Customer Reviews

All the Witches Dance

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The production on this album is just perfect!(referring to the other review) Mortuary Drape are an overlooked Italian black metal band,they started way back in 1987! Their sound leans more towards the first wave of South American Black Metal. This album is essential in your "old school" Black metal collection! The new re-release includes their EP "Into the Drape".(this is the original version)

This CD has horrible production; it sounds like it was recorded in someone's basement (which it probably was).

The first two tracks sound like some teenagers are playing music from "The Addams Family" while chanting in Latin to Satan. It is cheesy but somehow charming. The rest of the songs suddenly burst into dirty-1980's-punk-rock chord progressions which have a notably dark & oppressive feel; the bad production somehow adds to a creepy ambiance. These songs are interspersed with wild, fast tapping solos which seem a bit out of place against the comparably plain music; the songs are carrried along by slightly distorted growling vocals.

Altogether, its unimpressive, but certainly worth collecting if you happen to be a rabid fanatic of the early efforts from satanic bands, or like the sound of a bunch of teenagers trying to be evil in their basement.