Saturday, February 13, 2010

Cirith Ungol





frost & fire, 1980
king of the dead, 1984
one foot in hell, 1986
paradise lost, 1991
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Heavy metal is the law! Grim hard rock and heavy metal tagged as "cult" in the relevant circles. Grim and almost doom sometimes, this is more or less like "mob rules" era Sabbath with evil vocals that could almost fit in Burning Witch. "Frost and fire" does sound 70s hard rock and it gets slower & heavier on the following records. Excellent musicians and excellent production with for once a prominent bass guitar sound. And you got to love the artwork, which is precisely what drew my teenager self to them when "king" was released. Zombie kings with complicated swords is always a winner. An amazing segment in the history of metal !
CD rip.
Cirith Ungol on MySpace


5 comments:

  1. My friend brought these over when I was a punk teenager and I was, "Huh? Really. Look at this."
    "Ah, no wait and listen."
    "Incredible. Full on rockin' metal with no pretension and no camp. Tremendous."

    Maybe not exact quotes, but these fully belong in everyone's collection.

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  2. Can't say I'm a metal fan, but that cover art is very good.

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  3. hell yeah! not sure i'd agree with the lack of camp though. have you heard "100mph"?

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