This band originates from the Netherlands and plays a powerful style of symphonic doom metal. Take some of the heavier songs of Paramaecium and mix them with the beauty of Saviour Machine and you get an idea of what Morphia brings to the table. However, they really have a sound all their own. Frozen Dust is easily one of my top five for 2002. This is a drastic improvement over 1998's Unfulfilled Dreams. The new singer Jasper Pieterson supplies some killer vocals from a very deep growl to some high-pitched growls. The clean vocals and background vocals are exceptionally well done as well. The music is haunting, emotional, brutal, and tight. Although still very slow, the up-tempo parts are more frequent on this album. With stellar packaging and production, Fear Dark Records scores again.
Editors' ratings — Doug 4/5, Lonny 3/5
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Art for the Ears 2002Reviewed by Marco PovervestThe first time I got acquainted with Morphia was through their gig as a support act for Mortification in the summer of 2001. I was impressed by their professional attitude and their beautifully shaped music. A few weeks later I bought their Unfulfilled Dreams album. Now the band presents their follow-up called Frozen Dust. Their music can be described as symphonic doom. You can hear heavy…
