Original intro on th first song with trumpet sounding keyboards in a almost viking kinda way. The first that strikes me when the music starts is the very hard metallic sound of the drums. It sounds almost fake, and they easily become annoying in the long run. The music is symphonic B.M. in mid tempo with faster parts and lots of great riffs accompanied by great keyboardwork. The vocals are good grimm ones and fits the music well. This British 2-pice features a member of the more famous Cradle of Filth, but this is very far from their Vampire metal style. This is very keyboard based music that's not very evil at all. It's still very good stuff, but the use keyboards are hardly original anymore, if you don't do it as much as these guy's do. I must say that this album becomes better and better all the time, so I might have to change this review later. The production is OK, but nothing special, still, this is one of the better albums I've bought more recently and I do recommend it. This would surely have been a 5/5 with a better production and without that boring drum sound. And the silent outro is stupid... Rated
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