In Solitude - Sister

Oo, excited for this one.

Damn, at first I thought it was just a good album, but the more I listen to it, the more I like it. One of those albums that start growing on you with each spin. I found it more consistent than their previous albums, very solid. Seems like this band will do some more great stuff un the future.

Essential listening for the fans of traditional metal.

The vocals... not so good

Best album I've heard all year. Other than the debut, I don't really hear much Mercyful Fate in this band. Even their last album struck me as something more original than the average retro-metal record. To me, "The World. The Flesh. The Devil." was more of an evolution for traditional metal. Now, "Sister" is probably less traditional to my ears. With all of the old school gothic influences, I think they're doing something very original right now. It isn't your typical "gothic metal" album as you couldn't really compare it to something like Type O Negative or anything else along those lines. I think these guys have really come into their own.

I think amazon sent me a Cure cd by mistake.

Written by DyingWorld on 27.11.2013 at 23:17

Best album I've heard all year. Other than the debut, I don't really hear much Mercyful Fate in this band. Even their last album struck me as something more original than the average retro-metal record. To me, "The World. The Flesh. The Devil." was more of an evolution for traditional metal. Now, "Sister" is probably less traditional to my ears. With all of the old school gothic influences, I think they're doing something very original right now. It isn't your typical "gothic metal" album as you couldn't really compare it to something like Type O Negative or anything else along those lines. I think these guys have really come into their own.

At first I didn't care much for this release, but I decided to dust it off and give it another chance based on my love their first couple of releases, as well as all the super positive reviews showing up everywhere. I think you're spot on; this is less the Mercyful Fate sound of their early work (which I could listen to all day, personally) and more of a step towards an original voice. Gothy metal with very strong songwriting. I'm a fan all over again!

Their" the world the flesh the devil "was stronger , but i enjoy listening to their new album though

So psyched for seeing these guys live in a couple of hours together with Beastmilk. I just love this marriage of traditional heavy metal with post-punk and even some goth stuff like The Cure. Love it. It sounds so fresh despite the music and the influences being old.

I regret that I failed to see them live

Anything remotely similar to this?

Written by Paz on 01.11.2013 at 17:11

Essential listening for the fans of traditional metal.

not a fan of traditional metal

Written by [user id=159927] on 04.12.2016 at 20:20

not a fan of traditional metal

So do I. But it's more like The Clash gone heavy metal. I've never heard anything remotely like it...

Written by Paz on 04.12.2016 at 21:47

Written by [user id=159927] on 04.12.2016 at 20:20

not a fan of traditional metal

So do I. But it's more like The Clash gone heavy metal. I've never heard anything remotely like it...

not sure at all if i would like this or not.

Written by [user id=159927] on 04.12.2016 at 23:03

not sure at all if i would like this or not.

Check out a song or two and you'll know everything

Written by Paz on 05.12.2016 at 00:22

Written by [user id=159927] on 04.12.2016 at 23:03

not sure at all if i would like this or not.

Check out a song or two and you'll know everything

This is actually really cool. Not like anything I've heard before. I like this a lot

Written by [user id=159927] on 08.12.2016 at 22:49

This is actually really cool. Not like anything I've heard before. I like this a lot

Glad you enjoyed it!

Written by Paz on 09.12.2016 at 08:04

Written by [user id=159927] on 08.12.2016 at 22:49

This is actually really cool. Not like anything I've heard before. I like this a lot

Glad you enjoyed it!

Me too, thanks for the recommendation!

This album art .. I've seen something very very similar somewhere else, probably another metal album. I just can't put my finger on it.

EDIT: Aha, I think I got it. It resembles the 'Face on Mars' - http://www.drraytalks.com/sites/drraytalks.com/files/Martian_face_viking_rotated.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)

EVEN MORE EDIT: AHA!! Found out what was bugging me. It definitely was an album art, on an album by Thy Catafalque. Link: http://metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=38796&band_id=4582&bandname=Thy+Catafalque

Written by Paz on 04.12.2016 at 21:47
So do I. But it's more like The Clash gone heavy metal. I've never heard anything remotely like it...

For me it's "The Cure covering Iron Maiden songs". Lovely album. Glad I managed to see them once before they disbanded, touring with this very album.

Missed this when it was released, and discovering it only now. I must say I'm really impressed.

They definitely pulled away from the traditional heavy metal approach of the first two releases here, and leaned more into something softer, and darker. It has a touch of gothic rock, even post-punk rock, but there's still some slight Mercyful Fate influences so there's a certain originality about. I'm not sure where they would've gone on from here tbh, I kinda see why they disbanded though, quit while your winning and all.

Some Tribulation here. More Heavy Metal. Would have made a good tour: Ghost, Tribulation, In Solitude and Unto Others.

Faves: Death Knows Where, Sister, Inmost Nigredo (which is a superb song!)