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Recenzije sa Burning Misery (Holandija) za Reflections of Fire i Bloodless.
Recenzenti: Riaan (ROF) i Boris (Bloodless)
REFLECTIONS OF FIRE
Silent Kingdom is a Black Metal band from Bosnia and Herzegovina, or should I say Death\Folk Metal? Whichever way you look at it, the best elements of all three types of Metal is clearly present in this, their fifth release.
The title track starts off with some acoustic folk melodies accompanied by background percussion, all very reminiscent of the Eastern European countries. After the initial intro a surprisingly crystal clear Metal production kicks in, and believe it or not, it is not a Norwegian Black Metal sound, nor is it a Gothenburg influence that attracts your attention. Instead their musical influence comes across sounding more like Opeth than any Death or Folk Metal I've heard before.
These little inserts of Folk music makes for a wonderful, doom atmosphere, and are always perfectly composed to fit in with their somewhat progressive style of Death Metal (in all honesty, I hear a lot more progressive Death than Black). But regardless of the genre classification, all the songs were professionally written, produced, and
recorded, and that is what counts at the end of the day! Silent Kingdom's experience in the studio and brilliant musicianship definitely comes across and Reflections of Fire makes for an amazing album. And even though I made a reference to Opeth earlier on, Silent Kingdom in no way "sounds like" Opeth, they still have a unique sound. Fans of progressive Death Metal and Folk Metal will most definitely enjoy this album (did I mention the amazing solo's?), as for the Black Metal reference, let's just say it's Black Metal presented in a different way.
rating BM: 9.5/10.0
By Riaan
Burningmisery.com - Netherlands
BLOODLESS
Silent Kingdom started in 1999 as a straight Black Metal act, and since then the band developed their sound, becoming significant and reknown for their epic track lenghts (most due to the leadership of Amir Hadzic, the guitarist and songwriter); on their most recent release, REFLECTIONS OF FIRE (THE JOURNEY) in 2006, song tracks last for even 12 minutes, becoming imensely epic, and create the certain Silent Kingdom-atmosphere - long, powerful, melodic, but still Black Metal, with huge
arrangements. BlOODLESS presents the first step towards this epic and the new Silent Kingdom, the Black Metal-with-oriental-influences Silent Kingdom. Also, unusual for most bands starting as Raw and True Black Metal are the clean vocal parts, which have their first appearance also on BLOODLESS. This release signed the new beginning for this band, and a great release in the Black Metal scene.
Silent Kingdom have most members from the Raw Black Metal act KRV, and still they sound way more progressive, ambiental, complex. The songs on BLOODLESS are nontheless still Black Metal songs, although refined with elements of oriental influences; blast beats, screams, razorsharp guitars, and kick-ass solos. The guitars have a significant sound, progressive and melodic. "Bloodless" starts with a furious scream, and a blast beat fire, changing into a guitar lead, marvellous. "Standing At the End of Their Fate" surprises with a clean female vocal, that contributes more to the track that anything. It's also a quite long and meldoci track, and you get into it easily, and can enjoy.
"Snake's Call" has one of the longest and craziest solos I have ever heard, it seems like it never ends. And that's the same with the whole release - the music never stops, it's an endless elegy of mystic sounds and symphonies. To generate a better release, Walk Records has re-released this album in 2006 with 2 additional tracks, "Towards the Lost Worlds" and "Neverending Search", and a intro into the album, "Through Darkness, Sorrow And Light". Silent Kingdom have managed to
develope their sound with their recent release ROF and promise to become one of the scene's reknown bands, mostly for their non-satanic image and their sound.
rating BM: 9.5/10.0
By Boris
Burningmisery.com - Netherlands
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