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Creation
Destruction
Every tone
On the canvas
Of mother nature
All the colours of the night sky are for you
Nuances of nebulae
What once was
What one day
Will be again
All the colours of the night sky are for you
Grand design of largest scale
The vastness of spacetime
Expanding all times
The collapse of light
Under pressure of gravity
Waves of life
Exploding to the universe
Steps to the unknown
Journey never felt
We feel the pressure
We see the darkness
We go down down
Deeper down down down
Excitement rarely sensed
Oceans of all at our grasp
We feel the pressure
We see the darkness
We go down down
Deeper down down down
about
A cult fixture in the funeral doom scene, SHADES OF DEEP WATER began its exploration of the abyss in 2006. The sole creation of one J.H., the band's ascent/descent has been as steady as his music is slow. From 2007 to 2009, three demos were released in succession and then the Constant Pressure EP in 2012, all before the debut album, Waterways, in 2013. Aptly titled, Waterways suggested the aquatic, abyssal themes SHADES OF DEEP WATER would henceforth explore. From there, J.H. hit a creative streak, with two more EPs following as well as two compilations, such was the demand for his music among ultra-doom afficionados.
Now, at long last, arrives SHADES OF DEEP WATER's magnum opus, Death's Threshold. Likewise aptly titled, Death's Threshold is a veritable exploration (and celebration) of his native Finland's rich history in funeral doom and doom-death. Comprising four utterly epic, stretched-across-the-abyss tracks in a vast-yet-focused 41 minutes, here do SHADES OF DEEP WATER drown the listener in physically/spiritually crushing atmosphere, dragging that listener down/down/DOWN under, far below the depths and never to return; the effect is hauntingly hypnotic, and almost comfortingly so. But, as this is strictly (and unapologetically) within the funeral doom pantheon, rest assured that there is no light, no hope, wherever the album roams.
Where will you chose to roam? Allow SHADES OF DEEP WATER to take you to Death's Threshold.
credits
released October 31, 2019
"Death's Threshold" was recorded between 2017 - 2018 by J.H. in Jyväskylä, Finland. All instruments and vocals by J.H. All music written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by J.H. Mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Studio (UK). Album cover artwork by Sv Bell (Canada). Photos by Hannu Rainamo (Finland). Executive Production by Dunkelheit Produktionen, Germany. 2019.
In Depths of Winter was brought to life by J.H. to bring forth the ways of the people of north. Life through snow and ice where the best (and worst) of times are linked to frost. Shades of Deep Water
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This was truly a revelation. I was getting started with funeral doom, working on something with my headphones on... Then came Déluge... my jaw actually dropped, I stopped what I was doing and, wide-eyed, just listened to the track, baffled and amazed. After the album was over (I never do this), I went to lay down with my headphones to enjoy it over again.
I rarely heard (and felt) this much power and emotion in an album. Until I find something better, this is my landmark for peak funeral doom. fluo
