An EP that runs over 60 minutes and a musical masterpiece that again is second to none.
When it comes to SWALLOW THE SUN I slowly run out of words of superlative.
Plague Of Butterflies is a flawless monolith of tearfulness, one song consisting of three chapters entitled: Losing The Sunsets, Plague Of Butterflies and Evael 10:00, followed by the four tracks of the very first and rare demo release Out Of This Gloomy Light (2003) that, back at that time, brought them the deal with Spinefarm Records.
Musically the Finns again pull out all the stops. In their acoustic passages they sound like newer Anathema or Katatonia, riff work sinks in all destroying Doom, Black Metal accents flash up and sometimes they even reveal a very restrained Rock attitude. Songs of all crushing gloom, epic width and haunting beauty, perfectly arranged and produced. Plague Of Butterflies is the essence of what SWALLOW THE SUN is about, a summary of their entire history so far.
Plague Of Butterflies is the must-have for the dark season!