Saturnus delivers 6 years afetr martyre they still show they can deliver a great doom metal album, if you loved them before you'll love them again as thry have a distinctly different vocal style for the recitation but their still quite capabale of delivering an amazing doom metal album. thsi album has soem of tehir best melancholy atmospheres the vocals are suberb and teh riffing is fantastic i can't really fault this new direction that saturnus is taking it's different that martyre but not hugely different so if you're looking for a more modern approach to doom metal by veterns of the genre. a must listen

Okera u nup and coming doom metal band from australia relased this on their myspace so naturally i had to get it i have to say if it was just as single of the black rain it would of been amazing that song is unqiue great atmosphere in it but the other songs are long pretentious,boring,and unesicary so thats why this is only a 2 star review of what honestly should of been a much better effort from these guys,after all they sounded so promising with the ablity to switch from the unltra heavy slow moving "drone" into amazing clean riffs all in all a sloppy effort with only one real song on it i suggest you listen to it only for the title track nothing else is really there worth listening to

So Fill My Cup With...4.5/5

Saturnus's sound is prodominatly depressive,emontional,droning,atmospheric and martyre is no exception.

i like to think of this as being saturnus at their best with holy church like atmoshperes into growling doom metal and then into epic poetry rectical it's just truely somethign special.

the album starts with 7 a track that is mostly a church choir setting the tone for this album as doom within seconds of the first track being played,this track then segues into inflame thy heart which i consider to be a bit of progressive doom due to the 2 different distinct sounds in th song.

The first part is typical growling and rectial by saturnus this the stuff that makes me love them,then the second part sounds like the begining of a iron maiden song then builds into the doom metal version of ryadhyer goes to town-camel. the guitar in this part has never ceased giving me chills,with its progressive yet clearly doom riffs and solo.

so far 2 songs in and i'm hooked the 3rd song empty handed starts of with a nearly thrash metal sounding riff then goes int odeath metal growls and an amazing guitar riff matchng to vocals every step of the way. this song defenitly has teh best guitar i have heard from saturnus up until this point it's just unbelivable.

saturnus then returns to traditonal doom on track 4 Noir,another chuchl like atmoshphere and the amazing reciting of lyrics sends chills down my spine,then the rare occurence of clean vocals makes the song sound just even more epic and makes teh atmosphere just a little creepier.

Song 5 a poem(written in moonlight)sounds just liek christ goodbye i belive its an more up to date version of the song actully as i said in my first review of this band it's my favourite song by them so i don't see a point in reviewing this song here.

softly on the path you fade and thou art free,AMAZING SONGS LISTEN TO THOUS ART FREE 1 MILLION TIMES IT WILL NEVER SOUND OLD,and softly on the path is traditonal doom at it's very very best.

honestly the rest of the album just continues on like this and gets more and more amazing,i don't want to bore you with song by song reviews so i'll tel lyo ujust about another standout track on this album loss (in Memorium) this song is the song i would to descrive saturnus,if someone was to ask me about them i would say "listen to loss(in memorium)" it's just such a good track the rectitng is there the great keyobards as well the drums are solid as usual and teh guitar is some of the best i've heard.

theres too many good things about this album but again i'm biased becuase it's my favourite doom metal band. the album isn't perfect by anymeans but it's great doom and i really suggest you give it a listen

i would expect nothing less than this beign rated the number one NWOBHM Album on website started by members or prog archives :)

As many have said before, this is the last of maiden's "perfect" albums. their seventh album no less is aptly named seventh son of a seventh son.

it's follows the concept of a seventh son of a seventh son with the mystic powers of second sight and clairvoyancy, while a daunting task for any band to pull of a concept album well, maiden was more than up to the challenge here. from the opening track to closign track this album wil take you on a journey through a young mystic's life with amazing music no less.

1.)Moon Child

the first track is what i call the streotypical maiden acoustic intro then a cool arppegio type thing played on the keyboard(? correct me if i'm wrong)then the slow build up with drums and guitar,and it explodes right into the song bruce is just outstanding on vocals as always and nicko makes his kit come to life an were only 2 minutes into this album. the chorus though is not really what i like to think as being true maiden the reference to the mandrake tells me already this album is going to be proggy as the only tiem i've heard references of mandrakes is in prog. no as far as the concept goes i think this is the birth of the child. and teh mother doesn't want to keep the child but the father wants the 7th son or it will mean doom for the world. i must say not classic maiden in terms of content but the music holds up impecably

2.)Infinte Dreams

Honestly this song sounds years ahead of anything else it sounds like some of the maiden from brave new world it's basically maiden at theire abosolute best. also it's the olbigitory slow song every maiden album seems to have (children of the dammed,To Tame A Land,Rime Of The Ancient Mariner(the middle part,etc etc). i like the song yet dislike it. it's too far ahead of it's time i feel it doesn't work that well (sound wise),with teh rest of the album but still an amazing track. concept wise its the seventh son contemplating the dreams he has for hiself great guitar in this song i gotta say,also the instrumental section at about 4:20 is great.then bruce comes back in and goes to town on the rest of the song even though theres a guitar solo in between.

