Immortal Pride [Import]

Immortal Pride [Import]

Immortal Pride [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Psycho melodic black metal band from Poland, vaguely inspired by Dark Throne and Emperor. 3 tracks. Standard jewel case.

Immortal Pride,Graveland,Pidm
Faust (Sung in English)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Faust (Sung in English)
    Gounod , Clarke , Miles , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
    Manufacturer: Chandos
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00006NSEC
    Release Date: 2002-11-26
    Immortal Pride
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • 5 stars?????please,give me a break...
    • Masterpiece........Rob Darken's finest
    • One of Rob Darken's best
    • A Moment of Triumph
    • 5 Stars For It's Class
    		 Immortal Pride
    Graveland
    Manufacturer: Pidm
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00004GJTR
    Release Date: 2000-08-22

    Tracks:

    1. Intro (Day Of Fury)
    2. Sons Of Fire And Steel/Outro (Servants Of War)
    3. Sacrifice For Honour
    4. Outro (To Die In Glory)

    Album Description

    Psycho melodic black metal band from Poland, vaguely inspired by Dark Throne and Emperor. 3 tracks. Standard jewel case.

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars 5 stars?????please,give me a break..........2004-08-24

    With this album, Graveland showed everything...first of all, they suck as black,gothic,doom,whatever kind of metal they wanted to play...guitars look more like punk,with very basic metrics and chords. Drummer needs metronome...out of time, out of place, often repetitive and poor, very poor...
    Anyway, theres is always someone who likes to listen bad music!

    5 out of 5 stars Masterpiece........Rob Darken's finest.......2004-04-17

    I approached this album with some apprehension at first, considering the length of some of the songs, but I was proven wrong. This is the best Graveland album for me by far. The simple but majestic sound, the wonderful production and amazingly enough, the repetition make for an extremely hypnotic listen. This almost puts me in a trance, where I don't remember anything but listening to this album. Songs of Fire and Steel(the almost 25 minute one) is not only majestic, but it can honestly be called beautiful as well. Sacrifice for Honour doesn't quite measure up as well as the previous track, but it is still excellent. The intro and outro are pretty standard Graveland stuff, but this is one of their strong points,IMHO.
    If you only buy one Graveland album, buy this one. Also, for what it is worth, the booklet has some funny pics(especially the one about the Christian butchers).Just remember not to take Darken's statements seriously, for they are quite funny when taken with a grain of salt.

    5 out of 5 stars One of Rob Darken's best.......2003-12-06

    One sentence review: If you enjoy Viking era Bathory and especially `Hammerheart' and `Twilight Of The Gods' you MUST get this record!

    Ok, now for those unfortunate souls who are not familiar with the aforementioned records by Quorthon; `Immortal Pride' is an epic folk/pagan record which despite only containing four tracks still clocks in at around 50 minutes. This may lead the sceptics to be worried of the record getting boring at times. They could not be farther from the truth. Every note, every riff and every synth part play their own important part in making this a truly epic record. Rob Darken can easily be considered as one of the forefathers of the folk/pagan metal genres. Over the years he managed to hone his craft to allow him to release anguished soundscapes mourning his fallen Slavic forefathers in the countless battles they fought.

    Yes, Darken builds strongly on his Slavic and specifically Polish heritage and glorifies what he calls `White Warriors'. Whether or not you support his political stance, which undeniably gathers him many enemies, you cannot deny the fact that he manages to recreate the medieval atmosphere of the land of his forefathers through his music. That atmosphere and earnest admiration for his predecessors is what endears his music to many including myself. It is as if Sventevith himself is speaking through Darken and I cannot help but visualize images of the 19th century novel `Stara Basn' (Ancient Tale) by Jozef Igancy Kraszewski or the historically more recent exploits of Sienkiewicz's `Trilogy'.

    Darken takes care of all the instruments other than the drums on this record. The skins are manned by Capricornus who in my view has significantly improved his skills over the years. I have not really owned a lot of original material by Graveland prior to hearing this record but did of course check out a lot of his stuff through the internet. None of it gripped me as strong as did this record.

    To sum it up: hate, atmosphere, historic relevance, integrity, heritage are keywords that sum up this record musically and ideologically. Even though Graveland will probably never achieve the popularity of one Quorthon and Bathory, this record beats the Swede at what he does best. As history has taught us the Poles have beaten Swedish attacks on more than one occasion and they succeed here as well. ;-)

    No Graveland record would be complete without a personal message from Darken: "Christian butchers that today are adored as saints murdered my ancestors that full of immortal pride did not want to accept strange faith"

    10/10

    5 out of 5 stars A Moment of Triumph.......2003-10-10

    In the constant world of Black Metal, there are artists popping up everywhere it seems. Be it the likes of Judas Iscariot or Dimmu Borgir, they are always popping up. Naturally, this makes it quite hard for an artist to "survive" in the world (especially the highly critical Black Metal scene). Even more challenging is to create something unique and equally powerful. Well, to say the least, Rob Darken has achieved this with Immortal Pride. Epic and relaxing, Immortal Pride stands alone with its quality and power.

    When I listen to this record, my heart fills up with pride and comfort. Unlike much Black Metal, Immortal Pride is a very relaxed listen. I find it to soothe my sorrows and mend any troubles I'm having. It really possess a quality not often experienced with Black Metal or Metal in general.

    As for the songs themselves, there are two instrumental tracks (an intro and an outro) as well as the two "core" songs: Sons Of Fire And Steel and Sacrifice For Honour. Sons Of Fire And Steel lasts about 24 minutes taking you to pure peace of the mind and body. The production of the album is very "soft" and soothing, taking off the rough edge. As usual, keyboards are used with sheer brilliance; they are not overbearing but they are also heard clearly. Guitars are blended into the calming breeze of music as well as the drums. Vocals are not as frequent or loud due to the production and song-length. Along with the usual Black Metal rasps, there are also clean choir-like vocals that make the music as majestic and beautiful as ever. They are used wonderfully. To sum it up, all instruments are used in the right place at the right time. There is nothing to complain about.

    If you are in quest for something unique, beautiful and powerful I suggest Immortal Pride. It is an album that is both Black Metal yet it is miles away from your typical Black Metal album. Being both innovative and imaginative, this is an album for all who wish to experience some of Metal's best moments.

    5 out of 5 stars 5 Stars For It's Class.......2003-06-28

    It's not right ot label this as a generic black metal album. First of all, with 50+ minutes of music, and one song being 20 minutes long and another 16, it makes the cd definitely a different listen. The vocals are few and farspread. I'd just classify the whole album as instrumental. The album is most like Creed of Iron, not their old stuff i.e. Celtic Winter, Carpathian Wolves, In The Glare of Burning Churches. It's very well produced. Just try and make sure you hear a song from it before you buy it, it's quite different.

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