Black Reign

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When New Jersey's Dana Owens adopted the stage moniker of Queen Latifah when she launched her rap career in 1989, she also assumed the regal bearing and flowing clothes of African royalty. Her raps not only demanded respect but also radiated an unassailable air of authority. Since then Latifah has branched out as an actress (starring in the TV sitcom Living Single), businesswoman (she co-owns Flavor Unit Management, which handles rappers like Naughty by Nature), and singer (she sings with a live jazz band on the concluding cut of a later album), but that imposing dignity remains her trump card on Black Reign, her first album for Motown after an unfriendly split with Tommy Boy. Her refusal to be pigeonholed or limited in any way is part and parcel of her demand for respect and makes her one of the most rapidly evolving artists in hip-hop. --Geoffrey Himes

Black Reign,Queen Latifah,Motown / Pgd,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Average customer rating: Da Queen hit'em hard wit dis one Queen Latifah's in the house. The queen reigns supreme on this one BlAcK ReIGn Very funky album! The Tony Dofat songs still stand out!

Black Reign Queen Latifah Manufacturer: Motown ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nature of a Sista All Hail the Queen Order in the Court She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits Mr. Smith ASIN: B000001AL0 Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

1. Black Hand Side
2. Listen 2 Me
3. I Can't Understand
4. Rough
5. 4 The D.J.'s
6. Bring The Flavor
7. Coochie Bang...
8. Superstar
9. No Work
10. Just A Flow (Interlude)
11. Just Another Day...
12. U.N.I.T.Y.
13. Weekend Love
14. Mood Is Right
15. Winki's Theme

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When New Jersey's Dana Owens adopted the stage moniker of Queen Latifah when she launched her rap career in 1989, she also assumed the regal bearing and flowing clothes of African royalty. Her raps not only demanded respect but also radiated an unassailable air of authority. Since then Latifah has branched out as an actress (starring in the TV sitcom Living Single), businesswoman (she co-owns Flavor Unit Management, which handles rappers like Naughty by Nature), and singer (she sings with a live jazz band on the concluding cut of a later album), but that imposing dignity remains her trump card on Black Reign, her first album for Motown after an unfriendly split with Tommy Boy. Her refusal to be pigeonholed or limited in any way is part and parcel of her demand for respect and makes her one of the most rapidly evolving artists in hip-hop. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Da Queen hit'em hard wit dis one.......2007-06-02

Da Queen brought it all together on this one. She had already earned respect with her other albums, but this one put her on an even higher level than previous records did. She gave us everything on this one. She gave us Black Hand Side (catchy), Rough (the title speaks for itself), U.N.I.T.Y. (da anthem) and Just Another Day (smooth) and everything else in between. Most MC's can barely do more than one type of song, but she showed much versatility and that's why it is worth buying. This was the best Latifah album ever!

Queen Latifah's in the house........2007-04-15

People do not really associate Queen Latifah with her music as much as her acting. Upon hearing her music... I was impressed, her songs are really funky and fun, including fast ryhmes and cool jazz with that 90's flair. This album is good, but I think her "All Hail The Queen" album is much better!

The queen reigns supreme on this one.......2006-10-16

Standout tracks: BLACK HAND SIDE, LISTEN TO ME, I CANT UNDERSTAND, ROUGH(classic match up), BRING THE FLAVOR, COOCHIE BANG(nice safe sex promotion in this song), SUPERSTAR, JUST ANOTHER DAY(classic), U.N.I.T.Y.(best anti-misogynist record ever!) WINKI'S THEME(touching tribute to her dead brother) etc. Filler: I never liked Weekend Love but thats it. Bottom Line: Queen Latifah gives you and undeniable classic and unfortunately its the last good album you'll here from her. While she showcases her skills on songs like Black Hand Side, Rough, Bring the Flavor, she gives you some gems like Coochie Bang and U.N.I.T.Y(a song which she addresses misogyny). You will never hear records like these from these overrated drama queens that the rap game is infested with nowadays! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!

