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

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]

One of the most underestimated and infamous Black Metallists has to be Swedish's Marcus Hammarström, also known as Marcus H. Madigan, and his project Elvira Madigan.
In Elvira he does it all, from Vocals, guitars, bass to programming drums, and it's for sure no bad band.
Even me that's not into Black in anyway finds this good, and that's not only because I'm a Swede too or because Marcus sometimes sings in Swedish, it's because I, simply, finds this good.

With 2001:s "Witches - Salem" Elvira Madigan stroke quite big around the globe, more and more people found out about Marcus and I think that album sold pretty well.
Now it's time for the next album, but (with a big "B") this is NOT a successor to "Witches" (the real successor is recorded at this moment), this is a cover album with covers of everything from Pop songs to Videogames.

Among the most famous songs covered here you'll find "Lieee" with Tori Amos, "Alien Nation" with Scorpions and three songs from Japanese RPG games (Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy X).
But the funniest thing for us Swedes have to be the cover of the very famous Folk/pop band Nordman ("Under Norrskenet"), they sold gold here in Sweden in the middle of the nineties.
But here you'll also find the very reason this album was made, four cover songs of Chris DeBurgh, plus another instrumental cover of the title track of Jacob's Ladder.

This music is quite hard to describe, you'll get the usual Black Metal, with blast beats (made by a drum machine, but it doesn't sounds like a drum machine) and very harsh vocals, but also much clean vocals and acoustic guitars and stuff, so this isn't the regular, primitive Black.
And maybe that's why a Melodic Metal fan like me can find joy in it.

And as usual when it comes to Elvira, we'll get a cover with a light-dressed girl from Luis Royo, this is the third time in a row, but I'm not complaining, I find Luis as one of the best artists out there today, and it's a shame that not more Metal bands uses some of his work, because it's fabulous.

What I recommend you to do is to try this band; you'll find out that Marcus is worth more attention than he gets. And if you like it, go and buy this nice cover album, and pick up his "Witches - Salem" at the same time, that album is as good as this.

Check Out: The tear-evoking Final Fantasy X song "At Zanarkand", I've loved that song ever since I played the game. But also try "Alien Nation" and "Under Norrskenet".