Rapture - Dragonlord

Despite the associations of its name, Dragonlord is not another power metal band. In fact, this is the disappointing side project of Testament guitarist Eric Peterson, who forsakes his thrash/death metal roots and opts to play symphonic black metal in the style of Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth, the two most loathed bands in the black metal scene, whose style can barely be classed as black metal at all. From its inception, this project was a bad idea. This would be a reasonable album if it had any ideas of its own, as I enjoy a lot of symphonic black metal, but all of the slow riffs, ambient keyboards and growling vocals sound like Dimmu Borgir Lite. Getting ...  Read the complete review