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This is the debut album from Corvus Corax, a
symphonic pagan black metal trio from the US. The first track starts off with
an inauspicious ravens solo that might not come as a surprise since Corvus
Corax is the latin/scientific name for the raven. Then we get into the dark
mysterious land of the black birds. What you will hear is not raw black metal
like Dark Funeral but more epic and progressive, following modern directions
of Ulver, Arcturus and other bands but still maintaining a distinct style of
their own. Unfortunately that sound is rather boring at times when minutes
pass and you´re left wondering if something has happened. The music is far too
non-melodic and repetitive to make for a real interesting album. When
composing songs lasting for more than ten minutes you need to have material
that can feed the full ten minutes and not just part of it. The album does
have some highlights though when the band shows what black metal can sound
like when done right but the symphonic overtones are primitive and often fail
in their attempt to enhance the epic feeling that a journey into the long
since forgotten depths of the raven mentality is in need of. Not a bad album
but the have to improve on the songwriting for their second one to
come.
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1. Son Of The |
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Earth 2. Terminus Est 3. Sojourn 4. Mystagogue |
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