Crystal Skull - Arcane Tales

 

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Italy
Year: 2025

1. Prelude To Darkness (intro)
2. Gates Of Skull
3. Prisoner In The Night
4. Stormbreaker (Turok's Axe)
5. Hall Of eternity (intro)
6. Ancient's Ritual
7. Am-Aras (Black Lord)
8. The Underdark
9. Queen Of The Black Moon (Erevyn's Fate)
10. Horizon's Nightstorm
11. Defenders
12. Glory Or Damn
13. Homecoming (Regdar's Tragedy)

2nd album by Crystal Skull, 5 years after their debut. Their style is speedy, European power metal, not too crunchy, lots of catchy choruses, a bit of an epic vibe to the lyrics, etc. Throughout, the music is epic and grand, the lyrics telling tales of swords and sorcery, the entire project feeling like a single unit, a story that has to be told in this order, from the beginning, each time you listen.

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Crypt Sermon - Saturnian Appendices 'Ep

 

Genre: Epic/Doom
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Only Ash And Dust
2. A Fool To Believe
3. Lachrymose
4. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Mayhem cover)

4-track 'Ep by Crypt Sermon. The riffs are solid and the songwriting is interesting, carrying the songs through a lot of twists and turns that keep things interesting. The most interesting track here is actually the last one, which is a cover of Mayhem's 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'. The band wrings Euronymous's twisted riffs into doom-styled dirges, and the song is almost unrecognizable.

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Castle Rat - The Bestiary

 

Genre: Doom/Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Phoenix I: Ardent
2. Wolf I: Tooth & Blade
3. Wizard: Crystal Heart
4. Siren: The Pull Of Promise
5. Unicorn: Carnage And Ice
6. Path Of Moss
7. Crystal Cave: Enshrined
8. Serpent: Coiled Figure
9. Wolf II: Celestial Beast
10. Dragon: Lord Of The Sky
11. Summoning Spell
12. Sun Song: Behold The Flame
13. Phoenix II: Cinerous 

2nd album by Castle Rat. It shows us once again the mythical realm that the group lives in, a kingdom of labyrinths, medieval creatures and magic, blending doom, stoner rock, and atmospheric riffs with a theatrical flair. The band’s latest odyssey features 13 spellbinding tracks of epic carnage and mystical metal.

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