Ceremonial Embrace - Oblivion
This keyboard-heavy band hails from Finland and though the immediate comparison to Dimmu Borgir is going to come up, there is still plenty of good music to be had on this album. The keyboard work is the most dominant feature of Ceremonial Embrace and they definitely shine in that department. The arrangements where that particular instrument is concerned are great. This is clearly a band with a very talented keyboard player. However, like most keyboard-heavy bands, one has to wonder why there are two guitarists? If you can barely hear them most of the time, why bother having them? The riffs are pretty hard-driving and aggressive, but you can’t really make them out too well when the main atmosphere and melody are coming from the keys. The other thing about them that I found was that their songs, while good, just don’t encourage me to listen to them again and again. I’ve listened to this twice and I think a third listen may come - just not soon. This doesn’t mean that they suck. There are plenty of bands that fall into this category. They have talent, but in the end, their songs just aren’t engaging enough to get me to listen to them over and over.
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