Devil's Hall Of Fame

Beyond Twilight | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: Massacre
• ASIN: B000LX1OT2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY METAL ALBUM FEATURING VOCALIST JORN LANDE, August 15, 2006

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L. King "Lance King-Vocalist in Metal and CEO... (Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil's Hall of Fame (Reis) (Audio CD)

THE METAL OBSERVER gave it a (9.5 of 10 possible points) and says this about it....

"Wow, what an album. Who'd like to hear finest epic-stuff in tradition of "Headless Cross" or "Tyr" (both BLACK SABBATH) and one of the most gigantic vocalists of the scene at the top of his career, this one is yours. His name: Jörn Lande, a devil of a fellow, who sings with ARK, THE SNAKES, MUNDANUS IMPERIUM and MILLENIUM. But with BEYOND TWILIGHT he delivers his masterpiece and is somewhere between Dio and Tony Martin, but not a iota weaker! The songs all are rather doomy and extremely bombastic. The direction I had mentioned in the beginning is OK, just darker! This album is oozing with emotionality and pure passion, it is mystic and dramatic. With one word: killer!


PROGRESSIVE WORLD says.....

Essentially, this disc contains just about every aspect of what a progressive metal fan wants to hear. In addition, you also get a very well thought out story that is truly mesmerizing and haunting.


PROGRESSIVE ARCHIVES gave it 4.40 out of 5 possible points
and said..... "Excellent addition to any prog music collection"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Piece of Prog Heaven, August 9, 2001

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Alanna Evans (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil's Hall of Fame (Audio CD)

Breathtaking and provocative, "The Devil's Hall of Fame" is definitely a piece of work indeed. Adding a "Beyond" to their name, "Beyond Twilight" offers up a new sound to go along with the band-name change, as well as the smartest move on the band's part, the addition of vocalist Jorn Lande. For those who haven't had the pleasure of hearing Lande thus far, I assure you that he is definitely the Vocal God of the New Millenium. Pigeonholing his voice is next to a sin, since he is able to take on a huge variety of sounds to amaze the listener with. "TDHOF" is no exception as he puts in a fabulous performance that is well suited to the dark and often times heavy prog METAL to be found within this package. This combines the the complexity of Symphony X, the dark heaviness of Abstrakt Algebra, the progressive ambience of Ayreon and the operatics of Savatage. Those looking for a mix of these elements will be in seventh heaven.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE!, February 23, 2004

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Mr D. "Artist/Designer/Kibitzer" (Cave Creek, Az United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil's Hall of Fame (Audio CD)

Beyond Twilight is a Danish prog rock/metal band with a most unusual style. For lack of an accepted term, I'm going to call their music Progressive, Symphonic Chaos. That's right, The Devil's Hall of Fame's music is kind of an organized musical chaos with irregular beats, some disharmonics and syncopated interruptions. It is both pleasant and unpleasant to listen to but when you realize that this is a concept album, wherein the subject has hacked into his own mind, the chaos becomes more understood and the ambivalence fades away.

When acceptance takes the place of ambivalence this album becomes a truly magnificent creation and through it all is one of the greatest vocal performances I've ever had the pleasure to experience. I say experience because The Devil's Hall of Fame is truly an experience. The singer is Jorn Lande, who has sung with Y. Malmsteen, ARK, Millenium, and Nikolo Kotzev. He is no doubt one of the most amazing, distinctive vocalists around. His voice is rich, spanning an extraordinary range, able to go from singing very calm and smoothly to a very gritty and aggressive, which fits The Devil's Hall of Fame to a tee.

This album is augmented by and in fact starts out with sound effects and the dialogue of the main character, which sets the tone for this dark and mysterious, yet thought provoking creation, serving as an intro to the first song, "Hellfire."

"Hellfire" is a magnificent, bombastic beginning, leading the listener into the dark depths of our subject's mind, setting a wonderful example for what follows. The guitar playing of Kragh, is paced and dramatic, emphasizing the haunting, dark side of the music's theme in conjunction with anguished vocals of Lande.

Keyboardist Zierler, who authored the music, opens the next song, "Godless and Wicked" with an eerie keyboard sound that is background throughout the song, which actually sounds like a continuation of "Hellfire". Fredin lays down a steady-but-wicked drum line that helps carry the fabric of the song.

"Shadowland," is probably the most conventional song on the album with very catchy choruses and other less chaotic portions. It begins with more of that majestic full sound and feeling and you can hear the solid heavy bassline of Lindgren. Slow and easy, we head into this song. The first vocals from Jorn are raw and ragged, but not full eventually settling into his clean vocals with a more melodic tone.

"The Devil's Waltz" is a fine piano and guitar driven instrumental that almost sounds like an malevolent circus theme.

It's in "Crying," that Jorn delivers a most passionate vocal performance with wide swings in style and substance. In addition the song seems to divide into two parts, with the first part concentrating on Lande's vocals but the second part bringing forth some fabulous drum work by Freden picking up the pace substantially.

The title track continues in the same ominous imagery, again bringing back that slow glorious ritual found in the first track. The track is slow, but not plodding, building and contributing greatly to the music and vocal's wicked storyline.

Quiet spoken words open the instrumental "Closing The Circle," which begins softly and quietly, is a haunting melody of a lone piano backed by strings, a brief reflective passage that offers respite before you head into the last song on the album.

As much as I like the other songs "Perfect Dark" is for me the most exciting among many exciting songs. This, the final song, begins with Zierler on keys and Jorn's haunting soulful voice until they are joined in full chorus, along with the rest of their bandmates for a song that builds and elevates, slowly and persistently , until it reaches it's glorious climax at the end, leaving the audiophile wishing for more.

CONCLUSION

In some ways The Devil's Hall of Fame reminds me of Yes, sans Jon Anderson and I honestly wonder if Yes could have even been even greater with a Jorn Lande. That's not a knock on Anderson but it would truly be interesting to hear Lande's vocals with Yes.

Anyone who considers themselves a Progressive Rock/Metal connoisseur really needs to check Beyond Twilight out.