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ARTIST : Cryptic Wintermoon STOREDATE : 00-00-2004
ALBUM : The Age of Cataclysm RIPDATE : 06-09-2015
YEAR : 2004 RUNTIME : 69:45 min
GENRE : Black Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Black Attack GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 989 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 521.4MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/psv2hwn TRACKS : 15 Files
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01 The Cataclysm 2:17
02 The Abyssal Spectre 3:29
03 Born In Fire 4:26
04 Into Ashes 4:43
05 Fallen Kingdoms 6:55
06 When Daylight Dies 5:20
07 Blood Of The Dragon 6:19
08 Winter Of Apocalypse 5:16
09 Black Moon 3:39
10 Angels Never Die 4:29
11 Gods Of Fire And Ice 4:48
12 Necrobiosis 5:36
13 Dawn Of Ages 4:35
14 Shadowland 5:08
15 Beyond The Night 2:45
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69:45 min
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│ After a few minor releases, Cryptic Wintermoon surprise us in the │
│ year 1999 with their first full-length album, entitled "The Age of │
│ Cataclysm", a proud and stable album with only very few little, │
│ negligible flaws. The album itself follows a rather strict pattern, │
│ combining very melodic elements such as synths and keyboards with a │
│ harsh, but digestible modern black metal sound, resembling "Gehenna" │
│ at moments. The guitar work that follows on this LP is decent, │
│ coexisting perfectly with the keyboards, which is rather seldom in │
│ this particular genre of metal, none overriding the other. The riffs │
│ are vehemently played, with a rather romantic passion. They may │
│ sound fairly simple, but very straightforward and catchy. Although │
│ this sometimes sounds like slowed down thrash, it certainly does not │
│ lack energy. The drum lines are also very well executed, including │
│ fast double bass rhythms as well as slow parts into the music, which │
│ tow the listener throughout the chaos. Nothing on this album sounds │
│ dull and there is also no lack of soli, that are rather present │
│ towards the end of the album. The moment the album begins, the │
│ instrumental intro "The cataclysm" kicks in, accompanied by a low │
│ voiced choire. It welcomes the listener into a dark world of │
│ destruction, war, gloomy figures, fallen angels and human paranoia. │
│ After the intro we get fast and speedy, but also melodic riffing on │
│ "The Abyssal Spectre" coped with decent lyrics and raspy vocals with │
│ a slight reverb in them. │
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│ --Enjoy │
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