Dark Tranquility has a huge reputation, so I'm not surprised this is a good album, actually I find it more emotional than most melodic death metal. Also, I already knew the The Wonders At Your Feet, and the vocals on this album are better than that song, so it's a pleasant surprise for me. I especially liked Ex Nihilo / track 11.   Apr 26, 2023

Good music. It's like they took old school death metal and then just altered it any way they wanted. The drumming is extremely good on this album, but it's still nowhere near how good it is on the second album.   Apr 26, 2023

Nice first full-length by a rather new band. It goes to some interesting places, such as synthwave for a brief moment, but mostly a Drudkh-style album. Pretty good.   Apr 24, 2023

This album is remixes by a band member. Nothing awkward or weak as is usual for remixes. I'll try more from this band. The electronic element is pretty fantastic. Surprise - the clean vocals are on point; they're sentimental but not in a cringey way. The harsh vocals are a mix of decent and so-so. The guitar work was a real pleasure. Overall good stuff.   Apr 23, 2023

Most of this album should score 90 or 95. I'm taking off some points for an unnecessary outro and a couple of songs in the first half being less powerful. The orchestrations and composition are really beautiful for most of the album. Good work by Keep of Kalessin.   Apr 22, 2023

Today I was attacked by putrid golden sunlight and fresh springtime air that corrodes the lungs. Playing this master-tier album solved all those problems. It's wonderful in so many aspects, but some very articulate guitar passages stood out as did very climactic melodies. The album cover is the perfect homage to Bosch, like one of his paintings bordered the lands of metal covers on the upper right. Great work yet again.   Apr 22, 2023

I'm still completely in love with the title track after many years. Altogether a great album that is extremely heavy and extremely melodic.   Apr 21, 2023

Tons of energy fill this album, and I was surprised at how much melancholy & anger come through and how well they work together. Some people say Dark Funeral is kind of mid tier or low tier, and the album cover looks pretty immature to me, but this music is really high quality and totally sincere. All pleasant surprises.   Apr 21, 2023

The metal-adjacent pick from Banger TV, and they picked a good one. This is lo-fi enough to make raw BM fans happy. Actually it's rather rough and aggressive, and I love the combination of moods that exist all at the same time in these songs.   Apr 21, 2023

Incredible. The best NWOTHM in a long time. The vocals are great, and if they had a little more variation I think this would be a perfect 100. Even the 3-minute songs feel really full of 8 minutes of music. I will be listening to this a lot.   Apr 21, 2023

A good start to hopefully a long discography. Jamison from Visigoth being in this band is absolutely the reason I looked them up.   Apr 21, 2023

It's thick. It's meaty. It's chunky. It's bumpy. It's a good album. Even though I'm not into death metal, this album really impressed me.   Apr 21, 2023

Well, with a band name like this, who doesn't want to try. Burly and tough stoner doom that has just a little trippiness too. They're off to a good start.   Apr 21, 2023

I love the album cover. Also, they get points for having their own way to shift into thrash mode.   Apr 21, 2023

It's good, but I liked their 2014 album substantially more.   Apr 21, 2023

He says this one is only virtual instruments. Some people feel like this is cheating... anyway, every release this guy puts out sounds good to me, so I'll just be thankful his music exists.   Apr 21, 2023

Warped and bizarre feelings fill this rather long album, and it's a total pro performance for every millisecond. A real class act.   Apr 21, 2023

I liked everything on the album. I think only some songs are excellent, but they all have emotion. For some reason I expected the Judas Priest cover to be even more amazing, but it was pretty good.   Apr 21, 2023

The master reworked an unreleased song, and one of the Harakiri for the Sky members helped on vocals. The result is pure perfection. It's really pure bliss to listen to this song.   Apr 21, 2023

This is a good peaceful album, but it doesn't have anywhere near the emotion of his later works.   Apr 21, 2023

I liked this a lot more than I thought I was going to, and I can take it a lot more seriously than I usually take viking metal. This album has an intense aura of sadness & suffering that gives weight to the violent themes. Respect to Bathory for both vision and skills in composition.   Apr 21, 2023

