funeral doom / death from Finland

Shades of Deep Water’s fifth album The Years on Borrowed Time delivers heavy and slow tunes in the vein of the band’s previous albums Deluge towards Its Close and Death’s Threshold. The album contains four long songs with an atmosphere built on layered strings and a strong presence of guitar harmonies. The album’s themes are varied. The title track is about the inevitable end of human life. Mare Septentrionale takes you to the North Sea where you cannot escape the ruthless power of nature. Night and the River is inspired by the album’s cover art painted by the great 17th century landscape artist Aert van der Neer. Closure is the oldest song on the album. It was originally released as a demo in 2008. The song has a haunting atmosphere that gradually builds over its 13 minute runtime. The Years on Borrowed Time is an album for those drawn to endless slow beats, strong atmosphere and harmonies of misery.