26.04.2004 
2. Dance of Hecate
3. Wurdulak
4. Under the Boards
5. The Oath of the Legion
6. The Gorgon Cult
7. Memories of Lemuria
8. Medusa’s Coil
9. Moonchild (Iron Maiden cover)
10. Nightbreed
Pierangelo Giglioni - Guitars
Gianpaolo Caprino - Guitars
Francesco Bucci - Bass
David Folchitto - Drums
Simone Scazzocchio - Keyboards
release date 26th April
preview - review by Matthew "Newbreed99" Haumschild___
This band from Rome has a lot to prove to
all of us, and they can indeed do it. Moonchild,
Stormlords’s cover of an Iron Maiden song, doesn’t sound too bad for
a first time listener. I have only listened to Iron Maiden once ever,
and I am not familiar with this track so you will have to be the judge
of that! On with my synapsis of my favorite tracks.
Dance of Hecate
I loved the intro to this track. If Stormlord opens up with this track
at their show, this is almost a guarantee of a pit starting. In this
song, the keyboards are pretty much playing the melody and sets the tone
for the entire song. There are a few change ups in this song making you
believe it’s a fast melodic tune indignitive with other metal acts,
then it shifts to the dark and a bit slower. This song is very good to
hear at night.
Under The Boards
Classic Black Metal introduction. Hyper fast
drums, guitars tuned down and then it switches tempo, then it goes back
to sounding the Black Metal we all know and love like Emperor.
This song is classic and almost a typical sounding track from the genre.
If you were going to introduce someone to the genre, this track would be
the one I would suggest. However, for the veteran listener, this song is
great to play video games to. It gives off this haunted house feeling to
it I can not quite explain.
The Gorgon Cult
The nice piano introduction sets the entire feeling in this track. If
you listen to this track long enough it might remind you of a sound King
Diamond would make. I could see myself screaming along to this track.
This song isn’t as nearly as fast as the others. Also, the singer
dives into the Death metal singing realm towards the end of the song,
then after that’s done, they go into another totally different musical
interlude, then all of a sudden jumps back the main melody. It could be
viewed as a confusing track, but I think it was well executed and
definitely ranks as one of my favorite songs on here.
Moonchild
There is a very long introduction to this song, but when I ask people
who listen to Iron Maiden they tell me this is typical of that band.
After the intro ends, I start headbanging. I have a feeling Stormlord
did there homework before recording this track. I hope they play this
song live. It reminds me of what Iron Maiden sounds like with a Black
Metal vocalist and a heavier guitar sound. I think Iron Maiden would be
pleased if they heard this. It’s a high energy sound that would be
great to work on your cardio** too.
As I mentioned above, this is the best sounding
Black Metal band I have ever heard. Besides goofy names for some of the
tracks, this is actually very good. This album is well mixed, I guess I
can’t get over this fact. A worthy CD to add to your collection.
Go buy it!
rating: 8.5/10
** Cardiovascular training- is pretty much running on a treadmill or other machine that makes you increase your heart rate.
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