The first time I got acquainted with this band's music, was through their four songs on the split-EP with black metal band Mordecai. Now the full length album with its ten songs is rotating in my CD player, making me wonder how much progress the band's made. With the first assault on my ears, I'm inclined to think the band moved on to black metal. Yet that's far from accurate. The opening track Frostmind has the inhuman speed and nasty biting vocals you can often hear black metal bands do. To do Immortal Souls more justice, I can describe their music as the perfect blend of power metal mixed with the crispiness of black metal and the grunting vocals of death metal (though they sometimes touch the hissing sound of black metal). But it's all covered with a thick layer of melody. Basically the music has a lot of energy and power. The added melody is created by lead guitar playing on top of the riffing. The production of this album is solid and it's a shame this album (recorded in winter 2000) took so long to see the light. A worthy progress from the split-EP days.
Other coverage for this album
Dead Zine 2001Reviewed by NecRoSarXYahh! I just listened to perhaps one of the scariest death metal CDs I've ever laid my hands on! Keeping in mind that I use the term "death metal" a bit loosely, for this CD has elements of thrash, black and doom thrown into the pot here. I'll be honest in saying that when I first heard Immortal Souls on the split-CD they did with Mordecai, I wasn't that much impressed. Well, fortunately I put…Dead Zine 2001Reviewed by GrindboyDo you remember when you first started listening to music and buying records/tapes/cd's/whatever? Remember the feeling of overwhelming excitement and enthusiasm that accompanied each new purchase? As your collection grew over time, though, the excitement lessened somewhat to the point where it was barely recognizable at all. New music was still interesting and fun, but not the same as when it was…Dead Zine 2001Reviewed by D_ListerAlbums like this make me wish there was a higher rating I could go to. A perfect rating of 10 almost seems to be inadequate for a release like this. This CD is truly a masterpiece that will go down as one of Christian music's best CDs ever. It seems that the comparisons of In Flames and (some) Dark Tranquility are very accurate (keep in mind Dark Tranquility has been around for seemingly EVER and…Similar sounding releases
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