This is the debut album from Structure, a solo death/doom metal band from the Netherlands.
Heritage contains 50 minutes of atmospheric death/doom. The artist behind Structure knows this style well, and Heritage is certainly an above average slab of deathly, doomy misery, and that’s putting it mildly.
This is an emotion-rich collection of death/doom songs. They’re atmospheric by nature, and carry with them elements of funeral doom. The dark moods saturate the release, creating an absorbing soundscape for the listener to lose themselves in.
The style is very much an old-school one, with the album manging to channel many of the appropriate greats, while still forging a personality of its own – not an easy thing to do in such a classic style. Suffice to say, if you like the early incarnations of bands such as Anathema, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, etc., then Structure is absolutely a band that you need to hear.
The music is filled with woe and loss, but has just enough hope and beauty in it to allow for the crafting of a detailed and textured emotional tapestry. The expression of feeling is the driving force behind Heritage, and all aspects of the music are bent to the service of this goal.
The death growls, (provided by the singer of Officium Triste), are immense. Other vocal styles very occasionally enhance this in key places, (I believe by another singer), making the vocals overall the perfect accompaniment for the music’s captivating darkness.
Sorrowful reflective death/doom; bleak, but beautiful. Heritage is a highly accomplished record, and an utterly essential listen for any old-school doom metal fan.
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