BlAcK ReIGn.......2006-08-30

Remember good hip hop music through the QUEEN!!! Check it out, all the tracks are cool. Especially recommended for those who haven't listened to this LP in awhile to re-discover it. A++

Very funky album! The Tony Dofat songs still stand out! .......2006-03-06

This album from Queen Latifah still is a favorite to me! Makes me think that a live band is performing this entire album instead of different producers and samples. Especially U.N.I.T.Y. which is so funky--I'm thinking that there are live horns and a band instead of a sample. But there are countless standouts, especially Black Hand Side, I Can't Understand, Just Another Day, her tribute to her late brother and others. My favorites are the Tony Dofat produced songs, with his hard beats and the echoes on some of those beats. Dofat did about 6 to 7 songs, while S.I.D. and Kay Gee did the other half of the album. Dofat gives the S.I.D. songs some tight competition! I still like Listen 2 Me, perhaps Dofat's best produced song then or now. But Latifah's themes of standing up for yourself and making women take control of their lives are a common theme througout this album and that's what I love about Black Reign. I was pleased that she won a Grammy for U.N.I.T.Y.! I've played it more ever since it won. It makes this album more respectable. An album that I still love to this day!

Average customer rating: Good for fans of Samael Samael, evolving nicely... SHORT REVIEW HERE Pleasantly surprised Very disappointing album for a longtime Samael fan.

Reign of Light Samael Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Alt Industrial | Industrial Dance General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Eternal Passage Era One + Lesson in Magic Exodus Ceremony of Opposites + Rebellion [EP] ASIN: B0007D4MJU Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. Moongate
2. Inch'Allah
3. High Above
4. Reign of Light
5. On Earth
6. Telepath
7. Oriental Dawn
8. As the Sun
9. Further
10. Heliopolis
11. Door of Celestial Peace
12. Telepathic [*]
13. Telepath [Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

Good for fans of Samael.......2007-02-10

This is a very good album. However, not all of the songs are winners. The best songs are Inch'Allah, On Earth, Telepath, Heliopolis, Telepathic. For some reason, the rest aren't that interesting. It's odd how Samael has a tendancy to make some great songs, and simultaneously make songs that somehow seem lifeless. The music on this album is at a medium tempo with plenty of keyboards. Some of the songs sound like they use Middle Eastern sounds, specifically Inch'Allah and Heliopolis.

Samael, evolving nicely..........2007-02-06

I love the evolution of Samael, as they have moved slowly away from the cheesy, no-talent, cookie-monster vocal death garbage. This band has improved with each album & I believe the death 'n' cheese fans just need to find a new favorite band. There are plenty of childish Satan-bands out there that have the awful, froggy vocals. Those of us who love good music appreciate the evolving sound. If Samael puts out a Techno album in the near future, it will not only be great, it will make total sense.

Buy it.

SHORT REVIEW HERE.......2006-07-27

Nobody wants to read a 50 paragraph review about trying to get your wife to dance.

Buy this CD.....it's awesome

Pleasantly surprised.......2006-07-21

One thing you should know about me is that I'm not a black metal fan. Not in the slightest, which is probably why I never gave Samael a chance until recently. However, this album isn't at all black metal, as you've probably figured out by now from the other reviews. If anything, it's industrial metal with extreme metal vocals sprinkled on top, so don't be turned off if 'black metal' is mentioned in this review if you feel the same way about that genre as I do.

Although I had previously sampled some clips from Passage and Eternal, it was the song "Telepath" that gave birth to my interest in this Swiss band, and was the reason why I bought this album, 2004's Reign of Light. While I wasn't completely thrilled on first listen, I started to enjoy this CD more and more with each spin in the stereo, and before I knew it I was singing along to the songs - even though I couldn't comprehend the lyrics. There's definitely a Rammstein similarity, as several others have mentioned already, but there's enough differences in Samael's music to set them apart from the "Neue Deutsche Harte" scene (aside from the fact that they're not German :-P). I would say this sounds like Rammstein taking an experimental turn in their music, using a wider variety of sounds and adding vocals similar to those of Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath. There's also an Eastern feel to some of the songs, making for an interesting escape from the otherwise 'outer space-y' theme the band tend to stick with. I'd say my individual favorites off RoL would be opener "Moongate" - which has a catchy chorus and would serve quite well on the dancefloor, the aforementioned "Telepath," and "Heliopolis" - although all the tracks are good in their own right and are all listenable.

