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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting lyrics and solid sound... Holocaust pulls it off, February 1, 1999
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This review is from: Covenant (Audio CD)
One thing heavy metal is generally noted for is it's tendency to adhere to some trully fantastic lyrics. Well, Holocaust doesn't try and break the cliche but they certainly do a good job of playing it out. The lyrics are largely inspired by "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever" and have an incredible fantasy sound to them. However, the lyrics are all very well written, as is the music. This alblum is worth buying merely for the incredible metal epic "The Battle of Soaring Woodhelven", which peaks at over 16 minutes and tells a trully interesting story. The only real weakness in this alblum is the tendency for long instrumental segments that aren't particularly uplifting or inovative. It tends to drag one down and make one reach for the button to forward to the next track. Don't though... sit through this and you'll learn to love it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
spacey metal, December 18, 1998
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Very spacey metal (high tone keyboards) and very cool, however it's only 40 minutes of music. But really worth listening several times :-))
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