Artist: Carcharoth
title of the phonogram: Desolated Battlefields
Style: Pagan Metal
Running time: about 34 minutes
first Intro
second Desolated Battlefields
third Hammer against the crosses
4th Fire Purification
5th The march of the broken souls
6th As one with the woods
enthusiasts Tolkien fans, should the name "Carcharoth" already be a household name, but this describes the wolf-keeper of the mighty dark ruler Morgoth from the classic novel "The Silmarillion".
Well, today I would like the work of current work to introduce a English band, that just that name has acquired.
released the CD in June 2007 as a promo "summary" with only two titles. After this self-production, in February of 2008 came out already completed the album at Black Tower Productions (they also thanks for the promo version).
The name of the phonogram "Desolated Battlefields", and the cover of the CD, produced in me already a little curiosity, what kind of dark music it may well be a case.
The cover artwork to be judging, I was expecting my first really no lovely melodies, but rather hard and brutal sized pealing. To my surprise, I was ordered to determine, however, I was wrong ...
First impressions: The intro sounds not aggressive, or voltage generators, it resembles much more melodic medieval Klanggut.
So beautiful and almost "happy" may sound even this introduction, I was relieved to be honest, when I was the harsh sounds of the 2nd Tracks on coming!
Aside from the raw guitar sound that is initially held still in the mid-paced and increasingly increases coming (especially with the epic riffs) and the audible voice to the fore!
The emotional outcry that the singer will probably steal the last vocal cords, also fits well with the songs in the following crude but melancholic Playmate of the electric guitar.
also especially like the slow, almost depressive beginning of the song "Hammer Against the Crosses", which flows over the course of the song in melodic guitar sounds.
As the title suggests, is at the very classic song about the war against the pagans to Christianity. If the text is resourceful now or not is debatable, though, but much more lush themes Pagan Metal excludes yes.
The following titles in the silver disc, the same concept of the other songs.
In so many places, but can be found a little catchy factor, such as the sonorous setting, just before the half the last track "as one with the woods"!
An acoustic part may be missing out on a standard Black Metal album of course not, we find such a course on "Desolated Battlefields".
ultimately, I can only say: This CD is it more of an average Pagan Metal work, which really does not force a sale, but at a reasonable cost is worth hearing!
For friends of clean singing in the Black Metal is, at least - away> hands!
