Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime
| Release date: | 19 November 2021 |
| Style: | Melodic black metal |
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01. The Seer
02. The Citadel
03. A Journey Through Storms
04. The Serpent's Stone
05. An Ode To Dragons
06. Eternal Majesty Manifest
Top 20 albums of 2021: 9
02. The Citadel
03. A Journey Through Storms
04. The Serpent's Stone
05. An Ode To Dragons
06. Eternal Majesty Manifest
Top 20 albums of 2021: 9
Review
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Rating: 8.5 |
Here at Metal Storm headquarters, we like to relax in between all our arduous work as reviewers. Some of us drink, read, or play pool in the lounge room. Radu and I decided to play some D&D when suddenly BAM! All Stormkeep’s members smashed through the door. Read more ›› |
28.12.2021
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From dungeon crawl to alpine odyssey, from cave quest to fortress siege, from forest foray to blizzard-beaten battlefield, Stormkeep's debut serves as the perfect soundtrack to any adventure that can be measured with a dice roll or described while wearing a wizard hat. Though a colossal melodic black metal base defines Tales Of Othertime, the diversity of flavors is enough to put to shame any other of the millions of Tolkien-infused, medieval-themed black metal albums flooding the market. The synth passages are tastefully placed and artfully constructed, and for once, we've got an album that spends as much time with the dragons as with the dungeons: power metal from Blind Guardian to Bal-Sagoth echoes through the majestic choruses, and the riffing is catchy enough to allay your Dissection withdrawal for a time. Like a tale out of time from an ancient, forgotten tome, Tales Of Othertime is filled with magic - and it's been a long time since black metal last felt so powerful. ScreamingSteelUS's picks | More picks ›› |
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9022  |
More bands need to bring back album covers like this one.
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| Uxküll Posts: 382  |
Really great album, best symphonic black metal album of the year so far.
---- "Nullum unquam exstitit magnum igenium sine aliqua dementia [there was never great genius without some madness]." Best of Metal A-Z: http://metalstorm.net/users/lists.php?user_id=158339
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| The Galactician Posts: 386  |
These guys are great. And yeah, that album cover is what they sound like.
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| Neachy Posts: 498  |
This is mediocre at best. Kinda sucks imo but who tf am I. The cover does give it immediate cred though.
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
Children Of Bodom trying to play Black Metal. Ugh.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| Alakazam spendin' cheese Posts: 1218  |
Written by Maco on 06.12.2021 at 09:01 Prime Children Of Bodom was the best Dissection worship, which more or less, is all of melodic black.
---- I may not have the largest collection but I certainly have the absolute best 
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 |
Written by Alakazam on 06.12.2021 at 12:08 More like suggarish extreme power metal. Without the aggression of Dissection.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| Alakazam spendin' cheese Posts: 1218 |
Written by Maco on 06.12.2021 at 12:16 It certainly was more aggressive than this, even its keyboards. I mean they had harpsichords(!) as the icing on top!
---- I may not have the largest collection but I certainly have the absolute best
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18293  |
Written by Maco on 06.12.2021 at 09:01 Lol, terrible comparison. This sounds lik old-Rhapsody covering Emperor's "In The Nightside Eclipse". Loving every second of it. Fun as hell melodic black.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 8678  |
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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| mz Posts: 4774  |
The fact that in 2021 we still have bands using covers like this shows human civilization is doomed.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 |
The cover is the only remarkable thing about the album so no.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9022 |
Written by RaduP on 09.12.2021 at 22:05 Hell yeah.
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 |
Written by Opeth1992 on 14.12.2021 at 05:44 Don't know why did you bring those superior bands but yes! Edit: Well I wouldn't say it's exactly bad. But below average.
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9022 |
As cheesy as this album is, I find that it's growing on me pretty fast. Definitely going to be in my top 10 of the year.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9022 |
Best artwork of the year me thinks. Also features the drummer from Blood Incantation, and the guitarist from Cobalt. Fun factz.
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 2729  |
Holy dragon dung! Now this is some perfect, epic, melodic black metal!  Beautiful musicianship, bitter cold (but understandable) vocals, epic fantasy story, relentless storm of metal - what more could one want? This is like a fusion of the best elements of Emperor, Dissection, and Summoning (just listen to those medieval-sounding instrumentals!) but also with a flavor of originality! I'll be listening to this very often... can anyone recommend any other bands that sound like this (melodic fantasy black metal)?
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 4831  |
This is a bloody good album  melodic black metal with folk elements is my sort of thing 
---- http://Andy's 2024 album ranking
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 4831 |
Written by F3ynman on 02.02.2022 at 16:34 The first album that came to mind when I was listening to this was Dawn - Slaughtersun, but the folky parts reminded me of the early Satyricon albums.
---- http://Andy's 2024 album ranking
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| Rinbel Posts: 91  |
This is pretty good actually, I had a great time listening to it. Most of the power-ish parts didn't click for me but they achieve what they want to achieve and I respect that. Great harsh vocals, great performance, goddamn epic art.
---- > Metal Detector 2022
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| Reaper_Redeemer Posts: 744  |
To be honest I did not enjoy this as much as the fantastic EP...
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| gavdann Posts: 769  |
Chuffed to find a reasonably priced copy on red vinyl tonight. Awesome album.
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| tintinb Posts: 1851 |
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| gavdann Posts: 769 |
Written by tintinb on 06.09.2022 at 05:08 Ah! You must mean for the melodic riff which sounds suspiciously like Amon Amarth.
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| tintinb Posts: 1851 |
Written by gavdann on 08.09.2022 at 10:05 I don't really know about the Amon Amarth comparison but the riffing in that song is definitively delicious.
---- Leeches everywhere.
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 907  |
Sounds like Summoning but good.
---- "Change the world. My final message. Goodbye." ~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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