SWALLOW THE SUN - The Morning Never Came CD

The Morning Never Came is absolutely, without question one of the finest doom metal records that has ever been released. This album is beautiful, melancholic, and utterly captivating. Swallow the Sun is such an overlooked band in the scene of metal. Their songs encompass such a wide range of style and sounds and its simply incredible. The Morning Never Came was the first release by them and remains my favorite to this day. It has an extremely heavy and depressive sound to it. Most of the tracks sound so sad and angry and it serves well to convey the emotion they were trying to communicate.

For a band's first full release The Morning Never Came is of unprecedented quality. The recording both in production and how well the songs were played is very impressive, given the band's size at the time of the release. All of the songs flow so beautifully within themselves and its a really enjoyable album to sit and listen to because of the changes. They manage to switch so seamlessly from slow, beautiful clean sections into heavy guitars and growled vocals. There is a haunting beauty to so many of these songs, whether it from the ethereal clean vocals to the beautiful piano and synthesizer parts in the background. The inclusion of guitar solos is another thing that sets this album apart from their others. They are several on this album and they are amazing, perfectly blending in and serving the song without being an egotistical wankfest.

Swallow the Sun set the bar extremely high with The Morning Never Came. I cannot recommend this album enough to fans of any metal style. While the sound is clearly doom metal, the are traces of a whole host of other types of metal to be found. This album is truly beautiful and is a great record to sit down and listen to and be transported to the land of snow and sorrow.