Eternal Autumn – Below the Lightless Heavens Review

Eternal Autumn is a Melodic Death/Thrash band from Sweden. On March 15th, 2024, Eternal Autumn released their independent third studio album, Below the Lightless Heavens.

Eternal Autumn, Below the Lightless Heavens Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production.

Eternal Autumn — Below the Lightless Heavens cover

The First Three Sins, The Summary

The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features distorted chords and heavy riffage with engaging old-school rock solos. Flowing and haunting melodies and lush acoustics. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves coarse, throaty growls. The Third Sin, The Percussions: Heavy drum work with a steady tempo change in the beats, fills, and strikes.

The Fourth Sin, Overall Discussion

The band’s music will take you through a world of darkness and light as soon as the listener presses that play button. The opening song, Först Havet, Sedan Intert, greets the listener with a fierce and heavy instrumental serge and aggressive vocals…

As the listener continues their dark conclusion with the second piece, Autumn Gale, and the six remaining pieces… picking up where those scorching EPs left off, only more developed, focused, mature, and potent.

Below The Lightless Heavens is a unique fruit of art, characterized by its themes of sorrow, autumn, and dreams, which are reflected in the lyrics and atmospheric sound.

Eternal Autumn’s diverse genres and influences create a rich tapestry of metal subgenres. The band draws inspiration from renowned groups such as Tribulation, Cardinal Sin, and Edge Of Sanity; their melodic death metal influential sound comes from bands like Dark Tranquillity and At The Gates. Eternal Autumn also incorporates elements reminiscent of the new wave of British and traditional heavy metal and a blackened edge like bands like Destroyer 666.

Below The Lightless Heavens have a modern and heavy production, with a devilish, flawlessly executed composition of the music and instrumentation, filled with aggressive and heavy moments interspersed with beautiful melodic interludes. Eternal Autumn’s music also includes multi-tempos and mood changes, creating a thick and refreshing sound that induces goosebumps.

Eternal Autumn devilmanship comprises three musicians. On vocals is John Carlsson, who also plays rhythm guitar and bass on the record. His singing style involves coarse and throaty growls, which add a unique and powerful element to the music. Lead guitarist Thomas Ahlgren impressive skills on the guitar and solos contributes charismatic and engaging display, among the highlights of the band’s sound, making listeners stop with their eyes open.

Lawrence Dinamarca provides heavy drum work and the backbone of the band’s sound, and his contributions are essential to the music’s energy and impact. Together, these three musicians create a dynamic and engaging sound with one purpose — to craft both brutal and melodic music.

Are you looking for a delightful album that is the fruit of art crafted? Look no further than Eternal Autumn and their new release, Below The Lightless Heavens. Their album has eight unique songs, exceptional songwriting, and devilmanship skills.

Below The Lightless Heavens, recently released, shows that traditional melodic death metal still has much to offer, even in 2024. The listener won’t be disappointed with this album or the band, as it provides a unique and captivating listening experience worth your time.

The album comes to an end with the last song, Carrier Of Sunken Dreams. We want to give a shoutout to Eternal Autumn for letting us review his Below The Lightless Heavens album.

The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia

For us, the band’s music will take you through a world of darkness and light, where every note and every chord creates a unique listening experience. The band’s captivating sound will spellbind you, leaving a lasting impression on your mind.

The Sixth Sin, The Artwork

For me, the artwork shows the grim ripper leading some people through a world of darkness and light (a guess). But I do like the artwork.

The Seventh Sin, Disrelish

Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Eternal Autumn, and there album Below the Lightless Heavens.

The Hymns

01. Först Havet, Sedan Intet
02. Autumn Gale
03. Meet Us At The Crossroad
04. Empty Pages On A Dusty
05. Lived Once, Buried Twice
06. This Charming Deceiver
07. Month of the Crow
08. Carrier of Sunken Dreams

Eternal Autumn

Thomas Ahlgren — Lead guitar
John Carlsson – Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Bass
Lawrence Dinamarca – Drums

Reviewed by Kristian — editorial architect and ceremonially crafted. © Athenaeum of Sin Reviews.