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4.0 out of 5 stars
Swedish melodic death metal meets traditional metal, April 28, 2010
This review is from: Carving a Crimson Career (Audio CD)
Brimstone's 1998 debut Carving a Crimson Career was a blind buy for me. I thought the red foil logo on the black digipack looked cool and the song titles suggested a retro/traditional metal sound, so I took a chance on it. Imagine my surprise to find this is actually a melodic death metal album. Fortunately, I like melodic death metal, and it turns out there's more going on here anyway.
The Swedish band is, like Children of Bodom (sans keyboards), essentially taking a Maiden and Priest-inspired traditional metal sound and speeding it up and adding ferociously growled vocals. The melodies and lyrics are old school metal, but the aggression factor is squarely in melodic death territory. It's a good combination, and the band pulls of the sound really well. Standouts include the fierce epic "King of My Kind" and the anthem "Heavy Metal Kid," but there really isn't a weak moment on this album.
Obviously, Brimstone is going to appeal most to fans of Children of Bodom, Norther, Skyfire and the like, but it should go over well with most fans of melodic death metal as well as open-minded traditional metal fans. Unfortunately, Carving a Crimson Career was the band's only release.
Edition Notes: Metal Mind reissued Carving a Crimson Career in 2008. Their reissue features digitally remastered sound.
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