BROCAS HELM "Defender Of The Crown" CD self-financed
Their second album "Black Death" was released in 1988, and this new one in
2004... Can you imagine the long wait? But BROCAS HELM has never surrendered,
delivering two demos and two 7'' (plus the re-release of "Black Death") between
1990 and 2001, showing they were not dead. 1988 or 2004, one thing has not
changed : the musical world is ruled by deaf big labels, as the band has
to finance this album. Most of the songs were written in the nineties, but
they appear for the first time on an official disc. Fifteen gems... Epic
powerful tunes with a magic touch ("Cry Of The Banshee", "Ghost Story", "Time
Of The Dark"), great battle anthems ("Defender Of The Crown", "Helm's Deep",
"War Toons"), devastating spells ("Skullfucker", "Blood Machine", "Juggernaut"),
more traditional stuff ("Drink And Drive", "Never Kissed Goodbye"), an instrumental
of madness at full speed ("Persian Gulf"), and the disc ends with two brillant
pieces of epic art ("Children Of The Nova Dawn", "Drink The Blood Of The
Priest"). As always with BROCAS HELM, first class musicianship. And an absolute
jewel of epic metal! Buy or die!
Patrick Lefevre
BROCAS HELM "Black Death In Athens" LP Eat Metal
This is a kind of official bootleg of the BROCAS HELM's concert in Athens
(November 2001, the 25th). Well, I have a big disappointment : except for
the medieval ballad "The Chemist", there is no songs from the "Black Death"
album (the BROCAS HELM masterpiece !) on this live lp ! Really strange...
But... If you worship the "Into Battle" lp, it is heaven for you as they
played seven songs from this one : "Into Battle", "Metallic Fury", "Here
To Rock", "Warriors Of The Dark", "Ravenwreck", "Into The Ithilstone" and
"Dark Rider". Also to be found on this lp : live versions of "Blood Machine"
(from the 2001 7''), "Ghost Story" (from the 1994 demo / 1997 7''), "Drink
And Drive" (from the 1990 demo), "Drink The Blood Of The Priest". This live
recording gives the feeling that a special night of magic metal happened
in November 2001. Epic metal at its best played in front of an enthusiastic
audience full of greek warriors ! In spite of the lack of songs from the
"Black Death" classic, this live album is essential (get it fast before it's
too late) and is needed in each records collection of all epic metal lovers
!
Patrick Lefevre
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