Black Wings Of Destiny - Dragonlord

'Black Wings of Destiny' (what's that, some kind of nonsensical Judas Priest reference?) is an improvement over 'Rapture,' but still fails to hide its status as a sub-par Dimmu Borgir copy-cat. Eric Peterson's vocals are now a little more varied, alternately sounding like a cackling crow and screeching swine, and his guitar work is more impressive to the point that decent riffs are carried forward, though always relegated to the background behind the dull atmospheric keyboards. The pace is predominantly slow, and although the keyboard work is less than impressive, the album still manages to conjure a reasonable atmosphere of gloom, though lacking the frosty ...  Read the complete review