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Mirrorworlds

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This band has got to be one of the very best to come from Sweden. Daniel Erlandsson( brother of Adrian who has played drums with At the Gates, The Haunted, and Cradle of Filth) explores a new approach to his playing as well as the rest of the band. Mirrorworlds is slightly more relaxed, yet still chuck full of all the band's great writing styles and sound. The tracks almost take you to another place. If you are into melodic thrash/death stuff, man this is just for ya. Good luck trying to get a hold of it though, as it is very rare nowadays. Cheers........Danny Zink

In Flames-Whoracle
Opeth-Morningrise
Dark Tranquility-Skydancer Of Eternal Chaos and Night
Insomnium-Since The Day It All Came Down
Edge Of Sanity-Crimson
Children Of Bodom-Follow The Reaper
Dissection-Storm Of Lights Bane

Why did I just list all those albums? Well, those are all the Melodeath albums I've ever truly been awed by. Now Eucharist's Mirrorworlds can be added to that list. This is one of those albums that really has no weak link. The vocalist sounds like a more gutteral Anders Friden. The riffs are complex and obviously influenced by At The Gates, Dark Tranquility and In Flames and maybe a bit of Amorphis, Anathema and Katatonia as well. Daniel Erglannson, who plays for a handful of bands and is known for his precision and speed, handles the percussion on this album. Overall, if your into Swedish Death Metal you'll love this album.

well, it's true what the other reviewers say. This was really a great album, althouh not quite up to Jester Race or Slaughter Of The Soul calibre, it is an essential disc. Quite a different feel than most melodic death metal bands, this is much more depressing at parts and you can really feel it. If you're feeling down and thinking of suicide, don't listen to the track Dissolving... it mught push you over the edge! really a great disc, don't knwo why it didn't become a classic. I want another disc from this band! the one before, A Velvet Creation isn't as good and the production really kills it as well.

Eucharist's Mirrorworlds is one of the most underrated Swewdish-death metal albums. The band that features Arch Enemy drummer Daniel Erlandsson is what I would describe as melodic Swedish death metal with some Black Sabbathish riffs. The 2nd track "Dissolving" has an awesome riff that makes you want to nod your head. "With the Sun" starts out with a fast opeining riff which leads to slow doomish riff before speeding up agian for the singing section. This is my favorite song on here and features some killer leads. The instrumental "The Eucharist" has an opening riff that is Sabbath sounding and imediately you have to put your fingers in the air and start head banging, and the other instrumental "In Nakedness" will make you want to turn the lights off so you can fully appreciate the music. Highly recommended masterpiece, if you find a copy you should definately check it out.

Eucharist's Mirrorworlds is one of the most underrated Swewdish-death metal albums. The band that features Arch Enemy drummer Daniel Erlandsson is what I would describe as melodic Swedish death metal with some Black Sabbathish riffs. The 2nd track "Dissolving" has an awesome riff that makes you want to nod your head. "With the Sun" starts out with a fast opeining riff which leads to slow doomish riff before speeding up agian for the singing section. This is my favorite song on here and features some killer leads. The instrumental "The Eucharist" has an opening riff that is Sabbath sounding and imediately you have to put your fingers in the air and start head banging, and the other instrumental "In Nakedness" will make you want to turn the lights off so you can fully appreciate the music. Highly recommended masterpiece, if you find a copy you should definately check it out.

Eucharist's "Mirrorworlds" filled out an important niche in the New Wave of Swedish Heavy Metal, and it is a shame that the band has since disbanded.

This album is a lonely oddity. Eucharist was apparently around the Swedish scene from very early on, but apparently this is the only album they got released on a label, and that had to wait until 1997. The music almost seems to reflect the band's (assumed) travails; it is quite melancholy and depressive, without quite becoming doom metal. It can also be experimental, as the interesting oboe instrumental "In Nakedness" demonstrates. Favorite track is the sad and slightly technical "Dissolving."

The only unfortunate thing is the length of the album: under 40 minutes. That's quite a steep price per minute; nevertheless, for followers of the great Swedish scene, this remains a highly desirable purchase.