I'd recommend this to anyone looking for something a little different in the overpopulated, somewhat predictable genre of modern metal. It's definitely a refreshing escape from the Shadows Falls and Lamb of Gods of today, and could fit in in a moshpit as easily as it could a dancefloor.

Similar artists: Rammstein, OOMPH!, Dimmu Borgir, And Oceans, (newer) Theatre of Tragedy, (newer) Crematory

Very disappointing album for a longtime Samael fan........2006-05-21

I've followed the career of Samael since the very beginning (back in the early 90s). If you played their debut album "Worship Him" back to back with "Reign of Light", you'd be pretty hard-pressed to believe it is in fact the same band. What began as a very basic, raw black metal band has progressed into an industrial entity with slashes of electronics, gothic rock, nu-metal and only the slightest remnants of black metal remaining. Throughout this gradual transformation, I have always remained a fan. Each album progresses further away from their roots, but always opens up new doors of experimentation and opportunity.

It's been 5 years since Samael's last release "Eternal". They've had some serious label issues that have resulted in a necessary hiatus. This has meant that my expectations for this new album were extremely high. I figured 5 years break should allow the band to come back with increased enthusiasm and inspiration. Perhaps even write a complex album to match the heights of 1996's "Passage". Unfortunately, this isn't the case. If anything, I feel this is quite a lacklustre release. It certainly has the sort of variation of sounds that have illuminated their work and it most definitely has made a progression even further away from the last release, but I can't help feeling that there is something missing from "Reign of Light". Or maybe it's just that Samael have finally moved too far from where I feel comfortable. It's just not metal any more!

It all starts promisingly enough, with "Moongate" being a really good track. I can even cope with the rap-like vocals as they work quite well in this instance. It's around track 4 (the title track) that the disappointment starts setting in for me. It becomes apparent that Samael are attempting to reach a commercial audience, which is made all the more strange by the fact that there are still no clean vocals. Basically, Samael have ended up somewhere in the vicinity of Rammstein, without any sort of dance-floor presence. Tracks like "As the Sun" are unlikely to sit well with metal fans and they are not really going to impress fans of Rammstein either. So whom exactly is this album directed at? I really couldn't say.

Now don't get me wrong, this is not a terrible release. There are many sections that I enjoy quite a bit. But I can't help longing for an earlier incarnation of Samael to raise its head. Maybe they can come back from this, but if we have to wait another 5 years till the next release sees the light of day, you can scrub Samael off my "anticipated future release" list.

Average customer rating: ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.

Handel: Belshazzar Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Pinnock, Trevor | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Samson Handel: Alexander's Feast Handel - Joshua / Kirkby, Bowman, Oliver, Ainsley, George, The King's Consort Handel - Deborah / Y. Kenny · Gritton · Denley · Bowman · M. George · The King's Consort · King Handel: Solomon ASIN: B0001ZWGHY Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
3. Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
4. The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
5. Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
6. Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
7. Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
8. Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
9. Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
10. Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
11. Now, Tell Me, Gobrias
12. Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
13. Can You Then Think It Strange
14. Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
15. My Friends, Be Confident
16. All Empires Upon God Depend
17. Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
18. Rejoyce, My Countrymen
19. Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

Tracks:

1. Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
2. For You, My Friends
3. The Leafy Honours Of The Field
4. It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
5. Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
6. They Tell You True
7. Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
8. By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
9. See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
10. You See, My Friends, A Path
11. Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
12. To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
13. Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
14. Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
15. Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
16. Call All My Wise Men

Tracks:

1. A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
2. Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
3. Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
4. Oh King, Live For Ever!
5. No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
6. Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
7. Oh Sentence To Severe!
8. Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
9. You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
10. Oh Glorious Prince!
11. Alternate Hopes And Fears
12. Fain Would I Hope
13. Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
14. My Hopes Revive
15. Bel Boweth Down!
16. I Thank, Thee, Sesach
17. A Martial Symphony
18. To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
19. Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
20. Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
21. Say, Venerable Prophet
22. Tell It Out Among The Heathen
23. Yes, I Will Build Thy City
24. I Will Magnify Thee

Customer Reviews:

ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".

