If you have immersed yourself in the numerous genepools of metal genres over a long period of time, one thing that tends to enter the mind of an audiophile is sorting certain bands or genres into the right time of day. I wouldn’t say that is the case for everything as I’m someone who can listen to black metal from dawn till dusk, but other such genres have come to pass as those ideal for the mood I find myself in at the right time of day.

In the case of Spanish melodic doom act, Golgotha, we have another studio release that is best described as evening music. Having listened through “Spreading the Wings of Hope” twice before penning this, it does seem fit that the morose, slow and beautifully gothic-esque melodies of these guys is best enjoyed at the going down of the sun.

Vocalist Maria Lladó carries the album through its traverse of the hardest times of human existence, and the ever changing combination of the harsh male vocals symbolise the deep dives into the anxieties, hardships and suicidal tendencies which Golgotha have made beautiful in the way doom metal is famous for.

I’d recommend this album for fans of November’s Doom, or those who keep the memory of Woods of Ypres alive every day. What we have here is a piece of melodic hardship that borders on the progressive and death/doom. If you love the early days of Paradise Lost, you won’t be disappointed either.

To come back to what I said earlier, Golgotha are the type of band you want to put on when the day is ending and you want a soothing solace to keep the exhaustion of modern life at bay. This one is for lovers of the most extreme hardships of human psyche put to the most melodic of death and doom tunes.

(7.5/10 Demitri Levantis)

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