Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead (#3145)

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:02 pm

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Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Heavy Metal
Quoted: 92 / 100

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Jeff@Metalreviews · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:17 pm

Vocals sounding like Geddy Lee? :roll: If anything, the music sounds like older Rush at times. As for the vocals, he sounds alot like Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

lizardtail · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:52 pm

Jeff@Metalreviews wrote:

Vocals sounding like Geddy Lee? :roll: If anything, the music sounds like older Rush at times. As for the vocals, he sounds alot like Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

ah, the Geddy Lee thing wasn't a direct comparison, I was referring to the tendency to use high notes as emphasis for certain words rather than sticking to a melody.

AC/DC's a good touchstone which I didn't think of, thanks.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:33 pm

Nice review, Dee. Great old school band that certainly deserves a mention here.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:15 pm

Good review Dee, this album is great.

Stefan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:18 pm

I gave it 35/100

best I can do... I hate Cirith Ungol and especially their singer

NP
Diablo "Mimic47" (not as great as Eternium but still a good album)

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:00 am

From the samples I've heard, the music sounds great, but the vocals.... um... may require a bit of getting used to. I'll check this out in due time.

Desolate · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:19 am

I love you, Dee.

How many times have I already said that? :roll:

My favourite of all their albums. I would've claimed it's a Classic, but nevermind; the review was as great as the album itself, so I'm not comlaining.

lizardtail · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:53 am

Thanks for all the kind words! I did consider this for classic status but Black Machine tarnishes it for me, especially as it's the second track.

otakon · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:49 am

Great band ! Dee you review great stuff all the time

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:34 pm

This is one of my favorite bands of all time. No fucking wimpy poser shit here. No emo, no frilly shirts, and no gay vocals. Just rocking awesome heavy metal. Doomy as fuck too.

Cheers to the reviewer for having the balls to review something other than melodeth, crappy black metal, or symphonic fairy metal.

Misha · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:29 pm

The vocals remind me of Sharon Osbourne, the music is ok, but nothing more than ok.

Stefan · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:59 pm

Misha wrote:

The vocals remind me of Sharon Osbourne, the music is ok, but nothing more than ok.

ok music and bad vocals make it under-average, well done Misha... here's my 35/100 back !

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:39 pm

indeed it is an aquired taste...

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:40 pm

but considering the crap being put out now a days...I find the riffing and soloing to be excellent, and the vocals give it that mark of originality that many bands lack. They are a true gem of the under ground metal scene.

ganeshaRules · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:46 pm

Not really a classic, not a shit. A good band, perhaps more in the 70-80 score that in the 90-100 score. I'll give a 82-85 to this one.

Stefan · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:22 pm

Holy_Terror wrote:

but considering the crap being put out now a days...I find the riffing and soloing to be excellent, and the vocals give it that mark of originality that many bands lack. They are a true gem of the under ground metal scene.

oh yeah, crappy vocals ! that's the originality !

then viva Graham Bonnet (especially on live albums ! :lol:

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ganeshaRules · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:26 pm

Stefan wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

but considering the crap being put out now a days...I find the riffing and soloing to be excellent, and the vocals give it that mark of originality that many bands lack. They are a true gem of the under ground metal scene.

oh yeah, crappy vocals ! that's the originality !

then viva Graham Bonnet (especially on live albums ! :lol:

)

Hey, man, I love Graham Bonnet voice, in Rainbow, Alcatrazz and Imperitelli studio albums.

Stefan · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:31 pm

ganeshaRules wrote:

Stefan wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

but considering the crap being put out now a days...I find the riffing and soloing to be excellent, and the vocals give it that mark of originality that many bands lack. They are a true gem of the under ground metal scene.

oh yeah, crappy vocals ! that's the originality !

then viva Graham Bonnet (especially on live albums ! :lol:

)

Hey, man, I love Graham Bonnet voice, in Rainbow, Alcatrazz and Imperitelli studio albums.

yeah, yeah... :roll:

Bonnet's the man :lol:

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:45 pm

....no he's not. Alcatrazz sucked balls and Rainbow without Dio is a fucking waste of time.

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