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Black Reign: Buried Live Venom Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000068GTG Release Date: 2002-08-19

Tracks:

1. Cursed
2. Need To Kill
3. In Memory Of (Paul Miller 1964 Through 1990)
4. Wolverine
5. Arachnid
6. Im Paralysed
7. Crucified
8. Into The Fire
9. Riddle Of Steel
10. Shadow King
11. Trinity MCMXLV
12. Black Legions
13. Parasite
14. Acid
15. Tribes
16. Even In Heaven
17. Kissing The Beast
18. Live Like An Angel
19. Welcome To Hell
20. Bursting Out
21. Countess Bathory
22. Black Metal
23. Buried Alive
24. Die Hard
25. Angel Dust
26. Witching Hour
27. Teachers Pet
28. School Daze
29. In Nomine Satanas
30. Blood Lust
31. Hell Bent For Leather
32. Speed King

Album Description

2002 reissue for the British heavy metal icons combines the 1996 compilation, 'Black Reign' with 1999's 'Buried Alive'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue features Rare, Live, Obscure and Alternate Takes as Well as the Best Tracks from the Albums "Black Reign" and "Buried Alive".

Average customer rating: AWESOME Great Death Metal

Dark Pantheons Again Will Reign Agiel Manufacturer: Unique Leader ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Perceptive Deception Cabinet ASIN: B000063WZS Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

1. Deeds Rendered Upon The Flesh
2. The Awakening
3. Rotting Stagnant Earth
4. Adab To The Mighty
5. Serpent Masquerade
6. Principle Of Discord
7. Yaweh Is My Sacrifice
8. The Eternal Triumvirate
9. Dark Pantheons Again Will Reign
10. The Kingdom Complete
11. Andromeda

Customer Reviews:

AWESOME.......2004-01-23

Agiel is one of the best bands I've personally ever lived downstairs from. Mike is one of the best guitarists i've ever met and James ain't a bad singer either, even though he never sang for me. Anyway, if you like this album, you should hear their new stuff that's going to be released soon. Mike's really breaking new ground with it.

Great Death Metal.......2003-02-26

What can I say; this is easily one of the most technically impressive and musically engaging metal CDs I have heard in the past few years. I consider it to be on par with some of the finer works of the genre. I would encourage any fan of death metal to at least listen to this.

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Killing Absorption Fleshgore Manufacturer: This Dark Reign ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GW8Q80 Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

1. Domain of Death
2. Devoured by Helminthes
3. Sky Funeral
4. Infernal Earth
5. Severe Pain
6. Interuterine Dilemms
7. Prepare to Die
8. Plague
9. Vengeance Expectation

Album Description

Killing Absorption is a testament to gutteral death metal with blast beats, savage induced guitar riffs and vo-kills so brutal you'd think the beast itself were screaming them

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Dreamslave Asguard Manufacturer: This Dark Reign ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wikka ASIN: B000A2UBMU Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

1. There Is No Time for Inaction
2. Under the Silent Moon
3. Dreamslave
4. Masquerade
5. In the World of Violence and Lies
6. Master of Everything
7. Supremacy Over the World
8. Main Art of Mortal
9. Slave Forever
10. Time of Eternal Dream
11. Crash of Hope
12. Last Day of the Real Existence
13. Eternal Dream
14. Infinite Road to Hell
15. Dark Veil of Dreams
16. Where Once the Moon Rose

Customer Reviews:

.......2005-09-05

Melodic Black Metal with Death Metal influences is how this release can be best described as. It is a very atmospheric record, but the atmosphere itself doesn't eclipse the vigorousness of the music. While the guitars play the role as the main carriers of a song, the keyboards are up there most of the time as well maintaining an equilibrium and adding serene segments that sound beautifully majestic. The album is divided in four parts and there's 16 songs in total, some of them being short ambient instrumental interludes that serve as bridges between the heavier compositions. The orchestrated fantasy-like pieces are one of the best features about this album, but that's because I'm a big fan of the older Satyricon/Bal-Sagoth epic scores that characterized their older albums. Expect a nice blend of harmless black metal with lots of melody. If you're into the above elements I described you will be pleased by what these guys are offering. If extreme brutality and over the top speed is what you're looking for, search elsewhere.

