The Ruins of Beverast 'Unlock The Shrine'
Well, this band is actually from Germany, but they sound like a French BM band. Very progressive with what they are doing. Songs are fairly long and really take time to develop properly. Each song is very different from the previous. The entire album is VERY ambitious.
The flyer that came with the promo says it's for fans of Leviathan, Lurker of Chalice, and Xasthur, and I can see where they're coming from on that. But this band is drastically different in one important way; they don't drown the listener in reverb, distortion, etc. They also have lots of subtle passages mixed with the heavier stuff. I also think they are influenced more by the new wave or European black metal, than the current wave of US black metal. They have some great riffs, and at times they remind me a bit of what Mercyful Fate might sound like if they played this style of black metal.
Here's a zipped file of the entire album. WMA's . . . sorry Jersey.
http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1E2ZJJT0UIL0L3B85UJH39VS7V
Let me know if that download works. I've been having a bitch of a time with Yousendit.
Well, this band is actually from Germany, but they sound like a French BM band. Very progressive with what they are doing. Songs are fairly long and really take time to develop properly. Each song is very different from the previous. The entire album is VERY ambitious.
The flyer that came with the promo says it's for fans of Leviathan, Lurker of Chalice, and Xasthur, and I can see where they're coming from on that. But this band is drastically different in one important way; they don't drown the listener in reverb, distortion, etc. They also have lots of subtle passages mixed with the heavier stuff. I also think they are influenced more by the new wave or European black metal, than the current wave of US black metal. They have some great riffs, and at times they remind me a bit of what Mercyful Fate might sound like if they played this style of black metal.
Here's a zipped file of the entire album. WMA's . . . sorry Jersey.
http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1E2ZJJT0UIL0L3B85UJH39VS7V
Let me know if that download works. I've been having a bitch of a time with Yousendit.