The Fate of Angels

If you were to ask me what the greatest progressive death metal band was, I would say Grey Skies Fallen. Why? Because I have yet to hear a single song by them that wasn’t truly brilliant and powerful from start to finish. Unlike Opeth, Grey Skies Fallen doesn’t dwell over repetition, overdone melodies, and precision. The music is tough, extreme, and true to the core. The guitars and piano work perfectly with each other, creating intense atmospheric death metal, harmonious chores, catchy melodies, and intense progression. The vocals are raw death metal screams mixed with moments of harmonious clean singing that sends the music souring. The bass is recognizable and indecisively impressive. The drumming is most impeccable to say the least.

Some of the heavier tacks, like The Purest Form and Drawn To The Earth, manage to deliver some great brutal moments as well as harmonious ones. Athena shines as the best track on the album, with some amazing vocal harmonies, guitar and synth cooperation, and amazing bass work. Grey Skies Fallen also manages to pull of the doom metal side flawlessly with This Burden I Bear. The atmosphere is intense and solemn yet romantically concise. On The Fate Of Angels, many of the tracks are instrumentals, which are by far the most musically impressive instrumentals I’ve heard (aside from Reduced To Ashes on the band’s second album, Tomorrow's In Doubt).

The only real flaw with this album is that, unlike the other albums, the dynamics shine the weakest. Not to say it’s bad because this album is a top favorite in my music library, but compared to Grey Skies Fallen’s later works, it is the weakest.

Overall, The Fate Of Angels is one of the best free download albums I have and is more then worth it’s file space. I highly recommend this album if you like Opeth but want something that can top them and still be obscure.