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The first thought that came rushing through
my head when listening to the first track of this third full-length album from
the Chilean band Bewitched was: How can you want to release an album with such
lousy vocals? It gets better though and it is only when they use the black
metal vocals that it sounds like this. While listening to those tracks you
kind of wish that they had made them completely instrumental. This is perhaps
not the most original album I have ever heard but then again that is not
something we are used to hear from South American bands in general. Bewitched
have been around for a while now though and I think it is fair to expect
something more than this from them. As long as they are playing fast black
metal it doesn't sound very interesting but the doomier songs and the more
varied ones with clean vocals are exceptionally well done. The second track
"Stargazer" is a nice track and really shows the best side of Bewitched, at
least the first half of it. It is not easy being a metal band in a country
like Chile but Bewitched are definitely doing their best of their situation
and if you would like to listen to more than an hour of emotional and
atmospheric dark metal this is a good choice. The cover version of
Candlemass' "Bewitched" was necessary at one time or another in the band's
career I guess :-)
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1. Sons of |
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Satan 2. Stargazer 3. The New Dawn Of Middle Earth 4. |
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Merciful Faith 5. Waterfall Of Illusions 6. Bewitched 7. |
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Semitarius 8. Dreamweaver 9. Midwinter Gathering 10. |
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Crossing The Veil Of Mist 11. Somewhere Beyond The Mist |
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