Hades
The Dawn Of The Dying Sun
[Full Moon]


viking metal from sweeden came out at '96. hades music is quite typical for it's genere , the songs are quite long and the lyrics are mostly about the viking gods. even though, this album has a special feel, the guitar riffs are mostly mid paced acompannied by keyboards here and there and it is very much folk influenced. there are also aucustic parts (especially on the 4th song , wich is excellent ). they also use some more traditional instruments in the last song. the vocals are more grim black metal style instead of the more clean vocals oftenly used in viking metal, wich are used here only in the intro of one song and and mainly in the last song. the production om this album is quite rough and grindy which gives the drums a somewhat hallow sound , but in general a harsh feeling for the whole album. conclusion : a good album made by a good band , maybe they could be better , but because of songs like "alone walkyng" , "awakening of kings" or "crusade of the underworld hordes" this album is definetly worth checking out.


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