If you are, like
me, a big fan of one of the best and most underrated heavy metal
bands in the modern history of the genre, namely Twisted Tower Dire,
this is some good news for you. Walpyrgus consists of 3 out of 5
TTD-members, and sound wise it is basically a continuation of their
last album Make It Dark. Personally, I absolutely loved that album,
and what can I do but loving this as well!
Although the
three new tracks on this tape might not instantly knock you out the
first listening with as sheer power as Make It Dark did, it won't
take long until their actual potential is unveiled. All of a sudden
it becomes clear that the quality of these songs is actually just as
high. No excessive old school-approach, low-fi sound or so called
total worship of anything. Just pure heavy metal at it's absolute
finest.
The tape-edition
also features an exclusive (I think) cover of Mercyful Fate's Doomed
By the Living Dead. A very unexpected choice of cover, since the
style of the other songs is more powerful and epic, rather than MF's
dark and evil obscurity. But they definitely manages to deliver a
cool interpretation of the song. Especially I get the feeling that
the vocals in this cover particularly are put to the test more than
ever, and the performance is absolutely stunning, in terms of vocal
range and absolute power. Can't wait for the next release of this
band, fingers crossed that it will be a full lenght-album. Wouldn't
mind a new album by Twisted Tower Dire either... 8/10 /H
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