TRIUMPH OV FIRE - IN THE NAME OF BLACK PRINCIPLE

Today I'm going to review a band that plays a genre that I don't like very much, I'm talking about Symphonic Black metal.  Triump ov Fire offer us a various Black metal album, but with many Symphonic Black metal influencies. The main thing of this band is the voice; to me the voice is adapt to this musical genre and listening I thought that was perfect and In the Name of the Black Principle is a good album also for the instrumental stuff. Unfortunately I could have enjoyed all this more if it had been composed in a better way, in my opinion there's just a few of originality and the recordings are not so good. It's not a bad album but it's neither a masterpiece. It could have been done a better work if it contained more guitar instrumental parts and riffs and if it was recorded better...


RATING: 6.5/10
-KOR3-

MUTILANOVA - NERA LUX

Today I'm gonna review Mutilanova, which is a french Symphonic Black metal band. If I speak about french Symphonic Black metal some of you might think at bands such as Anorexia Nervosa or Le Grand Guignol, but also Mutilanova may offer you some good stuff, if you like this musical scene. Their music is fast and violent, but at the same time are melodic and harmonious and the merit goes to the choruses and to the keyboards;  Nera Lux has very good and heavy rhythms, characterized by harsh riffs and heavy drums lines. The guitarist plays typical Symphonic Black metal riffs, violent and melodic at the same time, that may attract the listener in a particular way and that are the main characterization of Symphonic Black metal; the drums constantly executes fast rhythms, broken out by strange musical passages or rhythmical time changes. The singer has a particular scream and his way of singing is angry and suffered at the same time, and listening better you can hear that the singing part are a little less important in this work, probably because the players gave much more importance to the perfect instrumental execution of the songs, but it doesn't ruine the work. To me is a very good album also if it sounds a little incomplete. Anyway I recommend you to listen to this band!

RATING: 7/10
-SADIK- (-Dom-)

ETERNAL SAMHAIN – OBSCURITATIS PRINCIPIUM

Eternal Samhain was born in Verona in 2006; shortly after they presented themselves as a strong and tenacious Symphonic Black Metal band. Listening to the album, we find significant influences with Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir style but not without more extreme influences, such as Marduk and Dark Funeral. After the symphonic and harmonious intro, there is "blackframe": in this track the voice often changes intonation, in fact singing in Shagarth mode often changes, as in reciting Emperor Magus Caligula (this change can also be found in the following tracks), while the guitars have a sound that is not prominence, keyboards create a sweet and lulling background that strangely fits. "Vas Damnationis" has a faster drums than the previous song, the voice tone reminds to Dani Filth in albums such as "Damnation and a Day,"; "Sinful in every Choice" reminds me of Marduk with fast riffs, some melodic parts distinguish the song from the other.The album ends with "Obscuritatis Principium": the intro style reminds me of the album "Cradle of Filth - Goodspeed in the Devil's Thunder", the drums often stop the pace with fast passages, guitars accompany the flawless keyboard, such as during the whole album.A band that is probably far better than Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth in many aspects; a beginning with a bang!

RATING: 8/10
-SADIK- [-Mara-]