3.)Can I Play With Madness

Oh boy the "single" from seventh son. the shortest song by far more than a minute shorter than anything else though this is one of maiden's greatest songs,i love nicko's fills in this song there just amazing also is that a cowbell he's playing? for the concept the prophet warns him not to have sons but the first seventh son is "too blind to see" great music here as well. not much really to say here other than it's a great song,great for radio, and maiden kicks ass, as per usual.

4.)The Evil Men Do

this is only song i don't understand what it has to do with the concept (please help me out). but still an epic maiden track still. the chorus is a bit repetive but bruce manages to keep the listener hooked until he screams the evil that men do lives on and on. racing bass lines and guitar add nicely to the sound and atmosphere of this song. i swear though everytime bruce says cry he's going to sing don't cry for me argentina. then theres more classic maiden with instrumnetal section that arn't exactly solos yet are solos they just blend so well with the song. then the repeating chorus. this song is maiden at their best it's no wonder why this is widely considered of of maiden's best albums.

5.)Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

the intro of the title track is just the seventh son of the seventh son is born and theres a choir of angels? bruce sounds liek he's makin gan annocement which would make sense becuase a child is about to be born. this is one of iron maiden's most compelx and progressive song's of all time at almost 10 minutes it has lots of time to explain the concept in further detail,but bruce just wants to say seventh son of a seventh son. the 2nd seventh son is growing up in this song and discovering his powers to see what he can manipulate.an amazing guitar riff to lead us into the 2nd part of the song where the prophet? is speaking about the powers the seventh son posseses, second sight, and he is the chosen one.nice ominous music and a choir comes in after this delacration making the atmosphere really creepy feeling and gradualy it builds and builds until, into the 3rd part dave murray creates this amazing collage of guitar with the solo and rythm a very progressive sound here too using minor scales a lot to make it soudn more sinister and evil. then a creepy choir adds in as yo ufeel like your bobbing an weaving yourself all over the place. the last 20 seconds or so are more of the same maiden instrumental sections.

6 .) The Prophecy

here they start with the same recipe they used on most of Final Frontier. the slow guitar intro then the heavy verse that just outright sounds cool. the title suggests of a porphecy foretold of the seventh son,making te conept just a little bit cooler. then theres a odd guitar solo that i don't think flows with the song at around 2:25 then the tempo changes again(something maiden has mastered by this point in their career). and back into the main "theme". personally i dislike the song buts its a must listen if you want to undertstand the concept. th fade out though onto acoustic guitar is really cool and sounds similar to some of alex lifeson's guitar playing on farewell to kings-rush.

7.) The Clairvoyent

the seventh son at this point is tired of using his powers for good because of humanity's ungratefullness(is that a word :P). he can't seem to tell whats real or what's a vison thats how much of a toll humanity has taken upon his. he's this is honestly the worst maiden song on the album it's gotten old and repetive by this point their formula of son gmaking has gotten boring and unintresting your almost wishing for an end to this :(.

8.)Only The Good Die Young

an excellent ending to a excellent ending still sounds like classic maiden but it's gotten a but stale at this point but still an epic ending to this story, basically the seventh son is porcliaming only the good die young while evil seems to never end

Man i Just Love Everything Hayato Imansishi does, this is a split Ep between his Project Cyclamen and one of misha mansoor's various project's Haunted Shores.

1.)When in Oslo (Haunted Shore)

i'm in love with this track for great reasons. it's classic "djent" with teh compelx riffs the growls and amazing drums i honestly have no idea how misha can program such complex drums i know he uses toontrack but the drums here are just amazing even for toontrack

2.)Sentient Glow (Haunted Shores)

a decieving intro quiet for a few second then it explodes in an amazing energetic riff and the growls are great they fit the music perfectly though the clean vocals make this song truely special

3.)It's There (Cyclamen)

jeez hayato is such a sick musican he can switch from full blown djent to hardcore punk to a mixture of mathcore/djent and japanese folk song all in one song it's truely amazing and makes this an EP truely worth getting

4.)Let Go (Cyclamen)

oh man that break down in the begining...words can't begin to describe how cool it sounds this is another great song from a great band it sounds almost like a continuation of It's There.

two great bands combine to create one really special EP just spectacular job on this on.