Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2009, 22:27

Lethian Dreams / Bleak Silver Streams

Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Syrup\Syrup.exe
Additional command line options : REACT %o %s %d "%a" "%g" "%t" "%n" "%x" "%y" "%m" "%e" "%f" "%b" %r


TOC of the extracted CD

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1 | 0:00.00 | 9:09.08 | 0 | 41182
2 | 9:09.08 | 8:12.34 | 41183 | 78116
3 | 17:21.42 | 9:16.40 | 78117 | 119856
4 | 26:38.07 | 8:02.41 | 119857 | 156047
5 | 34:40.48 | 9:14.53 | 156048 | 197650
6 | 43:55.26 | 9:54.73 | 197651 | 242273


Track 1

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 01 - Elusive.wav

Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00

Peak level 96.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F0F19779
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Copy OK

Track 2

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 02 - In Seclusion.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC FCC71B62
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Track 3

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 03 - Under Her Wings.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC E0072D42
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Track 4

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 04 - Requiem.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F3AE4851
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Track 5

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 05 - Severance.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
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Test CRC 749219E4
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Track 6

Filename C:\Temp\Syrup\Lethian Dreams - Bleak Silver Streams - 06 - For a Brighter Death.wav

Peak level 96.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 3546578C
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No errors occurred

End of status report

Carlos D'Agua - Vocals (Before the Rain, Evisceration (Prt), Sculpture (Prt))
Matthieu "Lethe" Sachs - Vocals, Guitar (Remembrance (Fra), Semper Dolens, In Somnis)
Carline "Kyrinla" Van Roos - Female Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard (Remembrance (Fra), Dahlia's Tear, In Somnis, Aythis)
Eowyn - Bass (Lux Incerta, AlysS)
Antoine - Drums

Doom Metal is alive and well and currently residing in France of all places. Actually I'm talking about the band Lethian Dreams. At first glance of their new 6-song CD Bleak Silver Streams I thought it was an EP. Although it has only 6-songs, the CD is actually 54-minutes long! All of the songs clock in at the 8-10 minute range and feature some of the heaviest riffs this side of Candlemass. The songs feature three distinctive vocal styles in their repertoire. The male vocals are handled by Carlos D'Agua. He employs two different styles, one is more of an aggressive extreme metal style and the other has more of a Celtic Frost "Into The Pandemonium" vibe to it. Carline Van Roos performs the female vocals. In addition to her vocal duties she also plays the following instruments: guitars, keyboards, bass and programming, she also wrote all of the lyrics and co-wrote the music with guitarist Mathieu Sachs who completes the line up.

The 9-minute track "Elusive" starts things off and right from the get-go the listener is drawn in by the heaviness of the opening riff and a spoken word vocal bit, before the more extreme vocals come in. Carline's vocals come in a short time later and the contrast in styles is really cool and unique for this style of music. It is really a solid opener and the song really puts the band on full display. "In Seclusion" is next and it starts off slow yet still very heavy and is a definite highlight. The band doesn't stray too far from what they do best, and that gives the listener a sense of comfort, what you hear is exactly what you get. "Under Her Wings (Mournful Whispers)" is another song over 9-minutes long and it begins with a eerie keyboard intro before Carlos' extreme style vocals come in and soon give way to Carline. The trio of "Requiem", "Severance" and "For A Brighter Death" complete the CD. "Requiem" in particular is a big highlight on the CD. I like the fact that all of the vocal styles are split pretty evenly, they are all given plenty of space the show what they can do. Looking at the song titles, you can pretty much judge what the band is about lyrically. Nothing too happy here, but Carline's lyrics are well thought out and very poetic.

With their doomy riffs, long songs and the overall feel of Bleak Silver Streams Lethian Dreams may not appeal to everyone, but fans looking for a new band to support in the doom genre, should look no further than Lethian Dreams. They just may be the next big thing in doom.