First of all the dark atmosphere is so overpowering that I can't believe they had any light in the room when they recorded this. Second, this is absurdly good for a debut.   Apr 21, 2023

Stripsearch is great to have before Last Cup of Sorrow. The songs are mostly top-tier, but some unnecessary fadeouts weaken the album a little. Anyway, this music has a strong romantic and sexy side, which metal often lacks (especially all-male bands), so respect to Faith No More for being well rounded.   Apr 20, 2023

I felt so close to giving this one a perfect score. The second half of the album is perfect. Also, these guys really astound me because of how they pack so much energy into their playing. Is it practice, inspiration, or both?   Apr 18, 2023

This album has a very nice & wide open feel due to the production. I liked all of the songs. I don't find much of the music very Oriental. Anyway, a good listen.   Apr 18, 2023

I'm reminded of the days when I listened to a lot of alternative rock, when alternative rock was actually an alternative to something. This album feels like one of those 90s bands ventured as deeply into doom as they could. While the result isn't actually 100% doom, it's still very good music.   Apr 16, 2023

This band doesn't hold back; they unleash the fury. At times it's rather Kyuss. Also, whoah, what's up with all the swearing dude? Definitely recommended to people who have heard of the electric guitar.   Apr 16, 2023

The soundscape and the playing are great, but the songwriting didn't really get to the same level until the album was more than half through.   Apr 16, 2023

Cyber Gothic metal instrumentation to glib songs urging us to wage war, but the vocal delivery & symphonic element undercut the surface meaning and make it a sad condemnation of humanity's violent history. I find this pretty thoughtful and it touches my heart to be honest.   Apr 16, 2023

죽어버린 남자다움에 오함마로 심폐소생을 시키는 앨범. 멈췄던 심장이 그들의 리프와 드럼을 따라 다시 뛰기 시작한다.   Nov 1, 2024

스래쉬 음반을 언급할 때 항상 다섯 손가락 안에 꼽는 앨범...모든 곡이 베스트일 정도로 완벽하다. 개인적으로 Stronger Than Hate을 가장 좋아한다.   Nov 6, 2024

85-90, 예전에 빽판으로 즐기던 음반. 운이 좋게 다시 시디로 구입하게 들어보게 되었다. 지금 이 시점에서는 좋게 들렸고 시원시원했다. 녹음은 거칠긴 하나 가끔 너무 갑갑한 믹싱이 되어 있는 메탈음반이 많은데 차라리 이런 식으로 만드는게 낫다 싶다. 1,2집도 언제인가는 구해지지 않을까 생각해본다.   Oct 30, 2024

어쿠스틱 기타, 첼로, 플루트 등을 이용하여 녹음한 어쿠스틱 사운드의 작품이다. 그러나 표현하고자 하는 사운드의 방향성 자체는 무겁고 진지하다. 멜로디가 약간 서늘한 냉기를 품고 있다. 더운 여름에 들으면 시원함을 느낄 수도 있지만 대체로 가을의 분위기에 잘 어울린다. 커버아트와 음악의 매칭이 절묘하다.   Nov 4, 2024

90-95. 이 시기의 블가 앨범들은 다 좋은 듯. hansi의 보컬을 더 느끼고 싶어서 사모으기 시작한 앨범인데 그렇다고 나랑 맞는 음악을 하는 밴드가 아닐 수 있었지만 지금까지 몇번들어본 결과는 만족스러운 행진 중이다. the eldar같은 곡은 지금의 나에게는 최고의 곡. 인트로+본곡 같은 스타일로 중복이 되는데 큰 단점같지는 않다. 조화롭게 잘 넘어갔다.   Nov 8, 2024

