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9.0
Agathodaimon - Chapter III
Info
Track list
1. An Angel's Funeral
2. Spirit Soldier
3. Paradise Beyond
4. The Ending Of Our Yesterday
5. Past Shadows
6. Yesterday's Reprise
7. Departure
8. Sacred Divinity
9. Burden Of Time
Label
Country
Germany
Released
2001
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Line up
Sathonys - Guitar/Vocals
Akaias - Vocals/Guitar
Darin Smith - Bass
Felix Walzer - Keyboards
Matthias Rodig - Drums
With a very quick beginning, these Germans introduce us to their melodic black metal World, with a great array of sound textures and an atmosphere that distinguishes them from the rest, the first four songs are classic melo black, fast with lyrics that talk about the soul and that whole surrounding sound created by the keyboards, very dramatic and deep at the same time, from the fifth track on, the vocals began to get clearer and clearer, combining the screams usually found in common black metal with these very appropriate clear interpretation that takes the music to another level and transforms the album from something common to something with more personality.

Is incredible the quality of this bands performance on this record, not just for the constant and very well placed keyboard sound, the great guitars and the very well balanced black screams with the clean vocals, is incredible that with an album like this, the band is still sort of in the underground metal scene.

Every song has this melancholy and depressive touch to it, mix with a little self supremacy in the atmosphere created and helped from time to time by a synthesizer, that only supports but never really gets too involved in the production.

Even though this record have a song like “Sacret Divinite” which is a ballad and it may give people the wrong impression, Agathodaimon never forgets that they are a black metal band, bringing the screams stronger and more demon like back to blow for mind away.

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