Evangelist
Doominicanes ()
Wydane przez Doomentia Records/Code 7/Plastic Head Distribution/SureShotRok wydania 2013Kraj PolandNapisał Wouter8
Ha yes, doom metal. That other genre I like to dabble in whenever I’m tired of listening stupid black metal and idiot underground death metal. Evangelist hails from Cracow, Poland and is one of these anonymous bands, which refuse to disclose information about who is part of their line-up. Most of the times there is good reason for that, as most anonymous bands aren’t very good. As every rule is defined by its exception, Evangelist is a wholly convincing and atmospheric doom metal band in tradition of long-standing genre monuments such as Candlemass, the more power metal inclined DoomSword, “The Forest Of Equilibrium” era Cathedral and the long suffering Texans of Solitude Aeturnus. I never heard of Evangelist prior to this record, but now having heard this second album of theirs, they could easily substitute for those revered Texans. Of course, given this band’s religious inclinations I’m bound to bring up that Evangelist (surprise) have a Christian concept running through out this record. Which isn’t surprising in the least since Poland is overwhelmingly Catholic and brought forth a number of Popes. ‘Blood Curse’ is inspired by Biblical tales, ‘Pain and Rapture’ is about the ravage of the Inquisition and ‘Militis Fedilis Deus’ is about the first Crusade, from the crusader’s point of view. I don’t need to tell you how tired I am of hearing the inane and often incoherent rambling of metal fans that throw me suggestions of which bands I should check out. It is true to say that you obviously heard this sort of thing before, and I won’t tell you otherwise. The thing is that Evangelist just is a lot better than most, and gifted artists should be supported. So, if you are a fan of traditional and epic-sounding doom metal, this is a record you would want to hear. In the absence of a new Solitude Aeturnus record, this is a perfect substitute and placeholder until the real product at long last arrives.
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