95-100 2024년까지 나온 오케스트라와의 협연 음반 모든 것을 통틀어 최고다. 다 어설픈 편곡때문에 그냥 원곡 듣고 말지 라는 생각이 드는 반면 이 음반은 최소 제대로 만들어진 영화음악 하나 들었다 할 정도로 편곡자체가 매우 잘 되어 밴드와 오케스트라가 제대로 융화 예상과 달리 스튜디오로 앨범을 냈지만 dvd 2disc를 사면 라이브 시디가 포함되어 있는 듯 하다.   3 days ago

85- 90 채스틴의 기타가 바삐 움직인다. 당시의 다른 기타리스트와는 다른 맛이 있다. 레더 레온은 참 좋은 보컬같다라고 생각을 또 하게 되었다.   Oct 27, 2024

라센은 일본 빅터에서 받아 동일하게 12번 "Rainy Nights"이 더 들어가 있다. 앙그라 초기는 의외로 많이 듣지 않아 생각보다 익숙하지 않은 면이 있다. 현재는 이 정도 점수를 주고 다음에 또 감상하면서 고쳐보도록 하겠다   Oct 28, 2024

Their most representative album of the eighties, full of innovation and class, with forceful themes and a benchmark in style for the hard rock genre, in fact it is their best-selling work to date! My personal precise rating is (94/100) Faves: Criyng In The Rain and Don´t Turn Away!   Oct 30, 2024

완벽하다. 지금와서 painkiller 정도의 힘을 기대하는 것은 무리지만 관록과 경험으로 영그러진 놀라운 앨범을 냈다. 엔지니어링도 크게 한몫했다.   Oct 31, 2024

옛 모습이 그립다. 그래도 화이팅!   Nov 1, 2024

조금도 기대안했었는데….훌륭합니다!!   Nov 1, 2024

온갖 괴생물체들이 꿈틀거리는듯한 아트워크의 세계관이 펼쳐지며..끈적이는 불협화음 데스 사운드에 빨려든다.   Nov 6, 2024

The album finds Blood Incantation returning to their death metal roots with renewed psychedelic vigour, eager to tear apart familiar metallic ideas   Nov 6, 2024

80-90. 메킹 커멘트를 보고 얼라이브를 베스트 대용으로 해도 된다는 의견에 2,3를 사게 되었는데 1,3에만 rock and roll all nite가 있다는 것을 다시 여기서도 알립니다. 이번에 사게된 앨범이 일본반 shm-cd 규격인데 음질이 나쁜게 아니지만 2보다는 살짝 거친게 아닌가 싶다. 아직까지는 얼라이브 시리즈+일반 스튜디오 베스트 조합으로 끝낼 생각.   Nov 6, 2024

85-90 기본적으로 2010년 이후 이들의 앨범이 특별히 구리다고 생각이 든 적이 없다. 이번 앨범은 기다려도 라센이 안나와서 결국 수입반을 샀다. 전체적인 곡 수준, 연주 수준 모든게 긍정적 방향이다.   Nov 6, 2024

85-95. 5번은 후기 대표곡. 커버한 밴드가 sodom , megadeth, helloween, Jorn 등이 있다. 필 라이엇이 안죽었다면 사이크스가 백사로 과연 넘어갔을까 하는 생각과 씬 리지가 꽤나 터프한 느낌도 갖게 되는 과정이었는데 이 미래가 재미있었겠다 라는 생각이 드는 앨범.   Nov 6, 2024

Very good work on guitars,a tight rhythm sectionand lots of keyboards effects the way only FATES WARNING teached to play !   Nov 7, 2024

훌륭한 데뷰. 1집을 꼭 사야 할까라는 생각으로 살다가 이제야 얻어걸린 느낌으로 사게 되었다. 물론 1집을 필수라고 여기지 않았지만 후회도 없다. 보컬이 멤버들보다 나이가 10여살 많은 걸로 기억하고 게디리의 좀 더 듣기 좋은 버전이라고 생각이 든다. 다만 믹싱이 마음에 들지 않아서 살짝 밋밋하다. 보컬과 드럼이 살짝 뒤로 간 느낌.리믹스가 절실하나 과연?   Nov 7, 2024