Shadar Logoth review[views:11474][posts:23]____________________________________ [Jan 7,2009 6:56pm - LongDeadGod ""] i thought this review was kind of cool, more than your average, this is the band, this is what they play, blah crap. plus the fact that the dude really digs the cd aside form the production helps alot. from metalcentre.com "Maine may be better known as the usual setting for Stephen King's novels, but the real Maine is home to a super-obscure quartet calling themselves Shadar Logoth. Their name taken from Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series (isn't this review rich in literary references?), the Shadar Logoth lads play a strange metal hybrid that incorporates elements of Borknagar, Dimmu Borgir, Martriden, Abigail Williams, Blind Guardian, and a thrash metal band or two. To make the comparisons easier, if you enjoyed the "epic-as-fuck" opus released by Abigail Williams back in 2008, imagining the Shadar Logoth sound won't be too hard. Blanketed by raw production only a band with a next-to-nothing budget could afford, the six massive songs on "Curse" are all rattling drums, humming keyboards, a gothic atmosphere, soaring vocals contrasted by deep growls and generous amounts of melody. People have called them Progressive Black Metal, Blackened Power Metal, Progressive Metal, whatever. Enough already. Shadar Logoth does combine outlandish strands of different genres together and are rather original. In fact, they may be sitting right on top of a new metal music style that's ready to explode. But hold on a second. How about reviewing what the album has in store for the listener instead of unnecessarily hyping the band? Opener "Footsteps In The Snow" eschews fancy intros and rumbles through its six-minute length. The band's ambition and musicianship are on full display here, but taken in its entirety, Shadar Logoth songs just don't jell. The ingredients are plainly heard, but everything from the disparate harsh/clean vocals and the weak guitars leave you wanting more. Perhaps an accusing finger can be pointed at the production. As for album highlights, the haunting "Here Lyes: Planet Earth" betrays Shadar Logoth's bent for ambient black metal nature worship while "Gallows Hill" and "The Dread Lord" lie within the realm of the macabre. "Curse" is a fine album crafted by a group of musicians bursting with a unique approach to extreme metal. Shadar Logoth have produced an interesting cult debut you'd want to include in your CD collection. When these guys get signed to a big label, you can always tell your friends you caught Shadar Logoth first in their raw, unbridled glory on "Curse." |
| __________________________________ [Jan 7,2009 7:00pm - dreadkill ""] Nice review |
| ________________________________ [Jan 7,2009 9:09pm - sxealex ""] LIGHT BLIND ME! |
| ________________________________ [Jan 7,2009 9:14pm - sxealex ""] blood and bloody ashes |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:08am - AndrewBastard ""] Shadar Logoth / Horn of Valere split? I'll do it. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:11am - arilliusbm ""] that'd be cool. I was thinking about starting a project with a WoT title as well, but I've already got two lotr named bands. haha. good review |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:17am - AndrewBastard ""] I'm working on a new Shayol Ghul demo that's actually going to be ASoIaF based instead of WoT. Weird, I know but I'm not gonna change the name. think every Shayol Ghul demo will be conceptually based around a fantasy series I love. ASoIaF is my 2nd fav non Tolkien series ever. I might like it more than WoT because its not so drawn out and is more mature. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:24am - Josh_Martin ""] (edited 'cause I'm in a good mood for some reason and don't feel like being a dick right now) I always thought it would be cool to do a concept album and have 13 songs, one about each of the Forsaken. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:29am - arilliusbm ""] I always thought Anal Cunt was named after a fantasy book. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:34am - arilliusbm ""] Andy, that's pretty cool. Ever think about making it have a full-length or is it just a demo band? I'm currently in the process of creating a world for a novel. I've got notes jotted down and maps drawn already. I'm doing an acoustic/ambient project which will loosely be based off of this world. The original plan is to have a short story released in the booklet, and the songs will be based off of the story. Can't really explain it better than that. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:35am - Josh_Martin ""] arilliusbm said:I always thought Anal Cunt was named after a fantasy book. It was. It was a fantasy book written by this dyke who wants to fuck her girlfriend up the ass with a dildo but the girlfriend isn't into it so its just a fantasy. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:37am - arilliusbm ""] haha |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:40am - AndrewBastard ""] I have like 3 chapters of a fantasy book.... I'm kinda stuck with where to go with it but I'll get it done at some point.. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:45am - arilliusbm ""] it's tough to find time to sit down and write a novel while you're in a band, etc. it'd probably take me years to get something completed |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 11:57am - dreadkill ""] [img] |
| _________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 12:03pm - c.DeAD ""] hahahaha |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 1:32pm - AndrewBastard ""] hahahah shut up |
| ______________________________ [Jan 8,2009 1:37pm - aril ""] work blocks ytmnd, damn it. what was it? |
| ________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 1:42pm - darkwor ""] haha nice, just read the part in the first WoT where they go to Shadar Logoth. curious to hear this. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 1:45pm - dreadkill ""] it was stewie talking to brian about his novel |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 1:49pm - arilliusbm ""] hahaha, I love that part |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 8,2009 2:02pm - AndrewBastard ""] ow you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice litte story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? (voice getting higher pitched) Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah? (voice returns to normal) No, no, you deserve some time off. |