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Gevaudan-A Requiem for the Dead, A Deity for the Living...
Artist : Gevaudan
Album : A Requiem for the Dead, A Deity for the Living...
Label : self-released
Year : 2007
Genre : Black Metal Source : CDDA
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1 Bitrate : 1078kbps
Playtime : 68:28 Size : 527.68 MB
Tracks:
01 The Anti-Art... A Fortunate Unfortunate 07:25
02 Mistress... Secrecy and Perseverance 10:52
03 Heathen Blood 06:29
04 Fool's Game (Break the Silence) 09:59
05 A Gathering of Desolates 07:12
06 Autumn Conquest 08:07
07 Forgotten Gates 05:29
08 Rise 07:01
09 Vanity Killer 05:54
Notes:
Gevaudan is a project by Paul Champagne, formerly of
Mog Ruith. When I got Mog Ruith's demo back in 2005, I
also learned that the band was no more, very bad news
considering how excellent their demo "Catatonic Stellar
Illusions" was. I ran into Paul last year at a local
tavern and he told me that he was working on a new
project. All this time I was hoping for something at
least as good as Mog Ruith. Does Gevaudan deliver? Yes,
although the style is quite different. Mog Ruith was
more of an all-guns-blazing Black/Thrash affair, while
Gevaudan is more Black Metal than anything, but Paul
has thrown quite a big of genres into this album,
yielding a very varied, intense, and dare I say
entertaining result. Beside the overwhelming presence
of a Black Metal sound, you'll find here more than a
few hints of traditional and thrash, and even a little
bit of power metal-ish sounds creeping in once or
twice. What's most notable is that the various genres
blend in in a very coherent fashion, something that a
lot, if not most bands trying to accomplish this
regularly screw up. Ferocious Black Metal goes hand in
hand with soothing melodies here. When things slow down
a little, you'll get sounds reminiscent of early 80s
Maiden and Priest, as well as mid-80s Metallica - lots
of galloping, razor-sharp thrashy axe work that more
than once prompted me to rewind and replay. I just
couldn't get enough of the guitar playing on this
album. Add to this some out of this world vocals that
remind me a little of Germany's Mjolnir as well as a
few obscure Eastern European BM bands whose names
escape me at the moment.
Of course I have to bitch a little, and yes, you know
me too well, it's about the keyboard work - at least
some of it. There are times when I found that the
keyboards felt a little out of place and were a bit too
loud as well. Some intensely furious BM paired with
relatively happy-sounding keyboards just rubbed me the
wrong way a little. But, we're talking a couple of
minutes out of about 80 minutes of material, so it's
not like it's ruining the overall experience. The
keyboards are used extensively throughout the album and
the vast majority fit the material like a glove.
The guitar and vocal work, as well as how downright
great the overall album sounds more than make up for a
few shortcomings. This is the kind of album in which
you discover something new every time you listen to it.
It grabs the attention so much that it's difficult to
concentrate on something else while listening to it
(which means I'll have to stop listening to it at
work...ahem!) This is one of the very few albums that
have kicked my ass in the past year.
http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3136
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