A little over a year after their debut album, Life Before returns in a new, heavier direction, spanning multiple genres and drawing influence from artists like Oranssi Pazuzu, Waste of Space Orchestra, Black Curse, Pissgrave, and more.
"Chambers of Dolor" is essentially one, massive, seamless song divided into three distinct "acts" that each represent a different state of despair with a different sound. All the acts share a common thematic through-line via a single riff that first appears on bass. This riff remains ever present, but is warped and twisted by being sped up, slowed down, truncated into smaller riffs and different time signatures, as well as switched across different instruments throughout all three acts.
Act I "Lament" is a building, atmospheric, swirling cacophony of blackened doom metal that seamlessly flows into the mechanical, ominous sound of Act II "Tumult" which is instead influenced by dark industrial techno. This all culminates in the brutal, final Act III "Rumination" that pulls directly from bestial war/death metal. The result is a dynamic, dark, 14+ minute journey through different genres.
