Band:	Elvira Madigan
Album:	Angelis Deamonae - Wiccan Aftermath
Style:	Symphonic black metal
Release date:	January 19, 2005
A review by:	Undercraft

01. Chrono Cross [Chrono Cross cover]
02. Lieee [Tori Amos cover]
03. Alien Nation [Scorpions cover]
04. Under Norrskenet [Nordman cover]
05. At Zanarkand [Final Fantasy cover]
06. Jacob's Ladder [Jacob's Ladder cover]
07. Spanish Train [Chris DeBurgh cover]
08. The Leader [Chris DeBurgh cover]
09. The Vision [Chris DeBurgh cover]
10. What About Me? [Chris DeBurgh cover]
11. Prisoners Of Fate [Chrono Cross cover]

Whoever that came with the idea of making cover of non Metal songs in Metal, please receive a great warm hug from me. I always loved those non Metal songs covered by bands everywhere, it gives you the chance to like the songs you hate so much in the eighties or whenever they were composed, either way, is always nice to have this kind of tributes.

Elvira Madigan, as many of you might know, is a one man band, Marcus Hammarstrom is the name of the guy that handles all the duties in the band, and this is his third album, entitled Angelis Deamonae - Wiccan Aftermath - Bloodstained Covers For Sirens And Sirens, and as you might suppose, is a covers album with songs from various artists, videogames, and movies.

As he did with previous albums, the cover art is just lustful and provocative, Luis Royo handles again the art duties in this album, and I'm say I'm very pleased again, I didn't think he could top the "Witches" (previous album) cover art, but he did it.

The album begins with "Chrono Cross" from the video game of the same name, this is a really good surprise, since I'm a big fan of video games music, specially the ones of any role-playing game such as Chrono Cross, sadly the song is really short and is quickly followed by "Lieee", originally written and performed by Tori Amos, and I know many Metalheads dig her music, but I never really listened her music that much, so I don't know the original song, but I can say that this is really good, some symphonic elements and Black Metal overtones make this a nice listen.

Then, Scorpions cover with "Alien Nation" fairly boring song, so I will pass this by since I didn't found it interesting to be honest with you, next is "Under Norrskenet" from the Sweden band Nordman, band which I'm totally unfamiliar with, the song feels like a Viking Metal song, so is quite good! Next, more from Squaresoft and Nobuo Uematsu , with Final Fantasy series, this time we get a song from Final Fantasy X, sadly I don't know this song because FFX is the only FF that I haven't played yet, damn, I need a PS2 urgently!

Then Jacob's Ladder from the movie of the same name and not one, not two, but four songs of Chris DeBurgh, you might remember him from that infamous song, "The Lady In Red" nevertheless, the covers are quite entertainment, especially "The Leader" and "The Vision". To be honest the four songs of Deburgh feels more like on big song rather than four separate ones. To close the album another song from Yasunori Mitsuda and Chrono Cross.

As you can see, you have plenty to choose from, videogames, pop music, movies, this album sure is varied and experimental, another excellent releases from Elvira Madigan , and is recommended to anyone that wants to hear any of those songs Elvira Madigan style.