Semblant – Vermilion Eclipse
Frontiers Music
8,0/10,0
Brief:
Semblant formed in 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil when singer Sergio Mazul and keyboardist J. Augusto joined forces to create music that featured all the dark and aggressive elements they appreciated and loved in metal music. After a few years of changing line-ups, the group established itself with the addition of Mizuho Lin (female vocals), Juliano Ribeiro (guitar), Welyntom “Thor” Sikora (drums), and Johann Piper (bass) to the band.
“Vermillion Eclipse” sees the band continue their evolution into a powerful musical force that is hard to pin down with one musical categorization. With wide ranging influences under the metal and rock umbrella, Semblant are at once wholly unique and entirely familiar on “Vermillion Eclipse”.
The band was geared up and ready to take “Obscura” on the road to spread their metal message, but, like every other band in the world, the pandemic changed their plans for world domination drastically. Grounded in Brazil and unable to head to Europe or the United States to tour as they had planned, Semblant, in 2021, eventually began work on what would become “Vermillion Eclipse”. With pent up energy from being unable to tour and the emotional toll of the pandemic (multiple band members lost a family member to COVID-19), the band’s songwriting and performances here illustrate even more forward progress than what was achieved between their last two releases.
Tracklist:
1 – Enrage
2 – Destiny In Curse
3 – Purified
4 – The Human Eclipse
5 – Somber Concern
6 – The Neverending Fall
7 – Through The Denial
8 – Black Sun Genesis (Legacy Of Blood Pt.Vi)
9 – Heretic
10 – Bloodred Monarch (Legacy Of Blood Pt.Vii)
11 – Gaslighting
12 – Day One Oblivion
Main Focus Tracks:
1 – Enrage
2 – Destiny In Curse
4 – The Human Eclipse
Other Recommended Tracks:
3 – Purified
5 – Somber Concern
6 – The Neverending Fall
Line-Up:
Mizuho Lin – Vocals
Sergio Mazul – Vocals
Juliano Ribeiro – Guitar
J. “Guto” Augusto – Keyboards
Johann Piper – Bass
Welyntom “Thor” Sikora – Drums
Comments:
Vermilion Eclipse is not only Semblant’s best album to date but also the most exciting production in a long time. Good.
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Selected Discography:
Last Night of Mortality – 2010
Lunar Manifesto – 2014
Obscura – 2020
Vermilion Eclipse – 2022