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Pantokrator - Blod |
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Put the CD in your player, open the booklet and prepare yourself for a
journey through the Bible, from the beginning to the resurrection of
Jesus. The whole story is told through magnificent, slightly progressive,
deathmetal sung in Swedish. It all begins with the song Eden (what else?) that starts with someone taking a big bite from an apple and after that both the lyrics and the music tells what happened. The singer Karl Walfridsson sounds more or less like a thunderstorm and the female vocals on top of it all is very beautiful. More songs follow and as Eden probably will get you in the right deathmetal-mood the songs go by way to fast. In the seventh song, Tidevarv (Ages), Pantokrator gets more symphonic as the bassplayer starts playing the violin. Do I need to say that it sounds wonderful? After Tidevarv and the instrumental O Guds Lamm (O Lamb of God) comes Gudablodets Kraft (The Power of Living Blood) which is the ONLY deathmetalsong that has given me chills. And not just once, but almost every time I hear it. The only minor problem is that it's about as hard to read the lyrics as it is to hear them. All songs but the last one are written in one piece with a cryptic gothic font. In Swedish. A translation is given in the end of the booklet, but it's only a translation. Nevermind, don't care about that, if you ever liked deathmetal in any form you need to buy this CD! This is definitely one of the best CD's this year! |
| Style: Death metal | |
| Hot shots: | A wonderful listening experience! |
| Overall: |
 
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| Year: | 2003 |
| Review by: | Emissary |