COLOSSEUM
Chapter 2: Numquam

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Firebox
2009

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In funeral doom, that most depressive of metal genres, nothing is left to half measures. So it must be considered an achievement that Finland’s Colosseum have topped their grandiose debut album, Chapter 1: Delirium, in terms of unrestrained desolation. Chapter 2: Numquam (“numquam” translates to “never” in Latin) is essentially the same gallows-march soundtrack as its predecessor, only the moment of death feels even closer, the romance ever more severe. Chord changes still roll with the classical cadence and austere melody of Mozart’s famous Requiem, every new one a memorial bell toll, but now strings, trumpets, piano and flute herald the end. They make all the difference, wrapping Colosseum’s already over-the-top atmosphere in brocades of black velvet and gold leaf.

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