The pretense of this group's name and their debut record's title are generally in keeping with the tenets of '90s Euro-metal.
Dominated by the many Scandinavian derivations of death, black, goth, and power metal, the movement was as strong as ever when Lake of Tears tossed this disc into the overcrowded metal marketplace.
While there were a few decent notices, not much was made of this recording, and for good reason.
The guitar work is especially unremarkable, as too many well-worn riffs litter Greater Art, that is, when riffs are attempted at all.
Much of the time, a pallid chugging is all Lake of Tears can come up with to support the hoarsely shouted vocals that lack the vivid tone that defines black and death metal ranting, while the guitars lack the heft of doom or sludge metal, making the recording difficult to categorize, but not in a good way.
So much mid- to slow-tempo nothingness simply makes Greater Art one to avoid.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under the CrescentDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Eyes of the SkyDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | As Daylight YieldsDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | Greater ArtDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | Evil InsideDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | NetherworldDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | TearsDaniel Brennare | Lake of Tears | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Upon A Highest Mountain | Lake Of Tears | Play | 07:05 | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 213 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Brennare | Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Vocals |
| 2 | Jonas Eriksson | Group Member, Guitar (Rhythm) |
| 3 | Börje Forsberg | Executive Producer |
| 4 | Anton Hedberg | Photography |
| 5 | T. Hirsch | Logo |
| 6 | Lake of Tears | Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 7 | Mikael Larsson | Bass, Group Member |
| 8 | Mathias Lodmalm | Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Soloist, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Maren Lotz | Layout Design, Typography |
| 10 | Johan Oudhuis | Drums, Group Member, Primary Artist |
| 11 | Tomas Skogsberg | Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Soloist |
| 12 | Kristian Wahlin | Cover Art |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |