So yeah, pretty much every metal album (with some exceptions of corpse) longer than 45 minutes, especially those reaching over an hour, are just too long and usually padded with filler.
only live in liepzig is real
graveland is better than all those norwegians, though enslaved is definitely right there.
and satyricon is and has always been irrelevant
Always thought they were painfully boring.
So yeah, pretty much every metal album (with some exceptions of corpse) longer than 45 minutes, especially those reaching over an hour, are just too long and usually padded with filler.
Its not my favorite, but it is a very important release for both graveland and black metal.
Personally, i believe following the voice of blood is his finest hour. Fire chariot of destruction and memory & destiny are up there as well. Ive never been in love with the early stuff
1. Celtic Winter
2. Thousand Swords
3. Carpathian Wolves
4. Following The Voice Of Blood
5. Memory And Destiny (the recent re-recording is very nice!)
After that, I actually don't care for any others I've heard, but I haven't heard like half of his post-FTVOB albums.
Also, any Graveland fan needs to be frequently incorporating Lord Wind into their rotation. I would actually put Atlantean Monument above any Graveland album.
You should probably go for the newest one first. It has a little more textural variety than Atlantean Monument, which is probably just my favorite because it's what I was listening to for a while before trying any of the others.
I initially saw your post and thought you were probably implying that stuff like Fire Chariot Of Destruction was better than Thousand Swords. I would say definitely swap Creed Of Iron with it, and then I could potentially forgive you, as the other four we both listed are indeed stellar, and I've only ever listened to Immortal Pride once or twice.