Jamendo : Curse of Ice

Curse of Ice

by Weirdland

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4 tracks

23:23

1	Curse of Ice	6:02
2	Valhalla for reward	6:41
3	The flight	5:37
4	Nazguls on your back	5:03

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"Curse of Ice" est la première réalisation du groupe Weirdland.

C'est une maquette de 4 titres d'une durée approximative de 23 minutes.

Cette démo a été entièrement autoproduite; l'enregistrement, le mixage et le mastering sont le fruit du travail du 'Gilman studio mob' à St Etienne, assisté de nos oreilles attentives.

La jaquette a été conçue par Laetitia Vitali, que nous remercions encore pour nous avoir fait bénéficier de son travail.

Reviews

moinsound

Yep, that's oldskool

20/01/08

As others mentioned, this is the legacy of artists like old Maiden and Priest. I hear some Helloween touch in the vocals.

Nice, eighties-style metal with some contemporarily-inspired guitar work, all together form metal as it was supposed to be.

What I don't get is the name of the artist...

Asenine

A pretty damned solid album.

01/07/07

Weirdland have put soul into this album - you can feel it as you listen to the energetic guitar solos and the throbbing bass - but a lot of the time the vocalist sounds like he's trying too hard. A pleasant album to listen to, definitely, but certainly not a groundbreaker. Still, the album manages to make me want to bop along.

'Vallhalla for Reward' especially has a good beat and steady guitar work. I doubt there is anyone who can listen to this album and say that overall it was bad, that would be a lie.

chicago5

Improvable guitar play, a lot of talent

24/01/07

Hi, i really like the album, i especially like "The Flight". The guitars and the vocals are improvable, these guys better go practicing to get really really good! Quite some talent in my eyes. Thanks!

coldsun

Promising

30/05/06

You've gotta love good old-fashioned heavy metal. No matter how evil a gloomy, death-growling doom metal band may sound, there's just no substitute for the old masters like Maiden, Priest and Sabbath.

On "Curse of Ice", I do hear a lot of Iron Maiden's technique, Judas Priest's agression and Black Sabbath's imagery in the music and lyrics, especially on the extremely well-written "Valhalla For Reward", with a few of Dream Theater's chops thrown in for good measure. A good set of songs and a performance to match.

Its only down side is the production - it needs a bit more bass on the guitar riffs to fill out the sound and give it that bit of extra menace. The bass guitar needs the same treatment and also bought a bit further forward in the mix - expecially during the guitar solos where the bass is needed more than ever to provide some extra bottom-end. Take Motörhead for example - with only one guitarist, during the guitar breaks, Lemmy's bass is still up front and causing serious speaker damage.

On the whole, it is good to hear some good honest metal and, despite the thin sound, it shows a lot of promise and I do recommend it for anyone who loves the old metal masters.