BROCAS HELM "Into Battle" CD Eat Metal
Re-release of the '84 album. Opener "Metallic fury" is a call to warriors.
"Into Battle" is a fantastic hymn. "Here To Rock" is fast and straight. "Beneath
a Haunted Moon" is a very heavy and possessed tune. "Warriors Of The Dark"
attacks with heavy/speed from hell. "Preludious" is an up tempo instrumental.
"Ravenswreck" is powerful and superb. "Dark Rider" is another heavy/speed
from hell. "Night Siege" is threatening. "Into The Ithilstone" is magic and
closes magnificently the album. A legend of an epic heavy metal band was
born, in iron and blood. The bonus are the "Into Battle" '83 demo and a live
video of "Ravenwreck" filmed in 1983.
Patrick Lefevre
BROCAS HELM "Black Death" CD Eat Metal
Re-release of the '88 album. It begins with the "Black Death Overture", followed
by the mad and deadly fantastic anthem "Black Death". "Prepare For Battle"
is a tune for the knights before going on the battlefield. "Hell's Whip"
is a monster of heaviness. "Satan's Prophet" is a furious assault. "Fly High"
is another great anthem. "Prophet's Scream" is fast with a pessimistic atmosphere.
"The Chemist" is a melancholic ballad. Closer "Fall Of The Curtain" starts
as a semi-ballad before exploding in a metallic deluge. It's the cult album
of BROCAS HELM. A timeless masterpiece. The bonus are the "Helm's Deep" '89
demo (the tracks were re-recorded for the third album in '04, except for
"Crazy") and a live video of "Prepare For Battle" filmed in 1983 (at this
time, it was an instrumental).
Patrick Lefevre
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