Raincity Longway - Sacrifice

Band: Raincity Longway

Album: Sacrifice

Genre: Ambient

Country: Argentina

Year: 2012

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The first track is a simple ambient background like on a coastal town or in a city, except everything is so soft and low that nothing stands out. There are no concrete sounds. When the second track starts we get brooding piano and drums making a melancholy statement, still slow in rhythm and contemplative in emptiness. Very simple music so far, repetitive melodies. Third track is more “icy” so to speak and nostalgic, with a childlike tune of cool reminiscence. A cool memory. Again just another sort of low-key soundscape with piano, drum and background ambiance. Midway it starts to sound like the middle of a God is an Astronaut song.

The track “Sacrifice” is a bit more melodic. Again, this album is sounding like God is an Astronaut but more laid back. I would recommend this for nostalgia and reminiscence, since it generally broods a melancholy similar to that of a cold or cool overcast day, on the edge of a city or in stillness. One word to describe this album is pretty, as well as pristine, as well as simple. Sort of like air made visible because of a cool humidity, a fog, or a slightly fogged-over window. This might make a good BGM for a visual novel. There is even a hopeful element emergent in some parts.

Having gotten it from Black Trist Metal, I can only describe it as “ambient” with any regards to black metal. Buzum’s "Illa Tidandi" is covered as the last track, so I can see the homage to “black metal”. There’s nothing remarkable about this album except its simplicity. 

This seems to be another installment in Latin America's "ambient" scene, like Failure's album Perfect Isolation from before.

Rated 7/10 for Ambient for simplicity and nostalgic ambiance (non-metal)