Master_Yoda77
Juggalo
HAUNT fucking destroys and I'm ashamed that they didn't make my 2017 list. I had that demo on my turntable for several weeks before I changed it.
Traditional Metal
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Krow
Garbage Connoisseur
I dont think Haunt's out yet is it? I felt a little disappointed in Robespierre - Garden of Hell. I need to try it again but I felt like they went sooo lo-fi trying to give it an old sound that they made it sound hollow.
rms
Active Member
The entire album is pretty good. I'd better stop being lazy and actually write up a half-decent review of the promo version that I received.
EspaDa
Damage Case
East of Sun is pretty good. It's going to be compared to Visigoth and Eternal Champion even though Gatekeeper is much more competent musically and they have a wider array of influences and more varied songs than either of those bands. Songs like "Ninefold Muse" and "Bell of Tarantia" are way more thoughtful than most new trad metal.
I feel like some people here stupidly judged the very straightforward single that the band put out first and assumed the album would all sound exactly like that song. I forget who, but someone also said it sounded like a ripoff of some obscure Euro power metal band.
I feel like some people here stupidly judged the very straightforward single that the band put out first and assumed the album would all sound exactly like that song. I forget who, but someone also said it sounded like a ripoff of some obscure Euro power metal band.
Master_Yoda77
Juggalo
rms
Active Member
is this a trend with new trad bands to have a killer opener and then some whack follow ups? gatekeeper does the same shit as haunt
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
I think it's an old gimmick that goes back to the start of full length pop music albums. Most people previewed a tape or LP before they bought it way back in the day, so record labels would put the band's catchiest song as the first track. Somehow this is trapped in the DNA of rock music in general to the point that heavy metal bands still do it even though people can listen to the entire album for free online before they even spend a cent.
EspaDa
Damage Case
Blade of Cimmeria rocks. I have to give the album another spin, I remember that the following tracks were much slower and less memorable as well.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
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rms
Active Member
If you say so. They sound fine to me. I'd rather hear bands trying to do creative and different things than bands that just sound like clones of 1980s bands. The fact that they wrote so many different types of songs makes it even better. A lot of the other new trad metal bands only do one sort of thing over and over on every track.
rms
Active Member
I'm not sure what you're even listening to if you say that track isn't metal. You're being very dramatic.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
I'll admit I wanted East of Sun to be better than it was, I still prefer Prophecy & Judgement.
But I'd hardly call it a bad album at all, my favourites from it are "Oncoming Ice" and "Swan Road Saga."
But I'd hardly call it a bad album at all, my favourites from it are "Oncoming Ice" and "Swan Road Saga."
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