Be'lakor - Stones Reach

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Review by Jiangtang Hu

Be'lakor's latest album, Stones Reach, is a captivating and immersive work of melodic death metal. The Australian band has crafted a collection of songs that are both heavy and intricate, with plenty of dynamic shifts and unexpected turns to keep listeners engaged.

The guitar work on Stones Reach is particularly impressive, with intricate riffs and solos that showcase the technical prowess of the band's musicians. The vocals are also a standout feature, with powerful growls and clean singing that add depth and emotion to the songs.

One of the strengths of Stones Reach is the way it balances aggression and melody. While some tracks, such as "Abeyance" and "Venator," are undeniably brutal, others like "Remnants" and "Fraught" feature soaring melodies and atmospheric passages that create a sense of grandeur and beauty.

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Husks2:47
Countless Skies10:0
Venator8:37
Held In Hollows7:23
Held in Hollows7:23
Outlive the Hand8:39
Sun's Delusion9:9
Sun’s Delusion9:09
From Scythe To Sceptre6:58
Outlive The Hand8:39
From Scythe to Sceptre6:58
Aspect5:51

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Catalog Numbers

  • KR006CD
  • PC024
  • NPR 795 VINYL

Labels

  • Kolony Records
  • Союз
  • Prime Cuts Music
  • Not On Label
  • Napalm Records

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Formats

  • CD
  • Album
  • Reissue
  • Repress
  • Vinyl
  • LP
  • 2 × Vinyl
  • Remastered
  • 180g
  • Limited Edition
  • Gold with Black Marble

Companies

RoleCompany
Distributed ByCode 7
Recorded AtPennydrop Audio
Mastered AtCrystal Mastering
Glass Mastered AtHILUX
Licensed FromBe'lakor Music
Copyright (c)Kolony Records
Phonographic Copyright (p)Kolony Records
Mixed AtCrystal Mastering
Remastered AtCrystal Mastering
Pressed ByPirates Press
Exclusive RetailerNapalm Records

Credits

RoleCredit
BassJohn Richardson
DesignMarc Campbell
DrumsJimmy Vanden Broeck
GuitarShaun Sykes
VocalsGeorge Kosmas
LayoutSheri J. Tantawy
Lyrics ByBe'lakor
Written-ByBe'lakor
PerformerBe'lakor
Photography ByGianfrancesco A.
PianoSteven Merry
KeyboardsSteven Merry
ProducerBe'lakor, Warren Hammond
Recorded ByPhil Forbes , Warren Hammond
Photography By [Aspect: 'The Scarred Face'Joachim Brink
Back Cover: 'Dark Crucifixion' and Aspect: 'The Scarred Face']Joachim Brink

Notes

  • ℗ & © 2012 | Under License from Be'lakor
  • Kolony Records is a registered trademark of Kolony Music
  • Manufactured in the E.U.
  • Recorded in the early months of 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Recorded at Pennydrop Audio, Melbourne.
  • Piano recorded at Sing Sing Recording Studios, Melbourne.
  • Mastered at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne, 2009.
  • For sale in Russia and CIS countries only
  • Mastered at Crystal Mastering Melbourne, 2009.
  • © 2009 Be'lakor Music, all rights reserved. Manufactured in Australia.
  • Exclusively distributed in Australia by Riot Entertainment Pty. Ltd.
  • Originally recorded in the early months of 2009 and released in June of that year.
  • Re-mastered for vinyl in August 2014 at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne.
  • Limited to 500 copies on gold/black marbled vinyl, Exclusive Napalm Records Mailorder edition.
  • Contains the remastered audio of 2014.
  • Recorded at Pennydrop Audio, Melbourne in the early months of 2009.

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About Be'lakor

Australian (Melbourne) melodic death metal band. Founded in 2004.

Members

  • Elliott Sansom
  • Jimmy Vanden Broeck
  • John Richardson
  • Shaun Sykes
  • George Kosmas
  • Steve Merry
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Summary by Jiangtang Hu

Stones Reach is a must-listen for fans of melodic death metal. Be'lakor has crafted a rich and nuanced album that showcases their musicianship and songwriting skills. From the crushing riffs to the haunting melodies, this is an album that deserves to be heard.

Comments

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Australia's Be'Lakor make E/D-tuned Classic/Power Metal in the vein of Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Opeth and Omnium Gatherum. Their 2007 debut album, The Frail Tide, was never released under a label. The long songs feature multiple moods and rhythms, though the growl-only vocals tend to get tiresome: the band employs soaring leads, mid-tempo marches, sudden Post-Hardcore bursts, fleeting acoustic sections and post-In Flames diatonic riffing, with frequently tremoloed leads. The tendency to "apparently perfect" songwriting arrangements and the excess of clean production make the songs seem flat and fail to hide a certain repetition of melodies and scales not unlike Insomnium and Amorphis: most evident of this is on "The Desolation of Ares", where only the fastest sections manage to impress.The band's second album, 2009's Stone's Reach, is considered their most solid yet, and except for an acoustic instrumental, contains more of the band's Power/Gothic Metal sound. "Venator", for example, follows the same D-minor waltz tempo for its whole 8 minutes course, rehashing the same notes with sweep picking and acute licks, and the same is in "From Schyte to Sceptre", just one tone above. In both the longest and the shortest cuts, the musicians are totally unable of varying their approach or moods, as all the rhythmic/melodic figures appear too derivative and traditional-based, lacking memorable ideas in the lot: even the closing cut, "Countless Skies", is more dragging than epic. Due to its length and impersonal nature, Stone's Reach comes out even worse than their debut.Highlights: "From Scythe to Sceptre".