Music reviewsMikko Saari reviews musicAnsur: Axiom- October 11, 2006 Axiom is a curious batch of extreme metal with all sorts of tricks involved. The roots are in black metal, but the tree branches out to progressive metal and whatnot. It takes few rounds to get your head around it all, but I've enjoyed it since. I wouldn't mind if they improved the vocals, though; now the distorted vocals are sparse and feel a bit pasted-on. Proper, well-sung vocals would've made a huge difference here.http://www.melankolia.net/music/archives/2006/10/ansur-axiom.html Slechtvalk: At the Dawn of War- October 9, 2006 Slechtvalk is a blackdark metal band; musically, it's black metal alright, but the lyrical concepts lean to epic power metal with all the glory of the medieval warfare. The whole blast works pretty well - there are real musical highlights, like Besieged. The clean vocals are a bit clumsy and the song-writing isn't top-notch throughout the album, but still: a decent album.http://www.melankolia.net/music/archives/2006/10/slechtvalk-at-t.html |