The Disciples Of Zoldon - Unto Thine Darkness, Death Doth Deliver review
| Band: | The Disciples Of Zoldon |
| Album: | Unto Thine Darkness, Death Doth Deliver |
| Style: | Death metal, Doom metal |
| Release date: | July 17, 2006 |
| A review by: | Herzebeth |
01. The Epoch In Which His Evil Reigns
02. Courante - Cello Suite No. 2 In Dm [Johann Sebastian Bach cover]
03. His Gaze Shall Wipe Away Their Smiles
04. With Justice Is His Judgment Administered
05. Emblazoned With A Z
06. The Destiny Of Your Fate
07. Unholiest Judge, What Woeful Wrath Hadst Thou
08. Upon The Astral Plane [Nobuo Uematsu cover]
09. Worship And Exaltation Is Due Only To The Dark Lord And Master Of All Things Metal
Well first of all, The Disciples Of Zoldon is, apparently and according to their official website, a satiric band mocking about the oh so mighty god of metal and some other things I didn't understand, while writing serious metal music?kind of weird don't you think? So anyway, here's the first "tangible" CD released by Luke Brimblecode, let's analyze this piece a little bit.
The album surprised me actually, to tell you the truth I wasn't expecting much after reading their website, turns out this guy has great songwriting skills and applies them nicely in this album. The musical structures are managed in a clever way so the album becomes "easy on the ear" and interesting somehow; there are a lot of layered scales in the songs, some of them come out of nowhere and end up sounding out of place actually (just check the third track for this matter). The whole album flows surprisingly well and keeps you interested to the very last minute; that is of course if I don't mention the opening track which almost made me press the skip button or the closure with one of the oddest most boring sequences I've heard in a while.
Musically this project is quite good, it has potential and it could grow bigger in time?but when it comes to arrangements, details and production this honestly sucks; the programming sounds like chopsticks hitting a snare drum, the midi sequences are cheesy, the bizarre (Darth Vader likewise) vocals are annoying instead of being funny and the whole audio is monstrously dry and muddy. These things are bearable in the first listen actually, but they sadly delete the "replayable" values of the CD.
I like the music, I like the ideas and I even like the artwork?but if the project keeps on sounding unpolished and raw it won't get really far. The good news is you can download the entire thing on their [url= http://www.solvere.co.nz/doz/] website [/url], check it yourself and write your comments down.
Best Tracks: "Emblazoned With a Z"
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 6 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 6 |
Written by Herzebeth | 23.09.2006
Comments
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
I own this and it actually isn't that bad, if you don't understand something, it's supposed to be a satire about death metal; evil dark, elitist ideals. Zoldan is supposed to be the god of metal and he is waging a war on all things which are good and happy. Just look at the title of luke's first album. "The war on peace and happiness. Now I won't deny sometimes (Especially on the first track) It get's dry, but really, it's not to bad in my oppinion.
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351 |
Written by [user id=2675] on 08.02.2007 at 03:52 Yeah the Tech-Death Album, I will definitly be investing in that. (Sorry for the off topic)
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Xtreme Jax Psycroptipath Posts: 2322  |
Hmm, I posted here months ago, post disappeared  Anyway, whilst being critial of the album Herz does make a few good points. Example like you might need to listen to the discography in a row to full understand whats happening, though you can pick it up without doing so. Musically I found it really good, alot of great ideas and overall the album keeps me interested. Cant wait for the next one Luke 
---- Hellcunt Smurf
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
pretty good album, very good review, production values are not so great, but the music is really good and the performance is acceptable, my expectations are raised for his next album though.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| 4look4rd The Sasquatch Posts: 840  |
Think it deserver a better rating (like a 7.5) because the album itself is pretty good, the main problem is the drum machine which is horrible
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698  |
Well, I can't say I enjoy this music... Sorry dude... But I loved the music video! I love to show it to my friends!
---- Bitch! Please
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