Published: December 21, 2016

On March 21st 2016, a partnership of Hypnotic Dirge Records and BadMoodMan Music (a side-label of Solitude Productions) resulted in the release of two albums: Cold Redrafted by Negative Voice (the review was published on July 4th 2016 – for the review, just enter the band’s name in the ‘search’-tab) and Immensity’s debut The Isolation Splendour. Both releases are somewhat comparable in approach, so pay attention!

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Published: December 19, 2016

After the demo "The Lonely Aquarelle", IMMENSITY releases thru BadMoodMan Music and Hypnotic Dirge Records their debut full-length album entitled "The Isolation Splendour" combining growl and clean vocals. The band was founded in the beginning  of 2009 by Andrew Kelekis (Guitars), the other members are Leonidas Hatzimihalis who did a great job in "Aspectations" (EQUAL VECTOR),  Chris Markopoulos (Guitars), George Kritharis (Bass), Yia...

Published: September 15, 2016

 It’s good to age. If the angst-ridden, stubborn teenager in me were to review an album like this, originality would be a decisive factor. Obvious musical influences would be a negative thing in my narrow-minded evaluation. The word “copy-cat” would be used once or twice as well, further strengthening my resolve on the “fact”. Ageing gives way to perspective, originality isn’t an aspect nor an argument in the dig...

Published: June 7, 2016

Immensity is an atmospheric doom/death, with Progressive influences, metal band from Athens, Greece, which was formed in 2009. They released their first demo called ‘The Lonely Aquarelle‘ in 2012, and this year they present themselves with a full-length album called ‘The Isolation Splendour‘ (Hypnotic Dirge Records/Solitude Productions).

The founder of the band is Andreas Kelekis (guitars, synth). In 2010, Leonidas Hatzimihalis (e...

Published: May 28, 2016

Some majestic doom on display here from Greek crew Immensity, who impress with the delivery and confidence displayed on this, their debut. The band lay down death/doom with a power and punch often only seen in bands like Paradise Lost back in their early coming-of-age heyday, when every song was an event, every chord change important; the sounds also bring to mind My Dying Bride in a big way, which is always a good thing. Immensity m...

Published: May 20, 2016
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If I said that I wasn’t waiting a long time for this record, I would be lying. After 4 years of patience, Immensity finally released their first album.

My first experience with this band from Athens was back in 2012 when they released a 2-track promo titled “The Lonely Aquarelle”. Hopefully, these tracks are also in this album which contains 7 tracks and has over 1-hour total running time. Immensity’s style isn’t something common...

Published: March 25, 2016

Embracing the classic Doom/Death Metal sound, this Greek 6-piece cranks out a stunning Peaceville homage on their debut release. Switching between death growls and soaring cleans, the vocals call on 20+ years of genre influence while delivering tales of sorrow and pain and all that good stuff. As always, though, I’m a sucker for the slow, haunting guitar lines that provide the bulk of the record’s melody. The album is a bit bloat...

Published: April 17, 2016

The shortest song is 5 and a half minutes, and that's normal. But the rest is between approximately 9-11 minutes long. I guess it's not so hard for you to figure out that it's yet another heavy-weight band. Some kind of atmospheric and melancoly death/doom metal.

IMMENSITY comes from Greece, and was formed in the beginning of 2009 in Athens. This is their debut album.

These 7 songs last for approximately 68 minutes, and that's very long....

The debut album from this six-piece death-doom band from Greece offers a vast ocean of suffering for the listener to dive into. Over the course of an hour or so, Immensity squeeze in a spectacular number of elements on this release.

The slow, regal riffs remind the listener of Daylight Dies, with echoes of My Dying Bride; the clean vocals provide an elegant foil to the growled misery; the keyboards and delicate picking create a subtly...

Published: March 31, 2016

For all the excellent black metal that has come out of Greece the last few decades, the country has produced surprisingly few doom/death bands. Formed in 2009 by Andreas Kelekis, Immensity is one of the few doom/death bands to call the country home. Kelekis rounded out the group in 2010 and 2011 and released a demo, The Lonely Aquarelle, in 2012. After hooking up with Hypnotic Dirge, Immensity is set to release their debut album, T...

Published: March 15, 2016

Sometimes a bit of gothic/doom can be just what’s needed to lift the spirits. Delving headlong into some more melancholic material and hearing the gorgeous melodies and atmosphere gives the best in the genre their ability to strike a chord with followers. Greece’s own Immensity has both the sound (and the fitting name) seemingly mastered on their debut, The Isolation Splendour.

While Immensity’s influences run through the usual sus...

Published: March 11, 2016

When I’m about to review an album, regardless what I already know about the band, what catches my attention in the first place and drives me to a cautious listening, is the album’s name. Usually that comes with the visual suggestion given by the cover art; matching together they are supposed to hand you a scenery beyond words and before the music. In the digital era this might seem an oddity, but the way a band represents a...

Published: March 9, 2016

All one has to do is take a peek at the track listing before playing this to get an understanding of the enormity and scope they are about to undertake.

Epic is a very simple way to express only a small portion of what Immensity offer. Much like an eager to please pizza delivery guy they bring so much more to the doorstep, in this case our ears.

It would be very easy for me to merely mention Immensity’s similarity to other act...

Published: March 7, 2016

Immensity  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  doom/death  metal  with  some  funeral  and  progressive  touches  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016 album  "The  Isolation  Splendour"  which  was  released  as  a  joitn  effort  between  Hypnotic  Dirge  Records  and  Solitude  Productions.

 Acoustic  guitar  playing  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  symphonic  keyboards  a  ...

Published: March 29, 2015

I've been wondering how a full album by this Greek band would sound since picking up their impressive demo release 'The Lonely Aquarelle' back in 2012. And, to cut straight to the chase, it sounds absolutely as gorgeous as the demo promised it would. Including both tracks from that, as remastered bonuses, the CD album runs to nearly 70 minutes of melodic Gothic-Death/Doom as lush,...

Published: January 28, 2015

“The Isolation Splendour” comes through the tidal waves of tears from Greek gothic funeral doom metal band Immensity. Forming in 2009, it has taken founding band member Andrew Kelekis six years to release Immensity’s first full-length album. It is the only other release from Immensity other than their demo “The Lonely Aquarelle” from 2012. But I wouldn’t feel like I mi...

Published: January 12, 2015

In a year that has been, to this reviewer, mostly unimpressive in the doom metal department, the Greeks in Immensity decided to close things out with something delightfully fresh and inspired.

Immensity are no new name to us at Metal Storm, as their demo previously won our Clandestine Cut Of The Year in the 2012 MSA. Channeling some of their prior ideas into a full length debut, the...