Covenant Progress - Crimson Moonlight

Crimson Moonlight are one of those frankly laughable oddities of the musical world, a Christian black metal band. A thematic sub-genre that seems mainly designed to allow Christians to enjoy the unparalleled experience of Scandinavian black metal music without worrying about going to hell, it's fair to say that most bands would fail to compare to the genre leaders, but fortunately for heathens, Crimson Moonlight's debut album is actually pretty damned good. I mean, darned. Moving away from the earlier, keyboard-drenched style of their demo material, these songs are more typically black metal in their ferocity and execution, even if the melodic angle held up by ...  Read the complete review