Sabaium
" Gravity Devine "
Self Released - 2006
Reviewed by: Jesse Desha
Date Reviewed - 12/30/2006

Track Listing:
01. Sound of Void
02. Moonlight Child
03. Astral Passage
04. Divine Gravity
05. Phases of Angels
06. Quest Within
07. End of Days
08. The Night Before
09. Cradle Borned Curse
10. Saintlike Sinner
11. Mephisto's Dance

Rated:
5.5/10

Total Play Time:
41:00

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This is interesting. Every time I look up some information on Slovenia’s Sabaium, the term goth metal keeps coming up which is in stark contradiction to the contents of their third full-length album entitled “Gravity Devine.” Either they started as a gothic metal band or there are a lot of confused people out there online.

On the other hand, the music found on “Gravity Devine” is somewhat genre defying as it is. A very groovy take on melodic death metal with lots of atmospheric keyboards in the background. Each song plods along at a methodic pace and never breaks from the formula save for a few moments of a speedy double bass beat and the occasional instance where the keyboards surface to the forefront. Each however, is short-lived and never significant enough to change the flow of the album. Thick, chugging riffs dominate the album with a duo of vocals switching from a mid-growl to a higher pitched rasp. The occasional semi-solo/mild lead will show its face, but they are few and far between.

But whether or not “Gravity Devine” is difficult to place into a single genre, it isn’t difficult to conclude that it is extremely uninteresting and weak. There is virtually nothing to get excited over. Not until the tenth track was there anything that left even a slight lasting memory. That said, the album is quite focused. Sabaium are very sure of how they want the album to sound and in what direction they intend it to go. I just am of the opinion that that direction will lead them nowhere.