Skiltron - Beheading The Liars review
| Band: | Skiltron |
| Album: | Beheading The Liars |
| Style: | Folk metal |
| Release date: | May 2008 |
| A review by: | Jeff |
01. Skiltron
02. The Beheading
03. I'm What You've Done
04. Praying Is Nothing
05. Calling Out
06. The Vision Of Blind Harry
07. Hate Dance
08. Signs, Symbols And The Marks Of Man
09. Let The Spirit Be
10. Fast And Wild
11. Crides
It is not because you're not Irish or Scottish that you cannot play Folk Metal right? Sure, a lot of European countries have Celtic origins but I don't see why people from America couldn't play this kind of Metal too, especially because this music is also popular there. At least we have some guys from Argentina who try to do it and every time that they release an album they succeed to do it really well. The third album of Skiltron, "Beheading The Liars" is out this year and one more time, the Folk Metal lovers will get their money's worth.
Again, Sikltron invite us to a musical journey through the past and through the British-Celtic legends and history. If you like Folk instruments like Scottish Bagpipe, Harp or Tin-whistle you'll have all what you need in the new album of the band from Argentina. Sure this is as always Metal, with Heavy Metal riffs and even some good guitars soli but of course the music of Skiltron is leaded by the Folk instruments and their really catchy and festive melodies. On a side the music of Skiltron is good Heavy Metal not the most original and complex one but a good one but here, this is the addition of the Celtic instruments which gives a lot more of course and this is perfect if you want something fresh and a bit original. Despite the fact that Folk Metal is more and more popular this music is still really refreshing and when a band like Skiltron is able to write good songs with really good melodies and choruses, I don't see why it shouldn't work. Don't expect anything new in the genre in this release but you can expect good Folk Metal and if you like Celtic music you'll not be disappointed even if the band doesn't come from Great Britain or Ireland!
For this third album, the guys of Skiltron wanted to do something big and they have invited a lot of great guests. The leaders of Hantaoma and Stille Volk, Laforgues and Roques, plays and sing on "Crides", Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani is the lead singer of "Praying is Nothing" and finally three members of Skyclad, Kevin Ridley, Steve Ramsey and Georgine Biddle are featured on "Signs, Symbols and the Marks of Man". As you can see this is a real Folk All-Star album and really with its great production and a really good level of musicianship I'm still wondering why this band is unsigned. They're definitely better than a lot of bands which pretend to play Folk Metal.
"Beheading The Liars" is not super original especially if you know the first album of the band but this is a really good album of Folk Metal. We don't have to be European to be good Folk Metal compositors, the leaving proof come from Argentina and its name is Skiltron. If you want to listen to good Folk, I recommend you the new album of Skiltron which is for me their best out to date.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Jeff | 15.08.2008
Comments
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| Stalker Lone wanderer Posts: 2705  |
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721  |
I only listened to their first album once, but it was quite good. If I have time I'll listen to both Skiltron albums.
----  -FOLK METAL HUNGARY-
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| pinox Posts: 3  |
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| VPeter Posts: 1450  |
Still it is very fake tough, go play Inca metal and don't act like scottish warrior's that is just fake and lame.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by VPeter on 17.08.2008 at 19:26 And why the hell Inca-metal? Skiltron are from Argentina...
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| VPeter Posts: 1450 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.08.2008 at 20:23 small mistake I just meant naitive south american metal.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by VPeter on 17.08.2008 at 20:30 But according to your way of thinking Nile can't incorporate Egyptian influences in their music, Dutch bands can't incorporate Viking elements etc etc.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| VPeter Posts: 1450 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.08.2008 at 20:32 there is diffirence between adopting it completly and just standard adoption: Nile doesn't dress like egyptians and act all fierce about egyptian style. Actually Dutch bands can sing about Vikings since they used to ocupy large parts of The Netherlands.
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| Iceland_Norway Posts: 272  |
I like this argentinean band. but it's hard to find on Italian offline shops. I must buy the cds online, but I don't have money for now damn.
---- Føroyar mítt land Tú alfagra land mítt Føroyar mín Móðir
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| VPeter Posts: 1450 |
Written by [user id=34485] on 02.09.2008 at 03:21 Actually there is an typical Argentine folk metal band called Diadema Tristis, check them out they are great. that part of immigrants is true but there names and surnames and their looks sure don't look Scottish. It feels just fake and Folk Metal is allready an overcrowded genre and really could use an other naitive south american Folk metal band.
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