Creozoth
Creozoth

May 2006
Released: 2005, Escapi Music
Rating: 2.5/5
Reviewer: Anders Sandvall

This project is led by guitar player Lars and drummer Jan from the Swedish doom legends Candlemass. CreoZoth is a result of ideas and projects started during the times when Candlemass took their breaks. This line up has played together for 2 years this is their debut album.



CreoZoth’s sound lies pretty close to Candlemass but in this case it’s Lars that has written the material.



The weakest link in this constellation is the lead singer Michael, his voice is too bright to fit into the dark atmosphere the band brings. The album was put together in Soundland Studio in Upplands Väsby close to Stockholm Sweden. There nothing to complain about when it comes to the production besides again Michael’s voice and I can’t understand why Lars has put him so high up in the final mix.



Lars has included one song that’s only a shorter bass-solo amongst the 13 tracks on the album; it’s called “Spectorized”. The whole album clocks in at 60 minutes which feels too long. The other 12 tracks feel too pointy and barely hold the album together all the way and even though I played the album lots of times I still think the same.



The strongest songs are “With The Flow”, “Stares Back”, “Minute U Die”, and “State Of Shock” which all are heavy riffing guitar-based songs.



I guess that CreoZoth have to do much better than this if they’re going to gain a bigger fan base worldwide, but this can still be fun to hear for hardcore Candlemass fans.