Average customer rating: High quality death metal Polish Sausage! Great Metal-Great Band They don't get much heavier than this! I LIKE THIS GROUP

Blood/Reign Forever World Vader Manufacturer: Metal Blade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Revelation Litany The Beast De Profundis Ultimate Incantation ASIN: B0000E331L Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Shape Shifting
2. Be Bait
3. Us The Fallen Rise
4. Son Of Fire
5. Traveler
6. When Darkness Falls
7. Reign Forever World
8. Frozen Paths
9. Privelige Of The Gods
10. Total Disaster
11. Rapid Fire
12. Freezing Moon
13. Creatures of Light and Darkness-Live
14. Carnal-Live
15. Red Dunes
16. Lord of Desert

Album Description

Contains Blood EP with bonus Reign Forever World on one disc.

Customer Reviews:

High quality death metal.......2006-05-14

For me, one of the things that separates high quality exceptional death metal from the average stuff is if the songs are easily distinguishable from one another, have a variety of tempo in the riffing, and (just personally) limited use of blast beats. This release (actually 2 releases on one disc) by Vader really does it for me - I just want to crank it up loud. Vader have figured one thing out that a lot of DM bands haven't - that ultra speed and blast beats are most effective when they aren't the only thing in the song. There are some thrash elements here, and this death thrash mix is just a perfect mix, tremelo picking and speedy riffs from the death metal side and some palm muting and breakdown thrash parts - it all gives the album DYNAMICS, which you aren't going to find on something like an Exhumed album. Choice tracks on this bad boy are Reign Forever World, Shape Shifting, We Wait, and Lord of Desert

Polish Sausage!.......2004-08-09

Let me Say that this is the First Death Metal CD that I have bought. I started downloading stuff like Morbid Angel, Monstrosity, Malevolent Creation, Possessed, and Macabre (funny stuff), several others and Vader. Out of all of them, it was Vader that jumped out at me and grabbed my short attention span the most. Vocalist/Guitarist Peter manages to have somewhat of an original Death Metal Growl and can actually be heard (unlike Cannibal Corpse). The drummer Doc is amazing. I'll put it like this, Doc sends Dave Lombardo running for his life! But back to the record.

It's 2 of their EP's put on 1 CD for us Americans. 1 problem though. Apparently The Angel of Death (Thin Lizzy Cover) is removed for the Blood EP portion. (Check out the Imports) Vader grabs your attention and doesn't let go, except on the Keyboard intro Red Dunes. On the album as a whole, it great; but the problem is that on tracks 1 and 2 there is a small background clicking noise when it gets quiet. It's as if the CD is scratched. (I know its not scratched, because I downloaded the 2 tracks before buying it) This is because they were produced in a different area. It isn't that bad on We Wait, but its annoying on Shape Shifting. It is however less noticeable if you don't listen to it on headphones. The rest of the record(s) is great.

The track As the Fallen Rise gets straight to the point. (There's a Shredding Solo 3 seconds into it!) Tracks 10-12 are covers; the most interesting is Freezing Moon because of Peter's bizarre vocals. The Live Versions of Creatures of Light and Darkness and Carnal barely sound live except for the vocals. It then closes with the fantastic Lord of Desert. Why not 5 stars? Because of the lack of the thin Lizzy Cover and judging from other stuff I've heard from these guys, this is nothing! I originally was going to purchase Black to the Blind, but the cursed Record store didn't have anything else. This, my friends, is good Death Metal. Stuff Straight from Poland.

Great Metal-Great Band.......2004-07-24

Unlike other bands, Vader continues to be brutally heavy year after year. This Polish (awesome) band has amazing guitars that leave other bands scratching their heads as to how they can play that fast. The drummer is also a master at his art, and his skill is shown vividly on Blood and Reign Forever World.
Both these albums contain mountains of solos, heavy riffing, and skilled drums. The vocals are also wonderful, escaping the gore metal growls of cannibal coprse while still having a certain degree of heaviness and death about them. Song after song Vader delivers without compromise. The live songs on Reign Forever World are a welcome addition to the album, Carnal being sent to new heights of energy. The covers are also a pleasant surprise, one Judas Priest song and the great Freezing Moon performed with a mastery that it never was before.
For any fan of metal, black, death, or thrash this band will not disappoint.

They don't get much heavier than this!.......2004-03-24

What's good about it?

