Crimson Moon - To Embrace the Vampyric Blood
Atmospheric Vampire Black Metal (enough adjectives for you?) is what Crimson Moon plays and they do a pretty good job of it. The one thing that stands out the most, in my opinion, is the ritualistic element in some of these songs. There are parts of this CD that really, really sound fucking evil. Though this is only their first release, there are some amazing ideas floating around. The problem is in the production department. This album was recorded on a 4-track so the lack of sound quality is understandable, and for that matter, the fact that this album sounds as good as it does is really a tribute to the band. The technical problems tend to pop up on occasion and distract from their music. There are occasional volume fluctuations, the shitty drum sound and a rather rough sound to the whole thing. The rough sound isn’t much of a problem and adds a rawer edge that makes this brutal, but the drum sound ruins things when it goes into a “blast” segment. The reason is that it sounds totally one-dimensional. A drum machine doesn’t really lend itself to Atmospheric Black Metal (Vampiric or otherwise) as it gives it a mechanical sound that doesn’t fit the style of the music. The use of an actual recording studio would vastly improve this band’s sound and, should they get to have this for their next release, they could very easily kick some of the top bands in the scene off their pedestals and usurp the throne of Black Metal.
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