LUX OCCULTA — Dionysos (review)

LUX OCCULTA — Dionysos album cover Album · 1997 · Symphonic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
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"Dionysos" is the second full-length studio album by Polish black metal act Lux Occulta. The album was released through Pagan Records in November 1997. It´s the successor to "Forever Alone, Immortal" from 1996.

Stylistically the material on "Dionysos" continues the symphonic black metal style of "Forever Alone, Immortal", but this time with more focus on the symphonic keyboards. It´s still pretty raw and basic black metal underneath the symphonic keyboards and the vocals are also pretty standard blackened snarling (with the occasional death metal grunt appearing to make the vocals more varied). Although Lux Occulta don´t reach the heights of Cradle of Filth, it´s the more well known British band I´m often reminded of while listening to "Dionysos".

While "Dionysos" is only slightly more professional and interesting than "Forever Alone, Immortal", there has been a lift in quality since the rather amatuerish debut album. "Dionysos" may not be the most intriguing or the most creative symphonic black metal album out there, but it´s overall a decent release featuring a decent quality sound production, relatively strong musicianship, and decent (but not excellent) songwriting, and a 2.5 star (50%) rating isn´t all wrong.
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