Excellent and full of melody, this second album is a very nice surprise.
The synthesizers "overflow" all other instruments, but I believe
that this is how they wanted it to "sound". Mystic, excellent
and extremely talented synth-player ... but I have to be honest here,
as this album is the Nightwish part of Dimmu Borgir. We are still talking
of black metal (voice and keyboard), with full of "synthetic"
melodies, but even more "commercial". Not very original you
are going to say, but the mixture here is excellent. The production
is also perfect (what a sound, special mention for the sound of the
drum).
The album consists of eleven "dark symphonic" tracks charged
with ripping guitars and full of intensity all the way. Of course, some
of you will "shout" on the copy cat Dimmu Borgir's sound,
but let me tell you this : the song-writting is excellent, full of melodies
and some very "speedy" guitars (actually à la "Running
Wild"). I also suggest fans of Bal-Sagoth or Brimestone to check
this one. Overall, the album is pretty much well-structured and is a
must if you are a black metal fan ... who doesn't mind a shit load of
synths!
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