country of Origin: France

1. Approach Your Grave
2. Destroyed Remains
3. Mister Blood And Guts
4. Mutilated Corpse In The Woods
5. Unmistakable Smell Of Death
6. Wrath And Terror Takes Command
7. Skin Coffins
8. Mind Hell
9. Naked And Dismembered
10. Grasped From Beyond
11. Next To Die
12. Ill Wishes
1. Rigor Mortis
2. Ragály
3. Kényszerből Lett Temető
4. Torz
5. Leprajárvány
6. Elme terror
7. Élve Rohadás
8. Földi Pokol
9. Dögégető
10. Mániákus Sorozatgyilkos + Ivo Toneberry
11. Élve Eltemetve
12. Nyirkos Tetem
13. Egy Megszállás Borzalmai, Sőt Még Rosszabb
14. Veszett
15. Kórházi Fertőzés
16. Hóhér
17. Kannibalizmus
18. Guillotinie
19. Savfürdő
20. Dögkút
1. Asceticism
2. To Die Once And Emerge
3. Shattering Individuality
5. Herald Of The Black Sun
6. Embraced Atonement

Review by Adam M on August 14, 2026.

This was a great album that has a flavour of being a morose doom release.  It is very doomy and despondent and has a nice feeling to it that is somewhat accessible and aided by female vocals that add character to the release.  The album is cathartic and has a very suffocating vibe to it.

The musicianship is very solid and has the ability to be interesting because there are two vocalists involved.  It is also cathartic and features a very morose mood that is bolstered by weeping guitars.  It is very heavenly sounding and this is aided by a good production job.

The problem with the disc lies in how it does not have emotional impact of some of My Dying Bride’s greatest material and is left to be somewhat subdued and not as fruitful as the work by that band.  This is still a fun album and well worth playing.

All in all this was a very good album with a morose aspect and solid performances.  It is still not the best doom album of recent times as that honour perhaps goes to Paradise Lost.  This could be bolstered by a superior concept and more thought into the mood created.  It is still very good.

Rating: 7.2 out of 10

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Review by Adam M on August 14, 2026.

This was a great album that has a flavour of being a morose doom release.  It is very doomy and despondent and has a nice feeling to it that is somewhat accessible and aided by female vocals that add character to the release.  The album is cathartic and has a very suffocating vibe to it.

The musicianship is very solid and has the ability to be interesting because there are two vocalists involved.  It is also cathartic and features a very morose mood that is bolstered by weeping guitars.  It is very heavenly sounding and this is aided by a good production job.

The problem with the disc lies in how it does not have emotional impact of some of My Dying Bride’s greatest material and is left to be somewhat subdued and not as fruitful as the work by that band.  This is still a fun album and well worth playing.

All in all this was a very good album with a morose aspect and solid performances.  It is still not the best doom album of recent times as that honour perhaps goes to Paradise Lost.  This could be bolstered by a superior concept and more thought into the mood created.  It is still very good.

Rating: 7.2 out of 10

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