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Type: Full-Length
Release Date: 2008
Label: Montsacrum Media
Genre: Gothic, Symphonic
1.
Dreams Of Rotting Flesh
2.
Forest Of Bony Fingers
3.
Beneath A Darkened Moon
4.
I Work At Night
5.
Sounds Of Terror
6.
Fear Of The Living Dead
7.
As The Seasons Bleach Your Bones
8.
Skin That Peels Away
9.
The Skeletons Are Ready
10.
Hatchet Lover
11.
The Revenge Of The Bog (Sounds Of Terror II)
1.
The Ball Game ~ The Spheres Packed Tight
2.
The Raven ~ 'Twixt Foggy Banks
3.
The Gallowsbrother's Song To Sophie, The Hangman's Maiden ~ You Are Good
4.
She Dances ~ Because She Loves Me
5.
The Sigh ~ No More
6.
Wind-Witch ~ Abset
7.
No! ~ As If, There
8.
Pills Of White Mercury ~ The Unfortunate Lass
9.
Venus-Palmström-Anadyomene ~ After The Sun Goes Down, Especially
10.
Lake of Blood ~ In The Forest
11.
Daffodil ~ Whispered
12.
The Twelve-Elf ~ Midnight Falls
13.
Tree Of Woe
14.
The Tolkien Song
15.
The Brownie
16.
Solitude
17.
Daffodil
18.
The Wrong House
19.
Water-Lilies
1.
Dissocation
1.
Libera Me - Overture For Choir And Orchestra In E Minor
2.
Wolf
3.
The Night Song
4.
Saint-Germain (The Man Who Killed Death) Part I
5.
Saint-Germain (The Man Who Killed Death) Part II
6.
Rain
7.
Wanderer
8.
In My Dreams
9.
Venom X
10.
The Mastery Of Pain
11.
Follow The Chain
12.
Seven Candle Circle
13.
Under The Cathedral
14.
In Darkness (rmx)
Review by JD on January 13, 2009.
Angeldark, a band that is touted to do the Gothic Symphonic styled metal better than most anyone else has released the album called "Angelique". The question now comes to my mind... do they stand out in the Goth Metal scene more than most? Do they stand up to veterans like Crematory and others like that?
First off...They seem to have all the tools needed for such a thing to happen. Sweeping orchestrations that lull you and sort of carry you, until it hits and the sheer heaviness of their music batter through the serenity that is made and pulls you into that gloomy place that the more timid of people do not want to trod. They pound you withe pretty amazing guitar work that is in fact... impressive.
Angeldark are heavy, really heavy... almost having a thin shade of Black Metal to them, but don't be fooled... they are 100% Goth music. They are pretty good musically speaking, and have more than enough metallic bite to them to get most finicky of metalheads to take notice of them... but it is the darkness of both music and lyrics that makes them deliciously inviting. Songs like 'Wolf' and 'In My Dreams' are both musically pleasing while still sending shivers up your spine.
They show that Goth Metal like this is as good as some other more established genres that make up the melting pot that is Heavy Metal. My only critique to any of this is that I personally would have like a deeper sounding guitars throughout the entire album... other than that little speedbump in my head, it is still a great album that makes me smile.
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 7
Atmosphere: 7
Production: 8
Originality:7
Overall: 8
Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Review by JD on January 13, 2009.
Angeldark, a band that is touted to do the Gothic Symphonic styled metal better than most anyone else has released the album called "Angelique". The question now comes to my mind... do they stand out in the Goth Metal scene more than most? Do they stand up to veterans like Crematory and others like that?
First off...They seem to have all the tools needed for such a thing to happen. Sweeping orchestrations that lull you and sort of carry you, until it hits and the sheer heaviness of their music batter through the serenity that is made and pulls you into that gloomy place that the more timid of people do not want to trod. They pound you withe pretty amazing guitar work that is in fact... impressive.
Angeldark are heavy, really heavy... almost having a thin shade of Black Metal to them, but don't be fooled... they are 100% Goth music. They are pretty good musically speaking, and have more than enough metallic bite to them to get most finicky of metalheads to take notice of them... but it is the darkness of both music and lyrics that makes them deliciously inviting. Songs like 'Wolf' and 'In My Dreams' are both musically pleasing while still sending shivers up your spine.
They show that Goth Metal like this is as good as some other more established genres that make up the melting pot that is Heavy Metal. My only critique to any of this is that I personally would have like a deeper sounding guitars throughout the entire album... other than that little speedbump in my head, it is still a great album that makes me smile.
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 7
Atmosphere: 7
Production: 8
Originality:7
Overall: 8
Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Review by JD on January 13, 2009.
Angeldark, a band that is touted to do the Gothic Symphonic styled metal better than most anyone else has released the album called "Angelique". The question now comes to my mind... do they stand out in the Goth Metal scene more than most? Do they stand up to veterans like Crematory and others like that?
First off...They seem to have all the tools needed for such a thing to happen. Sweeping orchestrations that lull you and sort of carry you, until it hits and the sheer heaviness of their music batter through the serenity that is made and pulls you into that gloomy place that the more timid of people do not want to trod. They pound you withe pretty amazing guitar work that is in fact... impressive.
Angeldark are heavy, really heavy... almost having a thin shade of Black Metal to them, but don't be fooled... they are 100% Goth music. They are pretty good musically speaking, and have more than enough metallic bite to them to get most finicky of metalheads to take notice of them... but it is the darkness of both music and lyrics that makes them deliciously inviting. Songs like 'Wolf' and 'In My Dreams' are both musically pleasing while still sending shivers up your spine.
They show that Goth Metal like this is as good as some other more established genres that make up the melting pot that is Heavy Metal. My only critique to any of this is that I personally would have like a deeper sounding guitars throughout the entire album... other than that little speedbump in my head, it is still a great album that makes me smile.
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 7
Atmosphere: 7
Production: 8
Originality:7
Overall: 8
Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Review by JD on January 13, 2009.
Angeldark, a band that is touted to do the Gothic Symphonic styled metal better than most anyone else has released the album called "Angelique". The question now comes to my mind... do they stand out in the Goth Metal scene more than most? Do they stand up to veterans like Crematory and others like that?
First off...They seem to have all the tools needed for such a thing to happen. Sweeping orchestrations that lull you and sort of carry you, until it hits and the sheer heaviness of their music batter through the serenity that is made and pulls you into that gloomy place that the more timid of people do not want to trod. They pound you withe pretty amazing guitar work that is in fact... impressive.
Angeldark are heavy, really heavy... almost having a thin shade of Black Metal to them, but don't be fooled... they are 100% Goth music. They are pretty good musically speaking, and have more than enough metallic bite to them to get most finicky of metalheads to take notice of them... but it is the darkness of both music and lyrics that makes them deliciously inviting. Songs like 'Wolf' and 'In My Dreams' are both musically pleasing while still sending shivers up your spine.
They show that Goth Metal like this is as good as some other more established genres that make up the melting pot that is Heavy Metal. My only critique to any of this is that I personally would have like a deeper sounding guitars throughout the entire album... other than that little speedbump in my head, it is still a great album that makes me smile.
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 7
Atmosphere: 7
Production: 8
Originality:7
Overall: 8
Rating: 7.4 out of 10