Friday, June 1, 2012

Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead (2012)

Sweden
Traditional Doom Metal
RYM rate: 3.88
The Crypts View: 3.97
224 KB

1. Prophet
2. The Sound Of Dying Demons
3. Dancing In The Temple (Of The Mad Queen Bee)
4. Waterwitch
5. The Lights Of Phebe
6. Psalms Of The Dead
7. The Killing Of The Sun
8. Siren Song
9. Black As Time

Candlemass 11th Studio Album has seen the light of day. This is exactly what you can except after the soluted "Death Magic Doom" Candlemass still shows that they are playing at a high level.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Grand Magus - The Hunt (2012)

Sweden
Doom/Stoner/Heavy Metal
RYM rate: 3.52
The Crypts View: 3.95
320 KB

1. Starlight Slaughter
2. Sword Of The Ocean
3. Valhalla Rising
4. Storm King
5. Silver Moon
6. The Hunt
7. Son of The Last Breath
8. Iron Hand
9. Draksädd
10. Silver Moon (Demo)
11. Storm King (Demo)
12. Sword Of The Ocean (Demo)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Witch Mountain - Cauldron Of The Wild (2012)

USA
Traditional Doom/Stoner Metal
RYM rate: 3.25 (11 ratings)
The Crypts View: 3.80
192 KB

1. The Ballad Of Lanky Rae
2. Beekeeper
3. Shelter
4. Veil Of The Forgotten
5. Aurelia
6. Never Know

Royal Thunder - CVI (2012)

USA
Stoner/Progressive/Doom Rock
RYM rate: 3.51 (19 ratings)
The Crypts View: 3.92
320 KB

1. Parsonz Curse
2. Whispering World
3. Shake And Shift
4. No Good
5. Blue
6. Sleeping Witch
7. South Of Somewhere
8. Drown
9. Minus
10. Black Water Vision

Excellent full length debut that i've awaited since their fantastic self titled debut. This album doesn't go quite all the way but still lives up too the expectations. A really good album.

Daturana - Ghost In The Flowers (2009)

Germany
Psychadelic Rock
RYM rate: 3.42 (9 ratings)
The Crypts View: 4.06
320 KB

1. Ghost In The Flowers
2. Follow Me (Into The Sky)
3. Sorrow
4. Intensive
5. Travel In A Car
6. Tanha
7. Sister
8. Mysterious Day
9. Now I'm In
10. Thing-Swing
11. Can't See My Baby

Excellent debut by this unknown german Psychadelic band. This is a great catch who holds up all the great things from the 70's and at the same time is innovative. An interesting journey.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Oz - Burning Leather (2011)

Finland
Heavy Metal
RYM rate: 3.57
The Crypts View: 3.68
320 KB

1. Dominator
2. Searchlights
3. Let The Sleeping Dog Lie
4. Fire In The Brain
5. Seasons In The Darkness
6. Turn The Cross Upside Down
7. Burning Leather
8. Gambler
9. Enter Stadium
10. Total Metal
11. Third Warning

Ancestors - In Dreams And Time (2012)

USA
Psychadelic/Progressive Rock/Doom Metal
RYM rate: 3.37
The Crypts View: 3.77
320 KB

1. Whispers
2. The Last Return
3. Corryvreckan
4. On The Wind
5. Running In Circles
6. First Light

Latest album by Ancestors. They continue on about the same path as their ep "Invisible White" dreamy and quite doomy.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Killers - Cités Interdiles (1992)

France
Heavy/Speed Metal
RYM rate: 4.08
The Crypts View: 3.91
320 KB

1. Intro - The Killers
2. L'armée De La Mort
3. Sous Le Regard Des Hommes
4. L'Aigle Moir
5. Le Pouvoir Sans La Gloire
6. No Man's Land
7. Les Cites Interdites
8. Questions De Conscience
9. Travelling Flash
10. Au-Del De La Fin





Saturday, May 19, 2012

Killers - Resistances (1989)

France
Heavy/Speed Metal
RYM rate: 3.89
The Crypts view: 3.85
320 KB

1. Vengeance
2. Prisonnier
3. Réves Secrets
4. Résistances
5. Métamorphose
6. Solein Noir
7. Clandestinité
8. Roi Du Speed
9.  Longue vie au metal

Fourth full length album by Killers.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Killers - ...Fils De La Haine (1985)

France
Heavy Metal
RYM rate: 3.92
The Crypts View: 4.18
320 KB

1. Le fils de la haine
2. Sacrifice
3. Rosalind
4.  Pense à ton suicide
5.  Au nom du rock 'n' roll
6. Killers
7. Mercenaire
8.  Le magicien d'Oz
9. Heavy Metal
10.  Chevaliers du déshonneur
11.  Ahachtachta Chtilabeh !!!


Excellent debut album from Killers. A band that never really got the recignizion they deserve. The french lyrics probably have something to do with it.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Asphyx - Deathhammer (2012)

Netherlands
Old School Death Metal
RYM rate: 3.47
The Crypts View: 3.75
320 KB

1. Into The Timewastes
2. Deathhammer
3. Minefield
4. Of Days When Blades Turned Blunt
5. Der Landser
6. Reign Of The Brute
7. The Flood
8. We Doom You To Death
9. Vespa Crabro
10. As The Magma Mammoth Rises

Asphyx stikes back again with a really heavy album. Mid paced death metal with some doomy elements.

