Diabolic Serenades - Ancient Rites

Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Ancient Rites / Import / Audio CD released at Mascot

Newest Review: ... releases that preceded it, but its consistency is also a slight failing as many songs end up sounding similar. This isn't ... more

... helped by the use of triggered drums that may allow for a faster rhythm in most songs, but also rob the recording of much of its atmosphere by sounding so overly mechanical in the repetitive blast beats. Günther Theys possesses one of the finest voices in black metal, possessed being the appropriate term, as he vomits pure terror and wickedness into every syllable without it ever seeming forced or overly dramatic in the way most black metal bands tend to be. He is clearly spawned of Belial's seed, and thank God/Satan...more

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Diabolic Serenades - Ancient Rites: Belgium's Finest Blasphemers (474 words)
by - written on 18/01/08 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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If you tried to give someone a reasonable idea of what black metal sounded like, Ancient Rites' early offerings are probably the closest to what they imagined, and they're all the better for it (rather than some of the frankly weird prominent trends in the genre). This is needlessly provocative, evil-worshipping, dark music rooted in the eighties sound of bands like Venom, which leads to a stronger prominence for the guitars and bass and sees songs driven by catchy, distinctive riffs and lead melodies rather than the more typical black metal white noise. This is remarkably strong for a first album, likely due to the years of tours and shorter releases that ... Read the complete review