Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria [Import]

Bal Sagoth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 29, 2000)
• Format: Import
• Label: Cacophonous Records
• ASIN: B00005YC6G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hatheg Kla

2. Dreaming of Atlantean Spires

3. Spellcraft & Moonfire (Beyond the Citadel of Frosts)

4. A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria

5. Enthroned in the Temple of the Serpent Kings

6. Shadows `Neath the Black Pyramid

7. Witch-Storm

8. The Ravening

9. Into the Silent Chambers of the Sapphirean Throne (Sagas from the ...)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars early orchestral death/black metal hybrid, February 8, 2003

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brahmael (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria (Audio CD)

This is the reissue of the hard-to-find imported album originally released in 1995. For newcomers, Bal Sagoth is a British band that commits itself to exploring fantasy with witches, warriors, wizards and the like. They're LOADED with imaginative imagery and have very elaborate songwriting that is uncommon for the genre of black/death metal. This album was an incredible debut for the darker side of metal, and was the first album I heard by the band which immediately turned me on to seeking more of their future works. A little heavier and rougher than the future albums, the vocals on this album range from guttural death (unfound on later releases) to black metal rasping, to the low James Earl Jones voice which became more of a signature for the band in their following albums. With the exceptions of the title track and the final track, the keyboards are a little darker and more maniacal than the later albums which sport a prettier, majestic sound. The guitar riffing on this album is also a little more akin to death metal...the rhythm guitars are low-tuned and sporadically it's chunk, chunk, chunk, but still catchy and well integrated into the song structure. Lyrically, the songs on this album are more like conventional song lyrics with rhymes and stanzas instead of staight-out epic storytelling. I think this album currently stands as Bal Sagoth's most different endeavor b/c "Starfire burning..." refined the signatures which were then elaborated into prettier keyboards with sudden speed bursts. Structural highpoints of "Black Moon..." are the title track (still one of my favorite songs ever) "Spellcraft and Moonfire", and the last song "Into Silent Chambers..." which has to be one of the greatest finales to any heavy metal album... So should you buy the album? Hell yes! Good roar and grind for the unquiet mind.

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Debut!, June 16, 2011

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metalslinger "metalslinger" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Black Moon Broods Over (Audio CD)

A Black Moon is a good start off point for Bal-Sagoth. While the album sounds very different from their later efforts, it is easy to recognize many of the elements the band would use later on. ...But what I like most about this album is the early 90s Death Metal feel the album has. There are passages where Byron sings with a low grunt, but there are other passages where he does his, although not as common, trademark narrations. The production values, while having more in common with a death metal sound, are stellar. I would recomend this album to anyone who wants to listen to some early symphonic death or any Bal-Sagoth fan.
-Jason