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Review: Mooncitadel - Stardawn Usurper
Mooncitadel
Stardawn Usurper

Label: Out of the Dungeon
Year released: 2025
Duration: 33:39
Tracks: 4
Genre: Black Metal

Rating:
3.75/5


Review online: August 10, 2025
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
Review

This is a Black Metal band from Finland who are definitely wading in the deeply melodic and epic end of the pool. I mean the first track of this thing is a five-minute intro and it is a full minute into track 2 before you hear a single guitar riff—it's that kind of album. This is very reminiscent of stuff like Moonlight Sorcery or Evilfeast, with the long songs and a lot of keys layered into the mix. It's going for "epic" but a lot of it is just long, and the riffs are not quite good enough to be repeated as many times as they are. I do like the very excessive nature of it all, with the songwriting coming across as quite chaotic in a fun way. I can't say it is awesome, but I still like it.

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