And The Living Shall Envy The Dead-Another pretty good doom metal band, with infusions of death metal. The band is a supergroup almost with members coming from bands like: Infant Bite, Maniakal Torment, Iota Draconis, Crepitation, Camel Of Doom, Esoteric, and Disembowelled. I never noticed until recently that the band is from the UK, along with Funeral Doom legends Esoteric. I always thought the band was from USA. A good paced hippie death-doom release. Recommended for fans of: Mountains Became Machines (also from stoke-on-trent), Irreversible, Esoteric, & Ataraxie. Overall Rating: 6.8/10
Battlefields-The better side of Hate Forest that i didn't hear in some of the other releases. This CD concentrates a little more on ukrainian folk elements than the other releases. The release is so popular that they have rereleased it 3 times with different artwork. Probably more favored than the other releases, but not my favorite. Recommended for fans of: Drudkh, Astrofaes, and Blood Of Kingu. Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Spirit-For cliche gothenburg melodic death metal, Eluveitie is actually pretty good. Eluveitie plays "christian safe" melodic death metal infused with folk metal. I love how they mix in the instruments like the hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, tin whistles and bohdran. This album is really good in moderation. Bands like Soilwork, Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Hate Eternal, Carcass, and etc. have slaughtered good melodic death metal. Eluveitie really can only be listened to in small amounts because of these other melo-death bands ruining the image for them. Recommended for fans of: Winter Dome, Soilwork, In Flames, Melo-Death and Folk and Pagan metal. Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Author-Zao's first release to come out to the public. I admit, this thing was really frigin hard to find just on internet copy, let alone a hard copy. The CD is very raw and reminisces of old hardcore influenced Zao. This release is so early for metalcore to hit the scene, that this isn't even considered metalcore. But i truely say, without a doubt, christians created a few genres: Embodyment invented Deathcore, Emery and UnderOath invented new wave emocore, and Zao invented metalcore. Recommended to fans of: Six Feet Deep, Point Of Recognition, and Since Remembered. Overall Rating: 5/10 (rawness of recording and the fact i hate most straight-up hardcore)
So Sedated, So Secure-One of Darkest Hour's early 90's releases. This album is fun, melodic, thrashy, and humorous. The internet copy i burnt has the reissue edition bonus tracks, which are hilarious. Bear Huntin' USA is defenitely the best comedy song i've listened to. Overall, the album wasn't a great rememberence, but it was a fun listen that, again, should be listened to in moderation (like all melo-death). Recommended for fans of: As I Lay Dying, (early) Destroy The Runner, In Flames, Carcass, Arch Enemy, etc. Overall Rating: 6.9/10
And The Living Shall Envy The Dead-Another pretty good doom metal band, with infusions of death metal. The band is a supergroup almost with members coming from bands like: Infant Bite, Maniakal Torment, Iota Draconis, Crepitation, Camel Of Doom, Esoteric, and Disembowelled. I never noticed until recently that the band is from the UK, along with Funeral Doom legends Esoteric. I always thought the band was from USA. A good paced hippie death-doom release. Recommended for fans of: Mountains Became Machines (also from stoke-on-trent), Irreversible, Esoteric, & Ataraxie. Overall Rating: 6.8/10
Battlefields-The better side of Hate Forest that i didn't hear in some of the other releases. This CD concentrates a little more on ukrainian folk elements than the other releases. The release is so popular that they have rereleased it 3 times with different artwork. Probably more favored than the other releases, but not my favorite. Recommended for fans of: Drudkh, Astrofaes, and Blood Of Kingu. Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Spirit-For cliche gothenburg melodic death metal, Eluveitie is actually pretty good. Eluveitie plays "christian safe" melodic death metal infused with folk metal. I love how they mix in the instruments like the hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, tin whistles and bohdran. This album is really good in moderation. Bands like Soilwork, Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Hate Eternal, Carcass, and etc. have slaughtered good melodic death metal. Eluveitie really can only be listened to in small amounts because of these other melo-death bands ruining the image for them. Recommended for fans of: Winter Dome, Soilwork, In Flames, Melo-Death and Folk and Pagan metal. Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Author-Zao's first release to come out to the public. I admit, this thing was really frigin hard to find just on internet copy, let alone a hard copy. The CD is very raw and reminisces of old hardcore influenced Zao. This release is so early for metalcore to hit the scene, that this isn't even considered metalcore. But i truely say, without a doubt, christians created a few genres: Embodyment invented Deathcore, Emery and UnderOath invented new wave emocore, and Zao invented metalcore. Recommended to fans of: Six Feet Deep, Point Of Recognition, and Since Remembered. Overall Rating: 5/10 (rawness of recording and the fact i hate most straight-up hardcore)
So Sedated, So Secure-One of Darkest Hour's early 90's releases. This album is fun, melodic, thrashy, and humorous. The internet copy i burnt has the reissue edition bonus tracks, which are hilarious. Bear Huntin' USA is defenitely the best comedy song i've listened to. Overall, the album wasn't a great rememberence, but it was a fun listen that, again, should be listened to in moderation (like all melo-death). Recommended for fans of: As I Lay Dying, (early) Destroy The Runner, In Flames, Carcass, Arch Enemy, etc. Overall Rating: 6.9/10
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