Search - Emperor, Immortal, Dimmu Borgir :: True Kings of Norway

The Arcturus tracks are worth the price of the CD.

Yohan Loud | Long Island, NY | 06/21/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Arcturus is one of the best, most diverse black metal bands out there. I loved Aspera Hiems Symfonia, La Mas., and the remix album. I couldn't find these two tracks anywhere. These two tracks are from their first recording (My Angel 7"). They are the best tracks on the CD. The drumming and the keyboards make the two tracks awesome. Garm does not sing on these recordings, some other guy does the vocals and plays guitar here. The keyboards add a classical, atmosphere sound to the music. This band was probably the first to do this in Black Metal from Norway. The Emperor tracks are awesome, but there are different versions that can be found on the Wrath of the Tyrant album. The third track has really low distorted vocals on it. Most of the Dimmu tracks can be found on their first album "For All Tid". These are awesome tracks, they played more of a Folkish, etheral black metal at the time and does not reflect on how they sound now. The Immortal tracks are on the death metal side except for the vocals which are in black metal style. The material is very similiar sounding to their first album. The best Immortal album is "Battles from the North" (I think thats right). The Ancient tracks can be found on a album of theirs that has their best material on it. This is a good introduction if you want to get into early 90's black metal. Most of the bands on the CD have better material than this. This CD was released so the fans of the bands can find hard to find material. Awesome family tree showcasing most of the bigger bands from Norway."