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Ah, finally the new album of Asgaroth is out, and
as we speak, the
band told me they had been picked up by no-one else than
Peaceville,
so that should give you an idea of the capacities this Spanish
band has.
Asgaroth impressed me deeply with their mini-CD "Absence
Spells
Beyond" in 1999, being a catchy, yet progressive/symphonic form
of
black metal. On that mini, they even did a breathtaking cover of
King
Crimson's classic "Epitaph", and that is not easy to get away
with!
On "Redshift", Asgaroth goes harder at work. They've turned up
the
speed a little, made the sound more roaring, but still they maintain
their
symphonic and half-progressivity, doing alot of variations in the
vocalwork,
and also leaving in some choirs and clean performances. If to call
this
blackmetal or not, I am not sure of, as I prefer something like
"symphonic
dark metal", but in any case, Asgaroth has great capacities
when it comes
to performance and to outstanding songwriting. It is to be
said that "Redshift"
still is not a utter masterpiece like "Absence
Spells Beyond" was, but who
said it is easy to follow up a classic ?
Asgaroth is in any case my favourite
Spanish band at the moment, and I just
wish for more...
"Redshift" is also said to be re-released by Peaceville
for that matter, but I
guess it is still left for the planning
stage.
| Tracklist |
1. Naked Eye 2. Lured |
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Decoy 3. Cyphred 4. Bluntness 5. Buried 6. |
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Mindscape 7. Descent To Dion 8. I, Befouled 9. 6 |
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Bloodmarks 10. Sharpedge Solitude 11. Red Shift... |
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