Witherscape – The Inheritance

Releasedate: 29-07-2013; Label: Century Media
By: Sabine van Gameren

Witherscape is a Progressive Death Metal project by Dan Swanö. Although Witherscape has been in planning for quite a long time, “The Inheritance” is their debut release.

Dan Swanö is a name you very often come across. Not only he played in various projects himself, he is also contributing to many other releases with his studio work. Now that “The Inheritance” is out the world is another great concept album richer. The man knows what he is doing and it comes forward once again. There is a whole story to be told and the vocals are bringing it with a strong persistence as we know Swanö from. Yet, Witherscape is not just Dan Swanö, it also features Ragnar Widerberg whose name is perhaps less familiar but adds his identity to it by bringing guitars into it. Quite filling up the sound, but always very much in balance with the rest. Perhaps the keys are dominating a lot at some points, but the combination with to vocals and the guitars make that is not drifting off too much.

So “The Inheritance” is yet a debut album but brought with these professionals it does not sound like that at all. You may have large expectations, but the band is totally fulfilling them with this release.

Line up:
Ragnar Widerberg – Guitars, Bass
Dan Swanö – Vocals, Keyboards, Drums

Tracklist: 01. Mother of the Soul 02. Astrid Falls 03. Dead for a Day 04. Dying for the Sun 05. To the Calling of Blood and Dreams 06. The Math of the Myth 07. Crawling from Validity 08. The Wedlock Observation 09. The Inheritance

Links:
Witherscape Facebook