A Melodic Doom band from Türkiye. On July 1st, 2022, Forgotten released their third studio album, Returnless, that would gratify fans of Paradise Lost and Novembers Doom. The album was released through Sleaszy Rider Records.
Introduction:
Forgotten, Returnless: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Returnless
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Forgotten and their album, Returnless.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features a blend of clean melancholic and depressive riffs and rhythms, along with powerful riffage and acoustic interludes. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves dark and raspy vocals, with added whispers and breaks of clean quotation. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of various tempos, moods and (heavy) drum strikes and beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Embrace the despairing and immerse yourself in this dark and depressing poem.
The listener immediately presses the play button, and one is welcome to the opening track, Summoning, which welcomes the listener with an unsettling atmospheric opening.
Follow suit with the second track, The Forgotten Demon, the first song following the intro track and the remaining seven pieces.
As one continues their journey, the listener is welcome to extremely melodic despair and depression death/doom that’ll instantly remind listeners’ ears of acts such as Paradise Lost, and Novembers Doom. At the same time, adding elements of the cold atmosphere of black metal and brutal/progression of death metal, with a tint of thrash within their musical spectrum.
Forgotten has created an incredible musical atmosphere with high-quality sound production. This album consists of nine equally impressive songs that showcase the band’s artistry in creating complex arrangements of instruments and vocals.
One thing to be noted is that Harun Altun is also the vocalist of the Turkish brethren’s act, Sermon. His vocals for Sermon are more of a possession of death doom growls and gothic romantic/clean vocals. Hearing the different singing styles (by one singer) is an authentic experience.
At the same time, the listener will catch moments within the music of various compositions/characteristics. Such as tones, tempos, moods, amplified sections, lumbering sections of trolling bells, the rustling of the wind and thunder, heavier and dark moments and (mentioned before) a depressing and despairing atmosphere. (Again) each piece is captured, and convenient to place at the right moment to create this perfect dark poem of depression and despair.
Overall, the album is a fruit of the art of devilmanship that delivers a solid musical experience.
The album comes to an end with the last song, song name We want to give a shoutout to Forgotten for letting us review their album, Returnless. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “The Forgotten Demon”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Forgotten and their album, Returnless.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, where do I begin – the whole thing (breathless) blew me away. The listener can capture the musical spectrum/atmosphere via speakers and headphones.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The album cover is dark, showing a clock -fits the music (where the music is dark depression/lone-less and suffering atmosphere), the band name and the album title.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Forgotten, and their album Returnless.
This concludes the Forgotten, Returnless review.
Track-Listing:
- Summoning
- The Forgotten Demon
- Under Leaden Skies
- To Follow Your Suffering
- Within Delirium
- Until You Surrender
- To a Returnless Path
- Of Disappearance
- Throes and Demise
Forgotten is:
- Harun Altun – vox
- Ali Öztürk – rhythm/lead guitar, bass, and drum samples
- Tolga Otabatmaz – rhythm guitar
- Reha Kuldaşlı – keyboard
