April 16, 2004
Dargaard: Rise And Fall
CD, Napalm Records 2004
Track list: Rise and Fall - Bearer of the Flame - Niobe - Takhisis Dance - Winter - Ave Atque Vale - Queen of the Woods - Ancestors of Stone - The Halls of Dargaard (bonus track)
Dargaard's gloomy ambient atmospherics leave me cold, for some reason. In it's genre the album is pretty good: the atmosphere is strong and the arrangements mighty and epic. However, the vocalist Elisabeth Toriser's voice is too weak in my opinion, especially when contrasted with the mighty background. Also, the album is rather boring. It makes a good background, but it's not interesting enough to listen to. Fans of the genre will probably appreciate this more than I do. **
Category: Gothi disagree with you! of course itīs a matter of taste, but this album should be important to everyone whoīs into emotional, dark, epic music. if you find the LOTR soundtrack ok, this one will suprise you in a positive way. much athmosphere, epic arrangements connected with the female vocalists voice, the choirs, the timpani, the horns, the strings and so on - wow. for me itīs a milestone, only think of the truly epic 10min first song.
Posted by: final sting on May 11, 2004 01:23 AM