Eucharist, for anyone who began(like I did) listening to the original Gothenberg bands bands back in the early 90's, is one of the original founders of the genre. "A Velvet Creation" is for some reason the better known and loved album, but this album blows it away on all accounts.

Daniel Erlandsson, brother to the famed drummer of ATG and Cradle of Filth and drummer of Arch Enemy, brings so much to this album with drumbeats that kindle the flame for each and every song. Tempo is the name of the game and his feeling and human degree of prowess is felt with every cymbal clutch, roll, and fill. This is his best work, besides Arch Enemy's incredible "Burning Bridges" album. Without his drumbeats, the album is nothing.

The guitarwork is truelly amazing. It is so simple at times its criminal, and so complex at others it is unfair. The leads on this album are some of the best I've heard in my long time listening to music. The clarity of his guitar tone and the whine of every bend still gives me chills in songs like "Fallen". The solo in this song should serve as a technical lesson to al budding metal guitarists as how to best involve feeling in a somewhat simple and straightforward guitar solo, but one that fits the song so very well. The song's bleed a sombre underpining, but somehow they are beautiful.

The lyrics are among some of the best in metal as well, ever. Eucharist, Dark Tranquillity, early In Flames, and Opeth are some of the only things I can think of that really deserve mention as true pieces of lyrical art, and this album ranks among the top 3, bar-none.

This album is one of those album's that, for me at least, I almost cry a tear of joy every time I hear it, but partially of sadness, if only for the fact that they will most likelly never reform and continue this masterpiece(although there was a slight continuation with a incredibly unknown sideproject years later in the band, Cromlech). The only word I can use is beautiful. This kind of album is produced only every so often and as one reviewer stated, it belongs next to, if not above, albums such as:

In Flames: The Jester Race
Dark Tranquillity: The Gallery & The Mind's I
At The Gates: Terminal Spirit Disease & Slaughter of the Soul
Opeth: Still Life & My Arms, Yours Hearse

to name a few. If your able and want to take a somewhat short, but worthwhile voyage into the bowels of a true metal beast, then get on ebay and find this cd for yourself. This mirror reflects a world of brilliance.

Oh how much I feel I'd missed by abandoning death metal back in'98 when very few of the Nordic bands were known about. That said, finding out that GOOD death metal existed (sorry for you fans of Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel...) has been one of the most rewarding things in life. I picked this one up for cheap from theomegaorder and AM SO GLAD I DID. Guitar tone is set to the same as At the Gate's on "Slaughter of the Soul." Now, they don't play at the same speed as ATG, they're a little slower, but SO melodic in playing.

The vocals are very reminiscent of ATG as well, the other reviewers' comment about it being like Anders Friden's is dead-on, if you listen to Skydancer from Dark Tranquillity. However I like it better, it's more frantic sounding than Anders, more of a late ATG bend. (Which was the best of those early bands.) The song "In Nakedness" also showcases a duet with guitar and oboe, something that might sound "ghey" as the children say these days but is such a refreshing infusion that just sounds *natural* as these guys play it. A hint of Jazz.

I can't find a single fault with this album other than there are not more like it. Your Melodeath collection will not be complete without this album.

Eucharist's Mirrorworlds is one of the most underrated Swewdish-death metal albums. The band that features Arch Enemy drummer Daniel Erlandsson is what I would describe as melodic Swedish death metal with some Black Sabbathish riffs. The 2nd track "Dissolving" has an awesome riff that makes you want to nod your head. "With the Sun" starts out with a fast opeining riff which leads to slow doomish riff before speeding up agian for the singing section. This is my favorite song on here and features some killer leads. The instrumental "The Eucharist" has an opening riff that is Sabbath sounding and imediately you have to put your fingers in the air and start head banging, and the other instrumental "In Nakedness" will make you want to turn the lights off so you can fully appreciate the music. Highly recommended masterpiece, if you find a copy you should definately check it out.

One of the reviews said this was the only Eucharist album. That's not correct. Their released an album in 1993 called A Velvet Creation, on Wtong Again Records. Unfortunately that one is out of print. The music on that cd was more black metal-ish and absolutely terrific. I love Mirrorworlds too. Buy it!