[QUOTE]
"Speak ye not of the church nor of Rome,
Show me not the light that you follow.
Poison me not with your biblical tome,
Your teachings are empty and hollow."
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Touché!

Alas yet the disease would spread for hundreds and hundreds of years, child abuse, dogma's and corruption would follow, not only in Eireann but also in my own country.

Blood On The Black Robe is without any doubt the most aggressive and brutal album by Cruachan!

9/10

Cruachan knows how to surprise the listener with each new release.

imho TLATD is the second best album after Blood For The Blood God.

9/10

P.S.:
The artwork is genius!

Finally.....a vital (or must I say deadly) sign of Carach Angren from Landgraaaaaaavvvvvveeee.....ûmmmmm....Landgraaf.

imho Lammendam and Death Came Through a Phantom Ship are their best until now but this EP is a sign of a great future!

9/10

P.S.:
Vergis ik me wanneer ik tot de conclusie kom dat de tekst van Ik Kom Uit Het Graf losjes gebaseerd is op de jarenzeventigklassieker Buried Alive met Tim Matheson als Clint?

Most Cruachan fans consider this album as their best;

Although my personal favorite is the predecessor 'Blood For The Blood God' I must admit that after more than one listen I can imagine the public preference for this opus;

It's advanced, folky and also grim.

8/10

A mixture of folk with traditional Celtic instruments and black metal with heavy guitars.

The lyrics are mostly based on the violent Irish history, culture and the hypocrisy of the church.

Beren and Lúthien is based on a fairy tale by J.R.R.Tolkien and my second personal favorite The Sea Queen Of Connaught handles about a female pirate, not taken seriously by her father but who proves herself as a real hero.

Simply genius, 10/10

If the rest of the upcoming album has the same level of songwriting and performance as 'Wardrums...' Blackbraid III will be top V stuff at least.

Another great track by those gifted Austrians.

The sexually loaded (sic) lyrics made me think of Queen's 'Get Down Make Love' (quote: ".....you say I'm hungry, I give you meat....."

Quote from 'Dienerin':
".....Beachte mich, betrrrrachte mich
hab ein Stück prrrrachtvoll Fleisch für dich....."

With Markus Schlögel it sounds like a certain Till Lindemann is the vocalist of Obsidian Chamber🤘

Back in my late teenage years, in 1986 Target was born from the womb of Belgium and I was impressed.

In 1988 Ancient Rites saw the light of life from that same country and I was impressed again.

In 1999 Aguynguerran was founded and I didn't notice;

At first 26(!) years later I discovered this band from Belgium thanx to a remix of Perverting The Nazarene Cult, published by Black Metal Promotion on YouTube and....I was blown away!

To me it sounds like a perfect blend of Death (RIP Chuck), Pink Floyd and, yes indeed, Morbid Angel during the Blessed Are The Sick era.
9,5/10

Thanx to Black Metal Promotion on YouTube I discovered Svar.
Another great band from Poland, the Central-European blackmetalcounterpart of Norway.
Looking forward to In The Land Called Night🤘🎸🤘

It's just a classic, nothing more nothing less; imho even Opeth's very best until now.
I'm glad Mikael Åkerfeldt is turning back to grunting combined with clean singing instead of only clean vocals

Together with The Horrors Of Fate, this track belongs on Hymns Of The Hierophant, in my very humble opinion. Mithras Crowned proves that metal doesn't have to descend from Europe or Northern America to be eargastic.....

Hmmm....am I the only one?!

Those South-Africans know how to produce fabulous "rock 'n roll"!
No matter if you call it black metal, death metal or blackened death metal; it's just great ear candy🤟👑🤟

When it comes to very black metal, I would never associate it with Bordeaux; rather with Reykjavik, Helsinki, Sint Petersburg, Krakau and of course good ol' Bergen but not with the sunny wine capital of France.
Well, thanx to Aardschok recensent Wouter Dielesen I discovered this band from Bordeaux, of all places in the world. This perfectly well-played melodic but bloody dark stuff breathes total despair and also my compliments for the vocalist; quality all around. 9/10