Record Reviews: "Domions of the Eclipse"

Very fast typical northern B.M but with a cool guitar sound and to add a little extra touch, keyboards in some segments, is what this Swedish two piece is bringing to us. Some very good riffs and good material but I'm not to fond of the grim vocals. Half the songs are in Swedish but since it's hard to hear the words so isn't that very important. The production and mixing is pretty good so overall is this a good debut album, not very original though. The last track is a all keyboard track which reminds a bit of Burzum's, but more complexed. ~Marcus Karlsson
Thornium play a rather similar style than THE BLACK: harsh blast beats mixed with pounding midtempo parts and a very grim, shrieking voice. Also some interesting acoustic guitars parts can be found hers, which sound quite medieval and beware the listener from getting bored. Like THE BLACK, Thornium do some experiments with mystic sounding keyboard arrangements; not so convincing, if you ask me. Also, "Dominions..." has one song with a very annoying and monotone shit riff, that is repeates very often... I think it's the 4th or 5th song, I don't remember. But, it has (without doubt!!!) one of the GREATEST snyth-outros ever made.. (I must think of Isvind's "Bankand" a bit )... In general, an interesting piece, but sold out for ages, so your feeble tries to get it at Egay will (hopefully) be without success... ~Leichenstein

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