CoC : Evoken - Quietus : Review

Evoken - _Quietus_
(Dwell/Avantgarde, 2001)
by: Aaron McKay (8.5 out of 10)

It sometimes is hard to escape comparisons. I would think Evoken will draw their fair share of My Dying Bride parallels. Anathema bubbles to mind here too, churning over and over a quagmire of doomy sludge that Evoken seems to have indulged in frequently. Dark and saturated in painful lamentations, _Quietus_ could sure stand toe-to-toe with the dirge-iest side of Crowbar's _Broken Glass_ yet never release you from the thickest shroud of its black requiem. This release is Evoken's third and I have nothing else by the band to compare its lethality to, but _Quietus_ certainly captured my attention. Excruciatingly melancholy and dismal, "Embrace the Emptiness", track six, is wonderfully discouraging. The release is nearly gothic in its heaviness. I would have to say that song would totally embrace all I have come to appreciate from this group. If any day you feel like you could just run your car off a cliff, don't spin this disc; you don't need Evoken in the vehicle behind you honking the fuckin' horn! Absolutely a respectable effort.

(article published 13/3/2001)

CHATS
12/4/2002	P Azevedo	Evoken: Tending the Dire Hatred

ALBUMS
13/8/2012	J Carbon	7	Evoken - Atra Mors
13/6/2008	Q Kalis	8.5	Evoken - A Caress of the Void
26/4/2005	P Azevedo	9	Evoken - Antithesis of Light
13/2/1999	A Cantwell	8.5	Evoken - Embrace the Emptiness