The Temple of Sharkuel

A good amalgamation of ideas that fall short at the end 70% So, Morvheim. I actually found this one-man-band via Youtube suggestions, listened to this, and the previous album. And the previous one, due to it's production, I simply can't get into it. And I feel that I miss a lot. But this album makes me appreciate what is in the mind behind the album to some extend, and I gotta say, there are some neat ideas here. This is a melodic death metal act that resembles more of a melodic black band with some pop influenced melodies. You have pretty and catchy melodic keyboard sections, and clean vocals. The instrumental side of the album is quite creative and original, within the standard melodic deathmetal scene. This album has a great opener, I love the build up it has, and his voice is superb. Also, the violin effects, though quite evident they are VST or some low quality keyboard, it gives a sense of magic and supernatural. The harsh vocals, also very cool, they have mo...

Okay, so today I decided to go a bit off the album review pattern, and decided to embrace a topic that goes along with one of the many things that I love: Anime. But fear not, my fellow followers, this is not too much out topic. Today I will post about one of the most funny, and yet, genius anime I ever saw in recent years: Detroit Metal City. Mainly, the plot revolves around Soichi Negishi, who moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.  The Anime is made of 12 episodes, and each episode has a length of 12 minutes or so, but each ep is so full of content that you will not believe how can anything be so rich with such a low time spam. The animat...

Darkness, Machinery and Human Disgust - 95% This review came as a request by Rachid Abdel Ghafour, the man behind Zebulon Kosted. He sent his request by e-mail, asking me if I could review his last album "You Have No Race You Have No Culture", released in June 6th, 2017. I only have good things to say about this record.  This album is, as a matter of fact, a taste of black metal of a strong flavor. This is epicurean music, and one must have a special mood to digest this. Once you get through the superficial layers of the album's structure, you can achieve the subliminal paths that Rachid wrote within this masterpiece. I gave this album two runs. One I listened while working, and the other I took my cellphone and listened with my headphones while I traveled through Lisbon, in circles, on the suburban bus. Why? Because this is an absolute tone setting album, and is better that you prepare your own setting to truly appreciate this piece of work. The a...

A beautiful album to die for - 95% This is a warning, if you are used to Blazing Eternity with growls, like I was, this isn't the album for you. This is a different kind of beast. Why such warning, you may ask? Simple. This isn't a doom metal album. But a depressive rock one. Shocker, isn't it? But wait. This is the first physical copy that I got from them. I knew what they were about and when I found this album on sale, I had to buy it (actually, it was my brother who purchased, I was only 16 at the time), and I didn't expect this. I simply adore this album, and it is a shame they didn't follow up this route and are now on hold. (at least, at the time this review was written). They did okay doom metal, they didn't bring nothing new to the mix, aside from the melancholy and sadness that is constantly present in their atmosphere. I like sad music, and they deliver in that regard. But "A World to Drown In" is a different kind of heavy. Not h...

Blackthrash with that Latin fire we all love - 85% This review came as a request by Karl L., Guitarist of the band. He approached me via e-mail, after he checked some of my reviews in Metal Archives, and asked if I could review them. I happily complied.   I gave a brief listen to their second demo "Maldita Nacion", and boy, it got me hooked.  Gotta be honest here, I have a thing for Latin American bands, due to their combination of melody and heaviness on whatever they compose metal related.  This fits the description of your typical "latinoamericano" metal. Letal Cross just drips oldschool thrash, with some cool hints of heavy, all drenched in the darkness mass that only black metal can provide.  First thing that will get to you is the vocals. They are harsh and high pitched. I can only imagine some mad men galloping on a black mare from hell, with a baseball bat, cracking heads and screaming is lungs of out of satisfaction. And that horse gal...

A very tired, forced SYL - 75% For years I digest every-freakin-thing Devin Townsend puts out into the public eye. I have an adoration for this man that almost achieves the godhood status, maybe even gay level. Both SYL and his solo projects are high quality music, and Devin has spoiled us with it. When he releases music that isn't along with his quality standards, one scratches his head in confusion. But this isn't a bad metal album, it is just... Meh  SYL is one of those bands that you can run through a full album and still consider a respin of the same album. Okay, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing is a weird one, it was their first and it is also a curious ride. With the New Black, it happened. I changed tracks. And this isn't common in a Devin Townsend album, because he likes to build albums as a whole, and make the experience as most sequential as possible.  The opener is unimpressive. It lacks the typical buildup in the past albums. The second track ...

When you step up the game on a whole music genre - 100% Shadow of Intent is an particular case.  A band that was born due to a group of young, talented individuals that love to play Halo, and decided to create a band that would pay homage to the games, and books. Their first album was more centered in the lore of the books, and this album focuses itself more on the path the Arbiter has on Halo 2.  Like Soulmass, the Dark Souls lore based band, these fellows though like to play video games, they are quite talented individuals.  The first thing a person who listens SoI for the first time must have the impression that the vocalist must have a gate of hell connected to is throat, because Ben Duerr has one of the most versatile, harsh and yet perceptive vocals I ever listened in the genre. Though sometimes he can achieve both impressive low and high notes, you can understand the lyrics without reading them, and that's something that is quite impressive. ...

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