DRAGONLORD - RAPTURE (Spitfire Recs., 2001)
Produced by Eric Peterson
Recorded at Driftwood Studios
Artwork by Travis Smith
Tracks: 1- Vals de la Muerte, 2- Unholy Void, 3- Tradition and Fire, 4- Born to Darkness, 5- Judgement Failed, 6- Wolfhunt, 7- Spirits in the Mist, 8- Rapture
For thos who doesn´t know this is Eric Peterson´s (Testament ) black metal side project. And I have to say that he has been very succesful with this style of music. This is black metal in the vein of Dimmu Borgir with a lot of keyboards and interesting ideas. And above all it has an amazing sound, specially on the guitars and drums (that in many black metal albums fail miserably to achieve a great result). There are also a lot of thrashy rhythms that wouldn´t be out of place in Testament. Peterson does all the vocals here in a great black metal fashion, and he has great mucisians like Steve Di Giorgio, Jon Allen and Steve Smyth from Sadus to make the results crushing. A great side project from Testament´s mastermind. Favorite tracks: "Tradition and Fire", "Judgement Failed" and "Spirits in the Mist". Contact: www.enterthedragonlord.com or www.spitfirerecords.com
