DEINONYCHUS - The Weeping Of A Thousand Years Digi-A5-CD

If misery and melancholy could embody itself into a physical form, it would no doubt manifest itself as Deinonychus. Every single track from “The Weeping of a Thousand Years”, is full of lamentations, Marco Kehrens vocals are so genuine it really gets spooky.

In tracks like “A Gathering of Memories” and “Lost Forever”, he seems to go into trances and periods of wailing. It is very hard to explain to someone who has not heard his unique style of vocals a sense of what its like, for it is very unique and terrifying. It is literally an anguished cry, which complements the slow, doomy, music.

“I have done as you did” and “Upon the Highlands I fought” have similar marching style drums, in the back discreet keyboards add a macabre background for the uncontrollable screams and demented poetry. The lyrics all deal with suicide, ghosts, and overall a big sense of loss. Most of the songs have a very “Dracula” kind of atmosphere, for example, the beginning of “The Awakened” sounds like something played in Dracula’s castle.

All the tracks have unique changes in the tempo, from slow, to ultra slow, the screams give way to a clean low voice form time to time and the music fades into long atmospheric passages that seem to hypnotize and make you loose track of time. This is definetly music that requires patience and understanding to completely enjoy.