Eternal Helcaraxe - Against All Odds

I am extremely impressed by Eternal Helcaraxe's latest album "Against All Odds". So impressed in fact that I have already gone on record in another publication as saying that I felt it is one of the best album's to be released so far in 2012.
For those of you who don't know yet, Eternal Helcaraxe are an Irish band that sounds like a cross between black metal and Amon Amarth. Unlike most black metal bands that do their best to sound as evil as possible, Eternal Helcaraxe pile on the viking/pagan metal sound and the result is so profoundly awesome that words can hardly describe it.
In a nutshell though: try to imagine old-school In Flames and Amon Amarth combined with black metal. Awesome right? This album is going to definitely be on my "best of" end of the year lists without a doubt. If you're a metalhead that has ever been leery of listening to black metal in the past, dismissing it as noise or just turned off by it in general, check Eternal Helcaraxe out and see how well it can be done. Many BM purists will be horrified by this, but fuck 'em and pick up a fantastic album. All of the album is fantastic but if I had to pick a favorite it would probably be "Invictus" with its majestic melody. Check it out as soon as it releases on April 27th. (9.5/10) 

Curt 


2 comments:

  1. Excellent interview and of course I agree that " Against All Odds " will be among the best albums of 2012.

    I love Eternal Helcaraxe so much.

    Hails from Mexico !

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  2. Thanks, appreciate the comment!

    Curt

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