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| 1997 Century Media Records |
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The Pagan Prosperity
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The Millennium King
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Behind the Mask
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Soul Possessed
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My Demonic Figures
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Doommaker
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My Kingdom Will Come
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Return of the Night Creatures
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What Malice Embrace
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Line-Up
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Galdar - Vocals,Lead Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars
Gonde - Bass and Backing Vocals
Tony - Drums
Jardar - Rhythm and Lead Guitars |
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There is a story behind my buying this record, and I include it only to
emphasize how much this band grew on me over time. The first thing that
caught my attention on this record was that the drumming, especially the
intro to Behind the Mask, was just insane! The songs were good, but I passed
it up for another release. About a month later, I had the tunes I had heard
humming in my head, so, I went and bought the album along with a couple
other discs. Now, being the frugal ex-student that I am, I decided that
3 discs were too many, and never even opened this disc. Needless to say,
I couldn't get the songs out of my head, and I re-bought the album.
It is my good fortune that I did, because had I not, I would have missed
out on some just killer death metal! I think part of what turned me off
was the whole "black metal" image, which begins to annoy me after a while.
Some of this stuff makes me feel like a bunch of angry tree sprites have
invaded the wood in my speakers... I try not to be prejudiced, but unfortunately,
with some stuff you can't help it. But, on to the review. These guys are
incredibly tight, the drummer is just a monster on the kit! The guitar
work is also kick ass, with some really cool bass licks thrown in. The
keyboards add a pretty cool higher toned element, but the riffs are the
meat of this, and that's what ends up hooking me 99% of the time. The vocals
may be the only detraction, being the standard black metal wombat drowning
in acid screams, but I don't know what else would really fit, so... Overall,
man am I impressed! A serendipitous event indeed.
9 out of 10 |
