LAST MINUTE TO JAFFNA – ‘Volume I’

I’ll be honest with you, the chronology of Torino based Melodic Doom outfit Last Minute To Jaffna’s track list is slightly puzzling, but I’m sure they know what they’re doing as the music they produce suggests. Slow, distorted and racked with strong feedback sounds, Last Minute To Jaffna’s new release “Volume I” takes it’s sweet time to reveal it’s secrets with a clean and clinical air to it. Once in full flow the vocals take on a particularly raw tone as the roaring guitars build momentum and broil and churn to climax as “Chapter X” writhes it’s way forward. What was once a controlled ambiance is now a dominating flood of sound that engulfs your senses and ensnares your mind with powerful sounds and superb melodies. Not one to remain static, Last Minute To Jaffna never settle. Pace changes and style variations are common not just within the album but within each song keeping you constantly guessing and always positively entertained. At their heaviest setting this Italian Doom colossus will leave you breathless as their down tuned growling fury is unleashed cataclysmically in your direction. Yet at their most toned down ambient moments they can chill the soul and haunt the dark spaces with with which you conceal yourself. The emotional bombardment combined with the menacing physical sound of Last Minute To Jaffna never ceases, hence why “Volume I” is more an understanding, a knowledge gained than a simple listening experience! [8]
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