Review by Morpheus Kitami for Isole - Bliss of Solitude (2008)

At first glance, Isole is another Swedish epic doom metal band. I had never heard of them before the feature release but apparently they have some small popularity. Epic feels like the wrong genre, outside of song length they're closer to your typical doom sound.
This album has an extremely awful first impression. It sounds are somewhat disconnected from the rest of the album, sounding like something off a band Anathema clone. It lacks the fundamentals that make up the rest of the album, and has a somewhat repetitive sound to it, not a good sign for a song over 8 minutes in length.
In contrast, the rest of the album has a much more mellow sound to it, with gothic-tinted melodies. The album goes for what is almost a wall of these sounds. It's all about those sorrowful vocal melodies. While the band is competent, they are more there to bring pace and backing to those vocals. Interludes are merely breaks from these bits, solos are only there because it is expected, not because the guitarists are good at them.
A fine album, if somewhat odd as to what it's place in the world is.