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A couple of years ago the Ukrainian death metal band Castrum released their debut album. Now they are back again with "Mysterious Yet Unwearied", an album that follows naturally upon its predecessor with their exciting mixture of atmospheric death metal and medieval imagery. These ten tracks are very diverse in their structure. We get to bang our heads to intense and melodic tracks where sometimes thrashier influences shine through, making it more vivid and dynamic. The technical skills of the guitarist and band leader Cornelius are quite impressive when he shreds through the more complex fractions. The songs are well composed and I am actually quite puzzled why no bigger labels have shown interested and picked up such a talented and interesting band as Castrum. Having been active since 1994 this is one of the oldest extreme metal acts in Eastern Europe who are still around. The many years of experience and practice pays off on this album because this is a very good album that should appeal mostly to fans of the technical American death metal bands from the early and mid 90s. Castrum may be too extreme for mainstream metal fans but they definitely deserve more attention. Yet another good album from one of Eastern Europe's few interesting death metal bands and those of you who enjoyed their debut album will not be disappointed. Castrum are currently working on their third album which will be a concept album.
| Tracklist |
| 1. The Gate Of The Universal Mystery |
| 2. The Undiscovered Dimension |
| 3. Sinister Omens |
| 4. Suffocating Thugs |
| 5. Unrestrained Power |
| 6. Desert Of Darkness |
| 7. The Art Of Homicide |
| 8. Invisible Force Of Fear |
| 9. The Essence Of The Past Still Haunts Us |
| 10. Dark Paths To The Ancient Thrones |
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