Doomsword - The Eternal Battle (Dragonheart Records)
Italians Doomsword have never been one to disappoint their audience, and
you can tell this by the amount of time they spend carefully concocting
each new album, at least over the course of the 21st century. Four
years between Let Battle Commence and My Name Will Live On, and another
four years to produce The Eternal Battle, which turns out to be not only
another fine offering, but the very best the band has yet released on
this Earth. More than this, the band offer us something so rare, a brand
of traditional and epic heavy/doom. The album begins with the mind-blowing
"Varusschlacht", which sings of sunken glory through the whispered, dark
narrative and the 'whoa oh oh' that marches gallantly into the verse.
"Eternal Battle" eschews some of the shadowy atmosphere for the glint of
glorious melodies, but it's just as dire and potent, and "Wrath of the
Gods" is just balls out fucking heavy metal plugged with soothing,
powerful vocals carried over the lamentations of the verse guitars.
There is not a track here that will fail to eclipse your soul if given
the breath and patience, but
"Soldier of Fortune" and "The Fulminant" excel for the heft of the riffing and
the massive atmosphere conjured through the interplay of drums and
vocals, not to mention those leads in the latter and how they gracefully
transition to the river-like bridge.
Doomsword deliver, and this 5th full-length is a proud scar to wear, a bloodied nose from a steel gauntlet you will not soon forget.
95/100
Below is the audio for the entire epic album for each Warrior to draw (and quarter) its own conclusions. To Battle!
Doomsword deliver, and this 5th full-length is a proud scar to wear, a bloodied nose from a steel gauntlet you will not soon forget.
95/100
Below is the audio for the entire epic album for each Warrior to draw (and quarter) its own conclusions. To Battle!
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