BAL-SAGOTH — Battle Magic (review)

BAL-SAGOTH — Battle Magic album cover Album · 1998 · Symphonic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
Warthur
I find that on Bal-Sagoth's third album their schtick begins to wear thin. As fun an idea it is to fuse black metal and power metal, crib from Robert E. Howard to cook up the the lyrics, and crank the cheese factor up to 11, you do have to ask yourself exactly how many albums in this vein anyone really needs - and Battle Magic seems to be something of a step down from Starfire Burning. To my ears, the production - particularly on the systhesisers - sounds cheap and thin, and the compositions fail to hold my attention the same as the songs on the previous albums did.

I guess it's an OK album if you're really into the whole Bal-Sagoth thing, but I suspect most of us can get by with just their top-tier albums.
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