Enshine – Elevation Review: Melodic Death/Doom Metal from Sweden/France (2026)

 

Enshine – Elevation album cover, melodic death doom metal 2026

Artist: Enshine
Origin: Sweden / France
Label: Independent
Released: January 3, 2026
Genre: Melodic Death/Doom Metal
Rating: 5.5/10
Listen/Buy: Bandcamp

I thought I reviewed this album when it was first released, but apparently I forgot about it. So with a lack of both creativity and time, I decided it was finally time to bring out Elevation again. This is Enshine’s third full-length album and comes more than ten years after Singularity. It consists of eight tracks and runs for around 50 minutes.

You can feel the atmospheric longing and darkness already from the first track. This is a heavily melancholic album. The guitars are beautiful and full of emotion, with some really good riffs and melodic parts. Together with the keyboards, they create a dreamy and almost cosmic atmosphere. The keyboards can become a little too dominant, but for the most part this works really well.

The vocals are also good, although they disappear a little into the music from time to time. The growls are exactly how they should be for this kind of music. The production is very good, clear and powerful, and fits the atmosphere of the album.

Heartbliss is probably the biggest highlight for me. This is the track that gives me the strongest death/doom feeling. The Moment is another one I really enjoy. The vocals come through much better here, and there is just something about the whole atmosphere of this track that hits me.

Elevation is absolutely a good album to listen to, but it never really reaches that one big highlight. A lot of the tracks blend into each other, which makes the album less memorable. At times, this reminds me of both Insomnium and Katatonia. The only problem is that I usually remember their songs afterwards.

So thank you for almost an hour of good music. It is just a shame that I do not remember that much of it when the album is over.

Rating: 5.5/10

I'll be spinning more albums — stay tuned!

Hauk


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