Review: Stonehaven - Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes | |||||||
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Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes | |||||||
Label: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions Year released: 2012 Duration: 58:50 Tracks: 8 Genre: Black Metal Rating: Review online: December 4, 2012 Reviewed by: MetalMike |
Readers' Rating How do you rate this release? Rated 3/5 (60%) (2 Votes)
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A name like Stonehaven brings to mind Pagan/Folk Metal images but this Kansas City band seems content with thrashy Black Metal on their second album, Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes. Pioneers like Celtic Frost (including the requisite grunted "OOOOH!") and newer bands like Thulcandra and Desaster would be fair comparisons. Furious riffs, the occasional blast-beats and plenty of hateful raspy vocals emanate from all corners of the album. Most of the songs safely stick to a typical Black/Thrash formula and no new ground is broken. All the musicians play energetically and enthusiastically and I can't see why any fan of this type of Black Metal would turn off Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes. I also can't see much reason for those same fans to run out and buy the album, as they surely have plenty of stuff that sounds like this already. Bottom line; Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes is solid and you could undoubtedly do worse. |
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