Angels of Distress / Shape of Despair

Slooooooow. Dooooooom. That sums it up right there, but due to my strong sense of duty, I will elaborate. Shape of Despair's debut album _Shades Of..._ was not that great -- apart from the monumental "Down Into the Stream", it lacked consistent quality. This has improved greatly on _Angels of Distress_. Amorphis vocalist P.K. (Pasi Koskinen) and siren songstress N.S. deliver great performances on top of Shape of Despair's melancholic and beaut...

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