Timeless Departure

Skyfire

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Martyr Music Group
• ASIN: B00005AKGE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,013 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Fragments Of Time

3. The Universe Unveils

4. Skyfire

5. Timeless Departure

6. Breed Through Me, Bleed For Me

7. Dimensions Unseen

8. By God Forsaken

9. From Here To Death

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Progressive elements shared with bands like In Flames and Children of Bodom, great production and venomous melody.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastic album with a beautiful intro!, August 1, 2003

By	Matt Stoessel (Tolland, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This is so strange. It is very melodic death metal, but not much like Children of Bodom or Rotting Christ. The vocalist sounds like Alexi of Children of Bodom, but the music is more along the lines of melodic death metal, not atmospheric power metal. These 9 songs (with a BEAUTIFUL 2 minute intro) are so amazingly good. The only complaint is that the singer actually gets in the way of hearing the music (which is quite fast) at many times. The title track is my favorite, being almost 7 minutes long and the longest song on the CD. The track following the intro is also quite good, ranking as my 2nd favorite on the CD, starting off quite soft, coming after the intro. That song is the shortest on the album being only 3 and a half minutes long.

This has got to be the most atmospheric death metal album out there. It reminds me of Norther's CD, "Dreams of Endless War" a lot. Only compare this to Children of Bodom for the singer. Another softer death metal band is Rotting Christ. The keyboards in this sound more like them. I can't think of any relation to Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, or Dark Tranquility, who are 3 bands many more people know about. Some of the drumming on this album is the fastest non-blastbeat drumming I've EVER heard. Speaking of which, there are no blastbeats - sorry Cradle of Filth fans.

A final note. I don't believe they let you see the cover art. If it concerns you, it is all tanish and not atmospheric at all - far from Visions, Oceanborn, or Arcana.

So if you don't mind, please make the one click to say if my review helped you or not. Thanks!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astounding., November 11, 2001

By A Customer

While trolling through the infinite dregs of the online underground metal scene looking for some Sakkuth songs, I came across a group of Australian metal fans. These people had no Sakkuth to offer me, but they did have a song by a band named 'Skyfire'. The song was entitled Dimensions Unseen.

Keep in mind that whenever I listen to underground music, I've made it my policy never to expect very much. When I heard the first 20 seconds of Dimensions Unseen, however, I hadn't felt such awe from a song since I heard Children of Bodom's "Downfall" for the first time. I went on to listen to even more of their stuff. Expecting that they would be "one-hit wonders", I was again shocked. While no song matched the awe of Dimensions Unseen, every other song I heard came very close.

I concluded that Skyfire mixes the greatest guitar elements of Children of Bodom with the greatest atmospheric elements of Spiritual Black Dimensions-era Dimmu Borgir and throws in a little of the epic-ness of Colony-era In Flames, thereby creating a sound unlike any other I've previously heard. If you like any kind of melodic death or black metal, this is DEFINITELY worth purchasing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!, October 12, 2002

By	Simon Veilleux "drheckle" (Québec) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Timeless Departure (Audio CD)

If you like good death metal as CoB, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, buy this cd right now! It is my discovery of the year...