My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire CD Review

My Dying Bride

For Lies I Sire

Peaceville
2009

My Dying Bride return with the full force of doom on this epic record. I had not heard much other than their "A Line of Deathless Kings" album, which in it's own was great. For Lies I Sire was practically and impulse buy, and now it has definitely peaked my interest in this band. The special UK guitar edition pack even came with an extended booklet, a custom pick with the My Dying Bride logo on it and a 12 page guitar tab book! Never before have I heard of a band releasing their music with tab (or sheet music) to accompany it.

The album kicks off with the first epic, My Body, A Funeral, which sets the mood perfectly for the album to come. There's a mixture of instruments that make appearances throughout, including a piano interlude in Echoes From A Hollow Soul and cello in My Body, A Funeral. The album is full of memorable moments with riffs that play over and over in my head even long after hearing them. Santuario Di Sanguine is one of my most memorable songs, and rightfully so. It contains an interesting interlude with violin and sounds of horses and people, before going back into the most epic riff/vocal line I can recall.

The second last song in the album, A Chapter In Loathing, is completely different to everything else on the CD. It's fast, aggressive, and completely scream vocals. It reminds me a of of Diabolical Masquerade for some reason I cannot put my finger on, only that that must be a good thing. The production is flawless, and sounds great! Everything on this record is awesome, the artwork looks amazing in the extended booklet. I can't think of anything they could have done better, which is a rare occasion. I only wish they'd tour to Australia, but that's a topic for another day.

My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire is out now through Peaceville Records, I recommend it for any fans of decent metal.

Track List:
My Body, a Funeral
Fall With Me
The Lies I Sire
Bring Me Victory
Echoes From a Hollow Soul
ShadowHaunt
Santuario di Sangue
A Chapter in Loathing
Death Triumphant

Total running time: 59:51

Gallhammer Invasion!

Japan's Gallhammer are preparing to invade Europe once again! This three piece all-chick punk/metal band has certianly accomplished a lot in these past years, being featured on the UK's Terrorizer and Zero Tolerance magazines a few times, and being signed to Peaceville records after only three years of existance.
From what I've seen of live footage, this is a band you'll probably want to find yourself seeing sometime along the line.

Gallhammer are playing 7 shows in the UK at the following venues/towns:

MARCH
12 - London / Water Rats
13 - Leeds / Rios
14 - Cardiff / Barfly
15 - Birmingham / Barfly
16 - Liverpool / Barfly
17 - York / Fibbers
18 - Glasgow / Barfly
19 - OSLO - Inferno Festival



Give them a listen:
www.myspace.com/ghammercrust

Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity

The Swedish death metal supergroup, Bloodbath, are back! Hoorah! Yes, they have a brand new release due out through Peaceville on the 10th of March.

Unblessing The Purity sees one Mikael Åkerfeldt, of Opeth fame, return to the vocal helm, along with fellow bandmate Martin "Axe" Axenrot on the drums. The complete line up for this venture out are:

Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - Vocals
Martin "Axe" Axenrot (Opeth) - Drums
Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (Katatonia) - Guitars
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) - Bass
Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson (ex-21 Lucifers) - Guitars

For a sneak preview of Unblessing The Purity, make sure you visit www.peaceville.com/bloodbath.

My initial reaction to the clips? Well it is certainly a release I am interested in hearing more of! As a huge fan of Opeth and Katatonia, this is a project which always keeps me watching and listening to see where it goes.

Bloodbath are not a combination of the two bands, but are a far more brutal offering of death metal which may not appeal to the fans of later Katatonia and Opeth albums. But even so, this is a project worth checking out, even if it's just out of curiosity.