Unleashed - Odalheim (2012)

Sweden
Swedish Death Metal
RYM rate: 3.36 (29 ratings)
The Crypts View: NA
320 KB

1. Fimbulwinter
2. Odalheim
3. White Christ
4. The Hour Of Defeat
5. Gathering The Battalions
6. Vinland
7. Rise Of The Maya Warriors
8. By Celtic And Brittish Shores
9. The Soil Of Our Fathers
10. Germania
11. The Great Battle Of Odalheim

Death metal veterans Unleashed 14th full length album.

Sodom - In War And Pieces (2010)


Germany
Thrash Metal
RYM rate: 3.44
The Crypts View: 3.78
320 KB

1. In War And Pieces
2. Hellfire
3. Through Toxic Veins
4. Nothing Counts More Than Blood
5. Storm Raging Up
6. Feigned Death Throes
7. Soul Contraband
8. God Bless You
9. The Art Of Killing Poetry
10. Knarrenheinz
11. Stryptic Parasite
12. Blood On Your Lips (Live)
13. City Of God (Live)
14. Proselytism Real (Live)
15. Christ Passion (Live)
16. One Step Over The Line (Live)
17. Abuse (Live)
18. Sodomy And Lust (Live)
19. Ausgenbombt (Live)
20. The Saw Is The Law (Live)
21. Outbreak Of Evil (Live)

The is the limited edition version of In War And Pieces that contains 10 live songs recorded at Wacken 2007.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw (2006)

UK
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Psychadelic
RYM rate: 3.31
The Crypts View: 3.58
256 KB

1. (Gonna) Set The World On Fire
2. Love Slave
3. Wild White Horses
4. Rising Son
5. Cosmic Voice
6. Mission

Long awaited comeback album by this classic trio.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore (1971)

UK
Hard Rock
RYM rate: 3.51
The Crypts View: 3.80
224 KB

1. Man From Manhattan
2. Where Are We Going
3. Chicago Lives
4. Loe And Behold
5. Woman Tamer
6. Caesar LXXI

Sequel to Sir Lord Baltimores praised debut album.

Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come (1970)

UK
Hard Rock
RYM rate: 3.83
The Crypts View: 4.28
192 KB

1. Master Heartache
2. Hard Rain Fallin´
3. Lady Of Fire
4. Lake Isle Of Innisfree
5. Pumped Up
6. Kingdom Come
7. I Got A Woman
8. Hell Hound
9. Helium Head (I Got A Love)
10. Ain't Got Hung On You

Excellent early hard rock from the UK. Some of the early signs of metal here.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Ancient Vvisdom - A Godlike Inferno (2011)

USA
Folk/Acoustic/Doom Rock
RYM rate: 3.73
The Crypts View: 3.71
320 KB

1. After Reality
2. The Opposition
3. Neccesary Evil
4. Forever Tonight
5. Lost Civilazation
6. Devil Brain
7. Vvorld Of Flesh
8. Children Of The Wasteland

Doomy acoustic rock that captures you in the right mood.

Anathema - Weather Systems (2012)


UK
Progressive/Atmospheric/Post Rock
RYM rate: 3.68
The Crypts View: 3.80
320 KB

1. Untouchable Part 1
2. Untouchable Part 2
3. The Gathering Of The Clouds
4. Lightning Song
5. Sunlight
6. The Storm Before The Calm
7. The Beginning And The End
8. The Lost Child
9. Internal Landscapes

Anathemas 11th studio album pics out where We're Here Because We're Here left off and it turns out to be their strongest effort since "A Natural Disaste". The sound is a bit more original and new with the basic Anathema sound still being there. Anathema have made a grand progressive and atmospheric album that gets a bit drawn to some post rock elements.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Lonewolf - Army Of The Damned (2012)


France
Power/Heavy Metal
RYM rate: 3.75 (15 ratings)
The Crypts View: 3.77
320 KB

1. Lonewolf
2. Crawling To Hell
3. Army Of The Damned
4. Hellbent For Metal
5. Soulreapers
6. Celtic Heart
7. The Last Defenders
8. Cold
9. The One You Never See
10. Tally Ho
11. One Second In Eternity

This band has something good going up, "The Dark Crusade" was promising but not quite there. Lonewolf have now stepped up their game and a ready to play at a higher lever. Army Of The Damned is without doubt their best album to date. I think this one will stand tall along with the best Power Metal albums of 2012.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Wino & Conny Ochs - Heavy Kingdom (2012)

USA
Acoustic Rock/ Singer-Songwriter
RYM rate: 3.79
The Crypts View: 4.06
320 KB

1. Somwhere Nowhere
2. Heavy Kingdom
3. Dust
4. Vultures By The Vines
5. Dark Ravine
6. Traces Of Blood
7. Heavy Kingdom Jam
8. Highway Kind
9. Dead Yesterday
10. Here Comes The Siren
11. Labour Of Love


After Wino's acoustic work "Adrift" he continues on the same path by entering a partnership with Conny Ochs. Heavy Kingdom is a splendid Singer/Songwriter kind of work with some even game through the whole record as well as there are som great tops.