RedBaron181
Zagreb, Croatia
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A word of warning before I continue: I am not a fan of extreme metal or 'edgy' music and lyrics in general. I usually say that I am a metal fan, yes, but the metal I listen to is not quite 'real metal' by those extreme purist standards. If you are one of those people, you will probably hate me for writing this review.
Upon starting the music and reading the lyrics that I could not pick up by listening, this seems to be very much what I expected. In particular, the lyrics look like they are ... read more
I have never heard of Astralium before, but I have been told that I might like them, so let's see... Note that the fact something is symphonic metal does not make it automatically good, in my opinion, which seems to be a common misconception among people who recommend me music to listen and review.
The album starts with a 2-minute symphonic intro, 'Remembrance', and then the metal kicks in on 'The Journey', which is very much the way I like it. The metal in question is power metal, but done in ... read more
According to Discogs, this is a folk/world/country album from France. It has been released under both French ('Le chant des Vikings') and English ('Vikings Chant') titles, and it obviously has a Viking theme to it per both titles. Some, but not all of the song titles are in Icelandic, according to Google Translate; the other titles cannot be translated by Google, which could be because they are in a different language or dialect, archaic, or just misspelled. All I can say is that based on the ... read more
Trees of Eternity was a gothic metal project that released one album and will never release an album again. The project was founded by guitarist Juha Raivio (Swallow the Sun) and vocalist Aleah Stanbridge, who died of cancer before this album was released. Also featured on the album are second guitarist Fredrik Norrman (ex-Katatonia, October Tide), bassist Mattias Norrman (ex-Katatonia, October Tide), drummer Kai Hahto (ex-Wintersun, ex-Swallow the Sun, Nightwish), as well as guest vocalists ... read more
This is a band and album I am very interested in, particularly because of their current lead vocalist, Tommy Karevik. Tommy is a vocalist I know from his other band Kamelot as well as his work with the metal opera project Ayreon, and he is possibly my favourite male metal vocalist of all. With that being said, it's time to get started with the album.
I started listening to this album on YouTube in incognito mode, as I generally do with anything I am not already sure if I'm going to like or ... read more
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