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After 3 very successful demos in the underground, these English blacksters are finally out with their debut CD. It's a question if you can really call this black metal, or for that matter, anything to do with black metal at all. It is more heavy metal with some rasping vocals and with a varied amount of influences from the middle-age. It's a very melodic album, very entertaining at times, with riffs that could be found in the most silly 80's album, but here it works with the band's concept and sound. They make a good variation around their music, and it never gets boring, which of course must be a priority in anyone's music these days. They do lack the final spike in the casket though, as here we have an original and well done album, but still I feel somewhat left out in the end. Can it be because it will not stand the test of time, or simply because it can not deliver the goods with full force this time and the production doesn't give them the full justice? I still enjoyed the trip with the band, and I think they will have a good chance in developing over time to become a really great band. They do need to get rid of the silly frontimage though, as really, people dressed up as knights and warriors in this century is a little past what my lunch can take.
| Tracklist |
| 1. The Excommunication Of Christ |
| 2. Angelwhore |
| 3. The Watchers Of Catal Huyuk |
| 4. Agrat Bat Malab |
| 5. Weeping Tears Of Angel Light |
| 6. Bene Ha Elohim |
| 7. Assault And Battery |
| 8. Jezebel And The Philistines |
| 9. Pale Bread Hunger |
| 10. Rise In Godless Hell |
| 11. Disembodied Voices of Melchizedek |
| 12. Falling With Lightning Rays Beamed Through |
| The Blazing Firmament Towards The Untended |
| Burial Ground Of Bharsag |
| Bonus track: |
| 13. Calling All Monsters |
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