REVIEW: LUNAR REIGN - LUNAR REIGN

 

LUNAR REIGN - LUNAR REIGN (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Lunar Reign

Tracks: 1- Dark Horde, 2- Black Pullet, 3- Laws of Pluto, 4- Heart as Demon, 5- Solomons Key, 6- Ill Will of the Woods, 7- Shattering of the Crystal, 8- Dream of the Necromancer

Cover Art by Lunar Reign

Recorded by Elixium 

Lunar Reign´s music is extremely raw, bestial, yet climatic black metal. Why I am saying this? Because besides the faster and wilder parts that belong to the style, this recording has a lot of atmospheres created by the keyboards and synths that give a lot of dark feeling to each of the tracks. There are also some melodic guitar lines that also help to give this sort of desolation feeling to the tracks (check for example the guitar in "Laws of Pluto"). For lovers of bestial black metal here you have fast riffs with hyper speed drumming (I would like the band to mix a little bit louder the guitars and the drums, I think that can give more power to the songs and mix better with the keys). The vocals are screaming ones as they must be in black metal and there are also some chanting vocals, like in "Black Pullet" that give an eerie feeling to the songs.

Favorite tracks: "Dark Horde", Heart As Demon" and "Shattering of the Crystal"

Contact: http://lunarreign.demonichorde.com