A truly awesome demo from a one-man band; epic, melodic but unrepentantly dark black metal. With some of the best keyboards in the genre, and a drum machine that sounds even better than the early Septic flesh/Rotting Christ releases, which I considered for quite some time the only decent drum machine-backed bands. Excellent guitars, nothing mind blowing but well-done; the overall sound of the band and production is just magnificent. Highly recommended along with the next demo, which I like even more. Oh, the vocals are sweet too. Great release.
This one is amazing. Everything is better; the medieval keyboards reach unbelievable levels of epicness, they work better with the guitars, the drum machine is awesome, the vocals better, the riffs are fucking awesome, the arrangements of the songs are brutal, epic and surprisingly confident; other bands never reach this kind of level in composition after 20 releases, let alone one. "Path to the Unholy Frozen Empire" is one of the best song titles ever. Goddamn epic. And look at that cover. I like this one so much I'm a little bit afraid to check out the rest of their discography--tired of being disappointed all the time; but the reviews on encyclopedia metallum are heartening.
Links: This is the only one that seems official - Godkiller - here you can download both of these demos. Can't find anything else.
Seriously check them out, at least The Warlord.
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