Vader's latest Metal Blade release is a combination of their 2001 studio release Reign Forever World and their 2003 EP Blood. Essentially, you get a splattering of Vader's most recent work combined with two live tracks and three covers. No matter who's behind it, death metal is just plain brutal and Vader is damn proud to have that label. Rapid solos, heavily distorted riffs, and raw vocals explode on the opening track "Shape Shifting." Let's face it; you know that formula is not going to change. Vader whips right through three of their two-minute blood soaked anthems; "As the Fallen Rise Again," "Son of Fire," and "Traveler." Each track is more intense then the last. You'll feel the heat as Peter unleashes some punishing vocals that will surely open the gates of hell and release the evil within. Although some of the guitar and drum work tend to sound alike, Vader changes up the rhythm just enough to notice a difference.

Vader's lead ax-men could sure give Eddie Van Halen, Marty Friedman, and other shredders a run for their money on "Frozen Paths." How they can play that fast and hit every note is beyond me. There are a lot of satanic references on "Privilege of the Gods," and that's not any different from the album as a whole. The guitars are deafening on "Reign Forever World," and nothing's wrong with that (what did you say?). Vader's covers of "Total Disaster" (Destruction) and "Freezing Moon" (Mayhem) may be true to the original, but I really don't know. However, I never imagined that "Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest) could be so heavy and still enjoyable. The two live tracks, "Creatures of Light and Darkness" and "Carnal," are nearly flawless. It must have been a weeknight when they were recording: the applause sounds like there are no more than twenty people in the room.

Anything bad?

The intensity is all but sucked away on the one-minute keyboard instrumental "Red Dunes."

Bottom Line

If you like your guitars heavy, ultra-fast, and intense; your drums rapid and head pounding; and your vocals loud, harsh, and brutal; Vader will not let you down. Overall, the mixture of studio, live, covers, and instrumentals are a little inconsistent.

I LIKE THIS GROUP.......2004-02-09

Vader is not my favorite band but they do kick some serious ass.
Doc is a madman on the drums with pummeling double-bass assaults
and intense skin banging,great vocals and killer riffs and solo's
.This Vader album is probably the best yet.It's really the only one i've gotten into.This is not death-metal(it has talent in it)
if you are a death metal fan and are into Cannibal Corpse,Morbid
Angel,Deceide then you will not like this.Now if your a fan of
Slayer you will like this to an extent.But if you're like me and
are a big fan of heavy metal/metalcore and like bands like As I
Lay Dying,Bleeding Through,Lamb Of God,Killswitch Engage,Chimaira
,Poison The Well,Pantera,Slipknot,e.t.c then Vader's Blood+Reign
Forever World will be a God-send.Get it now.

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Palace Of Black Manufacturer: Steelheart ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BWCQ72

Product Description

SONGS: 1. My Anger 2. Seasons 3. Burnt Offerings 4. This Side Of Summer 5. Season Of Madness 6. Did I Know You 7. Farewell To All The Kings 8. You Walk Alone 9. Under A Midnight Sun (instrumental) PALACE OF BLACK is an exciting Metal project featuring vocalist Michael Vescera (MALMSTEEN, REIGN OF TERROR and LOUDNESS) and guitarist Paul Marko (NOVEMBER 67). There is more than a heavy nod to the grandfathers of Metal - BLACK SABBATH on this album. The first riff from "My Anger" determines much of the style of the album from the word go and the playing is skilful if not overwhelming. Vocally Vescera is in fine form songs such as "Seasons" show depth and imagination and strong chorus plus mature song writing. This would set more than happily on any later SABBATH release. Again "Burnt Offerings" retains a crisp driving riff with a melodic chorus passage. Wind down CANDLEMASS a few notches and you will get a sense of what PALACE OF BLACK are trying to achieve. It's nice to find a Metal band that doesn't want to hammer everything into the ground with frenetic riffing and drumming. The almost languid pace at which some of the songs canter along is refreshing as it is appealing. "This Side Of Summer" is a monster ballad that starts slowly and crashes in with a stomping riff. PALACE OF BLACK are firmly rooted in 80's Heavy Metal and are different in that they are not playing million miles an hour Epic Power Metal nor European Melodic Metal. If you fancy a change and a gearshift or two down then Vescera and Marko may well be a welcome respite.

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Under the Ancient Penalty Negative Reaction Manufacturer: This Dark Reign ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Emissaries ASIN: B000FGG5JE Release Date: 2006-06-20

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8. Alone

Album Description

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