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"Les Confessions du Mat" is the debut release by French goth metal act Ensoph. The EP was released through Nobrain Records in 1998. Orofarne Records re-released "Les Confessions du Mat" in 2000.
"Les Confessions du Mat" features 3 tracks and a full playing time of 27:07 minutes. "Venice" and "My Gloomy Glare" are both over 10 minutes long and perfectly display the band´s adventurous goth metal style. I´ll even dare call it semi-progressive. Male and female vocals compliment each other well (with the addition of the occasional extreme vocal section) and provide good variation to the already varied instrumental part of the music. The tracks are atmospheric and well played too. The sound production is decent, but could have been better.
"Les Confessions du Mat" is a promising first release by Ensoph, even though there are a couple of issues that prevent me from handing out a really high rating. The worst is the female vocals, which to my ears are at times slightly out of tune. Still a 3 star (60%) rating is fair.