Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden - guest review
Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden - guest review
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Dark Millennium Release date
1992 Tracklist
01. Below The Holy Fatherlands02. Spiritual
03. Black Literature
04. Inside The Sunburnt Thoughts of Frost
05. Father Legatus: Of Symbols, Nature And Birth
06. Beyond The Dragon's Eye
07. Wizardry Assemblage
08. Medina's Spell
09. Disillusion
10. The Atmosphere
Guest review by
ylside October 14, 2006
"Ashore The Celestial Burden" consists of songs from the demo "Of Sceptre Their Ashes May Be" in addition of some new songs. The whole set may sound bland and too polished (compared to Of Sceptre), however it offers a special ambiance all throughout it. Hilton Theissen and Michael Burmann did some excellent work on songs like "Beyond the Dragon's Eye," "Father Legatus," and "Medina's Spell" which are really unique in the overall doom/death sound, i.e. the songs sound very light, weak and not that heavy, but yet it seems to work, after some time you begin to feel the dark atmosphere of this great overlooked album. The major disappointment in Ashore The Celestial Burden comes from the vocals... oh how it could have been better if they were appropriate Death Metal growls!! Taking in consideration that the lyrics aren't the boring gory kind at all but more about personal/epic and fictional stories, it enhances that feeling that it could be better. The production of this album is debatable too, it isn't that bad but it's nothing mind blowing at all. Clean and distorted guitars could have been better. For most of those who heard Of Sceptre Their Ashes May Be this album will really sound strange compared to Dark Millennium's masterpiece (that demo indeed).
This album is a must, a little jewel like those you find somewhere in shadows hiding from everyone's sight. I strongly recommend this album and this strongly overlooked band in general. A special doom/death sound with extraordinary ideas, despite the little disappointment and that "incomplete" feeling somehow.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | - |
Written by ylside | October 14, 2006
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Posts: 4795 Written by [user id=26778] on 26.05.2008 at 19:26 ONLY 20 euro ? I got mine for 10 !
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In Greece.
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Posts: 40071 Written by Norm on 02.08.2009 at 05:27 what? that is totaly ridiculous. A normal seller would sell it for between 10 and 20 euros, else the guy/gal is a rip-off.
---- 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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Posts: 40071 Written by Norm on 02.08.2009 at 05:42 I guess I am lucky then... cause I used to own the cd when it wa sfirst released but somehow decided to oart with it years later, but then was able to buy it again for 10 euros last year from a guy who did away with cause he had just recently obtained it on vinyl. (he sells all his cd's once he has them on vinyl, a complete and utter vinyl freak yes  )
---- 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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Fucking dark. I've been listening this album for the past few months and i can't find any flaws, indeed a doom/death masterpiece. About the vocals i think they fit perfectly because he sings with emotion and by not using the standard old school death metal growl i can hear the brilliant lyrics (one of the highest points of this album). From this album to the next one there was a significant change but it is a good melodic doom/death album nonetheless.
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Posts: 4795 Written by Unconsecrated on 25.11.2009 at 04:22 Yes man I must say I disliked Diana Read Peace in the beginning since it wasnt death metal anymore.. only to rediscover it years later, and it is just as awesome as this one.
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