The absence of fear, specifically the fear of catchiness of this song and its cousin on the album, “Black Tears”, makes me love it even more. It spans nearly eight minutes, and while there are progressive shifts here and there that change the timbre of the song, each shift is loaded with new hooks, melodies, and riffs. The opener, “Twilight”, is honestly one of the best death metal songs of 1994 (and perhaps of all time). His signature harsh vocal leads the album most of the time, contrasted against the melodic riffs that keep these songs impeccably catchy. Given that Dan Swanö was the major player for EoS, both behind the mic and the mixing board, he’s a logical place to start. Slicing up a record like this can be done in a variety of ways, but I think the way to best approach an album that covers so much ground and envelops a genre with such panache is to simply examine each stone in the foundation.
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