Serjeant Grumbles
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- Mar 20, 2005
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Malice - Against the Empire
7/10
Bloodbath - Like Fire
7/10
D.B.C. - Rise of Man
6/10
The vocals are kind of cool, but they don't get enough use to make the song. It's alright, but I found it rather unremarkable.
Drewcifer - Game of Thrones Theme
4/10
Way more processed than black metal ought to be; the end product is a rather tepid, sterile cover of the show's theme music. Points for adding original content.
Visigoth - The Revenant King
8.5/10
This is the best example of ambition thus far. Proper anthemic heavy metal underscored with a galloping triplet rhythm. Galloping triplets never get old, contrary to what HamburgerBoy thinks. The i-VI-III-VII chord progression does get old, but the chorus uses a variation subbing out the VII for V, thereby incorporating the harmonic minor, which is more exciting.
Rage - Death in the Afternoon
7/10
Dawnbringer - II (Silence in Waves)
7.5/10
Sacriphyx - Wells of Beersheba
7.5/10
Coroner - Semtex Revolution
8.25/10
High Spirits - Going Up
7/10
The Gates of Slumber - To Kill and Be King
9/10
This track is steeped in ambition, right in the very title. None shall wield Excalibur - none but me. That's what it means to rule a kingdom.
Crimson Glory - War of the Worlds
6.5/10
I liked the opening riff, but the way the singer would abruptly slip into falsetto wails felt a bit naff. And there was the way the chorus was garbled into WAAAH-a-WaAAH! I like intense falsettos of this sort, like the singer in Witchking uses, but this takes it a bit too far.
At the Gates - The Break of Autumn
8/10
7/10
Bloodbath - Like Fire
7/10
D.B.C. - Rise of Man
6/10
The vocals are kind of cool, but they don't get enough use to make the song. It's alright, but I found it rather unremarkable.
Drewcifer - Game of Thrones Theme
4/10
Way more processed than black metal ought to be; the end product is a rather tepid, sterile cover of the show's theme music. Points for adding original content.
Visigoth - The Revenant King
8.5/10
This is the best example of ambition thus far. Proper anthemic heavy metal underscored with a galloping triplet rhythm. Galloping triplets never get old, contrary to what HamburgerBoy thinks. The i-VI-III-VII chord progression does get old, but the chorus uses a variation subbing out the VII for V, thereby incorporating the harmonic minor, which is more exciting.
Rage - Death in the Afternoon
7/10
Dawnbringer - II (Silence in Waves)
7.5/10
Sacriphyx - Wells of Beersheba
7.5/10
Coroner - Semtex Revolution
8.25/10
High Spirits - Going Up
7/10
The Gates of Slumber - To Kill and Be King
9/10
This track is steeped in ambition, right in the very title. None shall wield Excalibur - none but me. That's what it means to rule a kingdom.
Crimson Glory - War of the Worlds
6.5/10
I liked the opening riff, but the way the singer would abruptly slip into falsetto wails felt a bit naff. And there was the way the chorus was garbled into WAAAH-a-WaAAH! I like intense falsettos of this sort, like the singer in Witchking uses, but this takes it a bit too far.
At the Gates - The Break of Autumn
8/10
