een recensie van de cd:
Forest Stream hails from Chernogolovka, in Russia of all places!
‘Tears Of Mortal Solitude’ is the first part of a trilogy that Forest Stream plan to record, and is well worthy of your attention. Their music has been described as ‘Funeral Metal’, and it’s not hard to imagine why after giving the album a couple of spins. It’s a mixture of symphonic orchestration, doom and atmospheric black metal produced over some pretty epic numbers. Within a mere nine tracks, Forest Stream makes the most of what they have to offer.
The opening number ‘Autumn Elegy’ is a short doom laden piece of cinematic black metal with some cool My Dying Bride inspired guitar work that serves as the albums introduction piece. ‘Legend’ is a little more straightforward in its black metal approach, with Sonm’s vocals growling with plenty of black venom. There’s a slight Opeth feel to ‘Last Season Purity’ and ‘Snowfall’ (Especially the acoustic bit at the end), while the big number on the album has to go to ‘Mel Kor’. It’s on this track where the band seems to combine all the best they can possibly muster and capture it within one defining moment.
Another song that almost matches the same level of excellence is ‘Black Swan’. The clean vocals mix well with the epic feel of the keyboards, while ‘Winter Solstice’ again brings up those comparisons with My Dying Bride. The tail end moves with eloquent atmospherics that I haven’t heard from in black metal for some time. The same symphonic theme runs through to the short parting number ‘Steps of Mankind’. While most of the press coverage is focused on the prolific European front, its good to hear a band such as Forest Stream come from a remote place with no way to truly expose their talents, and release an album that is both original and unique. I can only hope that ‘Tears Of Mortal Solitude’ goes some way to bringing them the praise they so duly deserve.
doom die ik zelfs met m'n folk/ns hoofd kan waarderen (lees goed vind) en de cd kan afluisteren, oftewel echt een aanrader 
