Seal of Belial

Seal of Belial

Track Listings

1. Prolusio: Acies Sigillum

2. Sons of Belial

3. Chariot of Fire

4. Abysmal Hate

5. Legio Inferi

6. Mark of the Beast

7. Armageddon Revelation

8. Scythe of Death

Tracks:

7th Seal
Ancient Splendor
Aghast
Death As Solution
Unspoken Veneration
Death Cult Era
Vile Intervention
Gateway To Oblivion
Unholy War
Black Wings Of Death
Grievance

Customer Reviews:

Nocturnal... and a step back.......2007-05-12

OK... if you liked Nocturnal Beast (their last album) then you shall enjoy this... same thing... starts with a short intro and then goes right into the music. The music itself is great- typical Lord Belial- starts out with soft strums and then gets into the heaviness. Becklin still has that awesome demonic voice... but it must be giving out because on a few of the tracks he has a lot of guest vocalists (which in my opinion ruin the songs simply because it ruins it... there is one track with someone doing hardcore vocals that don't match Becklin's black metal ones... so it throws off the song entirely).

Vocal disputes aside... the album is still worth it for any Lord Belial fan and anyone else who is into black metal. Plus the album cover is just awesome...

just hope in the future they bring back the female vocals that were on Seal and Unholy War... those were what got me into this band.

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The Seal of Belial
Lord Belial
Manufacturer: Candlelight
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Revelation: The 7th Seal
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ASIN: B000AA4LHI
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

Prolusio: Acies Sigillum
Sons of Belial
Chariot of Fire
Abysmal Hate
Legio Inferi
Mark of the Beast
Armageddon Revelation
Scythe of Death

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Revelation: The 7th Seal
Lord Belial
Manufacturer: Regain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O59ZG6
Release Date: 2007-08-27

Tracks:

7th Seal
Ancient Splendor
Aghast
Death as Solution
Unspoken Veneration
Death Cult Era
Vile Intervention
Gateway to Oblivion
Unholy War
Black Wings of Death
Grievance

Album Details

The Masters of True Satanic Black Metal Return with a Limited Edition Version of their Latest Album "ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". Recent Years have Seen this Classic Group Go Through the Most Productive Period in the Bands History, the Synthesis of Hard Work and Legal Controversy Seems to have Brought Forth the Best from Them. With Anger Levels Now Seemingly Higher Than Ever the Band have Produced There Most Polished Work to Date. In the Name of Terror and Fear of the Powers of Darkness: Prepare for a Coming of a Modern Day Inhuman and Non-secular Satanism Channeled Through the Vehicle of Black Metal as Only These Infernal Servants Are Able To! Including a Dvd with the "Carving a Giant" Video and a Documentary About the Making of the Video.

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Melodic, grim, midpaced black metal
Up there with Angelgrinder!
Meh!

The Seal of Belial
Lord Belial
Manufacturer: Regain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002MVZ5K
Release Date: 2006-03-31

Tracks:

Prolusio: Acies Sigillum
Sons of Belial
Chariot of Fire
Abysmal Hate
Legio Inferi
Mark of the Beast
Armageddon Revelation
Scythe of Death

Album Description

The black metal act's fifth album is self-produced & was engineered by Andy La Rocque of King Diamond. For old school metal fans as well as fans of Dimmu Borgir & Cradle Of Filth. Regain. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Melodic, grim, midpaced black metal .......2005-11-27

The Seal of Belial is the fifth album from Swedish black metal band Lord Belial. Being produced and mixed by Andy La Rocque, it has a much fuller and powerful sound than their earlier releases and contains lots of melodic guitar playing and vocals that shift between tortured black shrieks and low death metal growls. I've always been a big fan of midpaced black metal littered with churning guitar riffs that achieve melancholy a la old Ulver and Agalloch. As a matter of fact, I had to think of Ulver when listening to the acoustic passage on the title track minus the folk elements. This song has a great melodic phrasing to it and the band also explores subtle variations of time signatures towards the end. Agalloch comparisons could be made about "Chariot of Fire", another midtempo cut with doubled vocals, gripping melodies, and lachrymose chanting-like lamentations.

Lord Belial's cold, dreary acoustic passages are laced with occasional clean spoken parts, while the faster and double drum bass-driven sections feature intensely powerful and raw experiments of the genre's earlier outputs. "Abysmal Hate" and "Legio Inferi" are speedy and grim works of modern black metal with occasional female vocals by Marielle Andersson and they alternate between moody, calm passages to crunchy (in a Dissection kind of way) guitar-driven crescendo riffs with almost sing-along vocal harmonies. There is an underlying yearning for Middle Eastern resonance on "Abysmal Hate" that could bring Nile to mind for a moment with sickening deep growls by frontman Thomas Backelin, but before the similarities are fully acknowledged, the song ventures into a symphonic black metal outro featuring impressive orchestration and sound effects. The last two songs also sport a guest appearance by Andy LaRocque who lays down killer lead guitar work. LaRocgue's triggered and compressed drum sound on "Armageddon Revelation" really pushes the song and allows Daniel Moilanen to enhance the creepy and evil atmosphere of the song. However, it is "Scythe of Death", the album finale, that might really impact the older Belial fans. This is the re-recorded version of the track which they previously released as an MCD, but with better production and musicianship. LaRocque's guitar work on it is awesome, producing thick riffs with plenty of hammer-ons and dark melodies pulled out from the pits of hell. The distant female vocals intensify the song further closing the album on a melancholic and forlorn note.

Recommended to fans of melodic and atmospheric black metal that carefully avoids non-stop double drum bass cliches and throat-ripping screams. Pick this up if you're into the earlier works of Ulver, some Agalloch, In the Woods, and the first Katatonia album.

Up there with Angelgrinder!.......2005-11-18

Lord Belial is one of the top Black Metal bands! Clever lyrics, melodic and powerful. Angelgrinder is their best so far, but this is close. LB will never sell out, they have INTEGRITY!

Meh!.......2005-07-11

this cds alright nothing at all original, to me it drags on tooooooooooooooooo long and sounds all the same.... id say get all the other albums except this one.... but if you must have this it aint bad... i played this cd at least 5 times in the 4months i had it, and its not the entire cd just about 2 songs... all in all not my fav. cd in my collection (theirs better bands)

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