This album is one of the more powerfull (funeral) doom albums of 2020 that may be overlooked by most fans of the genre. Amazingly haunting and atmospheric. Sinister Downfall deserves a lot more attention than they are getting. Aldo Quispel
[...]This German band prefers to keep the music simple and bereft of diversions. In a way the presentation is rather formulaic and falls back on the basic elements and aspects of the genre. A slow progression of the chords, vocals as well as drums that work as a counterpoint and are performed in sync with the guitars. The sound is massive and at times like a wall of noise[...]
2023 review
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This was truly a revelation. I was getting started with funeral doom, working on something with my headphones on... Then came Déluge... my jaw actually dropped, I stopped what I was doing and, wide-eyed, just listened to the track, baffled and amazed. After the album was over (I never do this), I went to lay down with my headphones to enjoy it over again.
I rarely heard (and felt) this much power and emotion in an album. Until I find something better, this is my landmark for peak funeral doom. fluo
The reason is summarized in the reason why I love extreme doom: it's a matter of focus, intentions that never get diverted from one nature: the appeal for doom, and all emotions, visions, states of being the term implies.. It's a one-colour core that makes the whole. The limits of Arche's music embraces all doom is about; how can I not be very pleased with that? Bertrand Marchal