Ashen Mortality
Sleepless Remorse
Reviewed by Unknown
Ian Arkley and wife Melanie Sarah Bolton have pooled their individual talents creating a masterpiece. This is an anthology of 2 demos which have been re-recorded and superbly produced. They hybridize contrasting sounds and styles. Ian's death metal growls vs. M.S.B.'s angelic voice; guttural doom guitar vs. atmospheric goth synth. Medieval, classical, gtr all are intermingled in progressive, gothic fashion. Simply yet effectively. The uniquely structured songs take you on a sombre adventure into the deepest and darkest of England's medieval forests twisting and turning with something different appearing behind each shadow cast.