Oakmord
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The former members of the disbanded German / Finnish / American funeral-doom band My Shameful, Jürgen Fröhling and Sami Rautio initiated Oakmord in 2019. Rautio emphasized in the interview with No Clean Singing that Oakmord was not intended as a continuation of My Shameful..[1] The collaboration with Fröhling came about after Rautio sent Fröhling ideas for pieces of music and asked for his opinion. Oakmord should be formed as a band with a different emotional direction and musical approach compared to the previous band. However, there are similarities in the songwriting of the same musicians. The debut “We Were Always Alone”, recorded separately in Finland and Germany, was released the following year as a self-published music download via Bandcamp and as a CD via Wroth Emitter.Halter's Alexey Pyshkin brought the project to Wroth Emitter's attention, while Rautio did not pursue this or any other contracts.
Response
The international response to the debut was overwhelmingly positive. The album was praised by Stormbringer.at as versatile and yet “as if from a single piece”.[2] Other reviews also praised the release as a unified experience and at the same time a musically complex release of particularly high quality and expectations and hopes for a continuation of the project. It is perfect for reconciling oneself with one's own sadness, said the Italian Aristocrazia webzine[3]
Style
Oakmord's music has been classified as Funeral Doom. Contrary to the work with My Shameful, Rautio planned to use a keyboard as an instrument and describes Oakmord's music as more harmonious and melodic than the earlier project. This change is primarily noticeable in the riffing and rhythm. The guttural vocals are not perceived as growling, as is typical of Funeral Doom, but rather as “scratchy”, almost like grinding broken glass. The music is kept slow in keeping with the genre and as such is arranged around guitar and drum playing. In addition, the sound of Oakmord includes heavy use of ambient elements, and distorted, even surreal sounds.
Discography
- 2020: We Were Always Alone (Album, Wroth Emitter)
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