The Metal Crypt on Facebook  The Metal Crypt's YouTube Channel
Review: Runemagick - Dawn of the End
Runemagick
www.runemagick.se
Dawn of the End

Label: Aftermath Music
Year released: 2007
Duration: 62:11
Tracks: 8
Genre: Doom/Death

Rating:
4.5/5


Review online: October 8, 2007
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
Readers' Rating
How do you rate this release?

Rated 2.79/5 (55.71%) (14 Votes)
Review

Another satisfying Runemagick release. This is…what, their 10th album? I can't keep track anymore. Nobody else works as fast as Nicklas and his outfit, churning out so many good albums. This one is much more in the vein of their masterwork Darkness Death Doom, still straddling that line between straight Death Metal and outright Doom. This is one of their heaviest albums, and the riffery reminds me very much of their older works like Enter The Realm Of Death. The more pugilistic elements are well mixed with the expected spacier passages, and overall this album creates a very satisfying feel, balancing all the elements so that nothing really predominates. If any album in their busy career could be called a 'typical' Runemagick album, this would be it, as every element of the band's signature sound gets equal play. Highlights like "Chthonic Temple Smoke", "Volcano Throne", and "Magus Of Fire" show off why this is a great band.

More about Runemagick...
Review: Beyond the Cenotaph of Mankind (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Darkness Death Doom (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Enter The Realm of Death (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Envenom (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Evoked from Abysmal Sleep (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Into Desolate Realms (reviewed by MetalMike)
Review: Into Desolate Realms (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Invocation of Magick (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: On Funeral Wings (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Requiem of the Apocalypse (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: The Opening of Dead Gates (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: The Supreme Force of Eternity (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Interview with Nicklas Rudolfsson on August 1, 2003 (Interviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Click below for more reviews
Latest 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Various Books/Zines 



The Metal Crypt - Crushing Posers Since 1999
Copyright  © 1999-2024, Michel Renaud / The Metal Crypt.  All Rights Reserved.