When Saruman Sang Softly & Sweet....
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Sir Exar Kun
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I feel like I'm being punk'd on this....but its real. And its a SEQUEL album. And this one is MORE "heavy" metal as opposed to "symphonic" according to the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_The_Omens_of_Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_The_Omens_of_Death
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I had NO idea this existed. Absolutely love the "love" between Christopher Lee and Tony Iommi. Christopher Lee knows his metal!
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He's 91 so I'll cut him some slack. Plus it's Christopher Fucking Lee. Still don't think I'll be picking this one up.
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Album is "reviewed" on Grantland, an ESPN affiliated pop culture site.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/holly...ver-charlemagne-the-omens-of-death-considered
http://www.grantland.com/blog/holly...ver-charlemagne-the-omens-of-death-considered
In an interview last week with The Guardian, Lee explained that the first Charlemagne album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic. Now on the second one, The Omens of Death, it is 100% heavy metal. Finally, Christopher Lee is over his pussy false-metal period and is ready to give us the real shit.
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My favorite part:
Lees vocal range can be described charitably as immobile he vacillates between a low, arthritic bellow and a slightly less low, quasi-Shakespearian semi-bellow. The Omens of Death at times resembles the all-time WTF classic Lulu, only with a more youthful-sounding singer and somewhat catchier riffs.
Lees vocal range can be described charitably as immobile he vacillates between a low, arthritic bellow and a slightly less low, quasi-Shakespearian semi-bellow. The Omens of Death at times resembles the all-time WTF classic Lulu, only with a more youthful-sounding singer and somewhat catchier riffs.
I'm glad that ol' Chris has fallen in love with heavy metal, but has he seriously given his recordings a listen? Why can't Luca Turilli give him a call and say something along the lines of, "On behalf of the metal community, we appreciate the effort, but could you please leave it to the pros?" The first album was good for a ton of laughs, but this is taking it too far.
Stay metal. Never rust (though Mr. Lee might want to get checked for this)
Albert
Stay metal. Never rust (though Mr. Lee might want to get checked for this)
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holy shit really? 91?
Chris, pls be careful bro, my heart is too frail to see anything happen to Saruman/Dracula.
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Cracked just published a short article about this, too. Well worth the read, I love Cracked and I think they did a good, fun sendup of it. They do make a pretty good point about how he may be the most heavy metal person ever to have lived...
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/how-90-year-old-man-made-most-metal-album-ever/
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/how-90-year-old-man-made-most-metal-album-ever/
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