Evensong is a band from Hungary, and they were formed back in 1997 when they taped their first demo "Last Tales". In 1998 Displeased noticed the band and offered them a contract for three releases and in 1999 their debut "Path of the Angels" was officially released. The epic doom metal the band played at that time evolved to a more diverse approach on "Of Man`s First Disobedience", their second release. And now in 2001 it is time to welcome their third release called "Mysterium". The production of this release is better then the previous two releases and this makes the little details also hearable. Musically the band doesn`t play very different compared with their previous releases. The only difference is that their epic doom metal carries along some more up-tempo phrases and trendy polyrhythmic drumming (Dimmu Borgir) this time.

Besides that the band also uses more variation in the guitar parts like inventive riffing and almost virtuous solos. The female vocals make the picture complete although I have to admit they sound very standard, definitely heard them before. The male vocals aren`t that well either. He should be grunting more because his clean vocals sound very unnatural and kind of forced. But when you listen to this release a couple of times you come to the conclusion that songs as "The Nameless Eidolon" or "Whispers from the Arcane World" are good songs, but they don not remain in my head. And that`s what makes the difference between Premier League and Second Division. Perhaps Evensong should try to make their songs somewhat shorter in the future. It`s very hard to keep songs interesting if they are longer than six minutes.