KAMELOT — The Black Halo (review)

KAMELOT — The Black Halo album cover Album · 2005 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
Kamelot play a style of symphonically-inclined power metal that in principle hits all the right notes but in practice leaves me cold. I think the problem for me is that tonally speaking it falls between two stools; it's a little too cheesy to be taken as a more sober artistic statement, but not quite cheesy enough to be taken as goofy, gonzo fun. It's modern Hollywood blockbuster power metal, where it's hardly worth paying attention to what movie you're walking into because it'll be the same general characters shot with the same general CGI aesthetic and offering the same general Joss Whedony/JJ Abramsy quips whichever you go to see. The Black Halo is as palatable as it gets for me but that is literally all it is: palatable.
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Necrotica wrote:
more than 2 years ago
With all due respect, I completely disagree with the entire review. I personally find The Black Halo to be one of the most beautiful, ornate power/prog metal albums of all time. The opera elements meld well with the instrumentation for me, and I love the lyrics as well. But that's just my opinion ;)

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