ATLANTEAN KODEX — The White Goddess (review)

ATLANTEAN KODEX — The White Goddess album cover Album · 2013 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
1.5/5 ·
Warthur
Playing straight-ahead power metal with the cheese dialled back, Atlantean Codex let themselves down a little on The White Goddess with their focus on clumsy allegory over tight songwriting. Twelve Stars and an Azure Gown (An Anthem for Europa) song, for instance, is a fairly obvious plea for European unity (the stars and gown) of the title being a fairly unambiguous allusion to the flag of the EU) that between its emphasis on Christian heritage (Churchill quotes and references to a New Jerusalem ahoy) and sly references to nasty foreign influences takes a dodgy sidestep in the direction of xenophobia; it also lasts way too long and lacks the spark, enjoyment, and sense of fun power metal usually offers. The combination of po-faced power metal and dubious incursions into clearly political territory is not an inviting one.
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adg211288 wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I have a hard time thinking of Atlantean Kodex as power metal given what their debut sounded like, that's a complete 180 as far as metal sounds go. Wasn't sold on that debut and your review doesn't make this one sound particularly promising either but I have a promo of it I need to spin at some point, so I'm intrigued at the very least despite the low rating.

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