Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Magister Templi/Lucifer Leviathan Logos/Cruz Del Sur Music/2013 CD Review


  Magister  Templi  are  a  band  from  Norway  that  plays  occult  doom  metal  with  a  NWOBHM  edge and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Lucifer  Leviathan  Logos"  which  was  released  by  Cruz  Del  Sur  Music.

  Drums  range  from   slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very   strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  album.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  doom  metal  with  NWOBHM  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  along  with  a  great  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  and  melodic  sounding  doom/heavy metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  they  are  only  used  on t he  last  song  and  they  use  full  chords  and  finger  picking  to  add  more  70's  influences  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  clean  singing  doom  metal  vocals,  high  pitched  power  metal  screams  and  spoken  word  ritualistic  parts,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Luciferian,  Left  Hand  Path,  Thelema,  Occultism and  Cabala  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark,  old  school  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Magister  Templi  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  occult  doom  metal  and  NWOBHM  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Lucifer"  "The  Insmouth  Look"  and  "Tiphareth".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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