Nightfall - Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants

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Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I like this album, but I wanted to love it -despite the goofy title. I’ve been a big fan of Nightfall’s blend of Death and Black Metal (and Gothic Metal, and other influences along the way, as well) since the beginning, nearly two decades ago, and I hoped that this, the band’s eighth full-length album, and debut on Metal Blade, would be their return to perfection. Unfortunately, as good as Astron Black… is, there are a few problems. Efthimis’s raw vocals are often excellent (if a little Dethklokish at times), but he just won’t stick with them, and all his various “clean” styles are different degrees of irritation. Nightfall just have too many influences, and occasionally try to cram them all into a song, which typically results in a mess (but a mess with some great parts!). However, when these guys are focused, the results can be truly amazing.

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