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Fairy Tales From Hell's Caves MANDRAGORA SCREAM |
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Tracklisting: Mandragora Scream is a band lead by a man named Morgan Lecroix. He is the band's bass player, singer and author of the lyrics. The other half of the leading role in the band is a man named Terry Horn who is guitarist, composer and arranger. The rest of the band consists of four other musicians. "Fairy Tales From Hell's Caves" is their debut album. The music is a blend of Goth and melodic metal and the cliché-filled lyrics tell us about fairies, magic, vampires and such things. Even though the album is very beautiful at times with piano passages, sound effects and good arrangements, the overall impression is quite uninteresting and filled with clichés. Record Label: Caipiranha / Nuclear
Blast Contact & Info: Caipiranha Records: Nuclear Blast:
First impressions of this disc, when I first saw it was. Are we trying to rip off the Cradle Of Filth? How wrong could I be! In fact there isn't even a hint of Black Metal to this disc, what we have here is the complete opposite, in a sense it's a sort of Goth Opera. It's not the sort of thing that you would find in my collection, but that doesn't mean that it is by any means rubbish. It's just not my sort of thing, but it will appeal to many. In many ways they are like a European version of The Cranberries. Picture this if you can, post-pub, in a take-out and herb addled 3am haze - will the host of this session risk subjecting the congregation to the dulcet tones that emanate from this disc or will he fear the collective holler of What the fuck is THiS? It sounds like the fucking cranberries! The latter would be a shame really because 'Fairy Tales From Hell's Caves' is a disc worthy (just) of putting your metallic euroscepticism on hold for. Mandragora Scream have put together what some would class a charming and compelling collection of tunes. Grandiose and melodramatic though it is in places, this is the sound of a band prepared to let their inhibitions run wild. On the whole it's a satisfying restrained disc and very modern sounding, with some weighty power chords, which are very few and far between, and spiralling guitar arpeggios never intruding from their station as a stirring counterpart to the ear candy refrains and the soaringly and often very sweet vocals. Record Label: Caipiranha / Nuclear
Blast Contact & Info: Caipiranha Records: Nuclear Blast: Review by Chris Wheeler
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