What we have here is the debut full length from Ankhagram. It was originally released in 2007 and is now given a second life by Stygian Crypt Productions.
This band is actually a one man project, brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Dead. Normally, you find lots of those birds in the black metal arts, but it is not the musical direction chosen by the artist. A somber greyish artwork from cover to cover in the booklet and a title like that is all aiming towards a doomed soundtrack, and it sure is. Wall to wall scenery of depressive, sad and sorrowful hues, enveloped in melodious tonalities. The guitar work is crushing; the growls are deep from the guts and the ambient keyboard patterns are soaked wet with sadness and melancholia. This is not a happy ending type of story people. The slow pace is omnipresent, rightfully so in pulsating the intensity behind Dead's creations. Although the composer used a similar pattern in writing his songs, no two tracks are the same or redundant. By the time you reached number 4, "�From my Dying Heart�" you'll get an instrumental piece with some pompous and dramatic keyboards. The following song, "Last Shout of a Dying Soul", is the most epic piece of doom metal to be found. Then, to close the coffin, I mean the opus, what better than Frederic Chopin's "End of Everything. Another great composition that every fan of WWE' s Undertaker is very familiar with.
Neverending Sorrow is a great album of depressive music.
Track listing:
1- To my God
2- No Fate
3- (Song title in Russian only)
4- �From My Dying Heart�
5- Last Shout of a Dying Swan
6- End of Everything
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