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Label: Ferret
Release: March 18 2008
Hometown: UK



8 (out of 10)


It took a lot for Eternal Lord to come about. It took the dissemination of The Hunt For Ida Wave, From The Carnival Of Horrors and Burning Skies to form the current formation of this British black metal band. It's hard to get news of a band across the pond and get them fully recognized but thanks for Ferret Records their full-length debut album "Blessed Be This Nightmare" has reached our hyper tensive American ears. I enjoyed their first EP and Split so I was interested in seeing if the band would sound better/worse with their new lead singer. Let's find out.

   No one will claim (or they shouldn't at least) that Eternal Lord doesn't always bring their buddies "strength" and "power" along with their music when they play. They unleash a brutal assault on you that ear plugs have no chance of stopping. A continuous and changing alchemy of melodic chugs that team with what seems like a waterfall of drums and double bass petals, it all teaming with animosity. Ed's vocals switch between two likely phases, in which he is either pulling out growls of titan like proportion or what I can only describe as a scrapping shout. Either way, you will be happy to know that Ed's voice never got too over bearing and most of the time that is what can ruin a record. Not this time.

   There are brief periods where a more tranquil set of guitars and atmosphere take over, like having a single joyous dream in a sea of rough nightmares for the night. These glimpses are a clean fresh breath of air for the listener and While I do wish there for instances of it, the album flows perfectly well without too much of it. A select few tracks can feel repetitive but with tracks like "I, The Deceiver", it is hard to fault the album which has so many dimensions.

   While Eternal Lord has explored some new ground with incorporating a more delicate sound into their style, they still bring the heat with pulse-pounding and earth shattering pummeling from your good old friends the guitars, drums, and throat-filled vocals. This album might come off as too abrasive at first, but will quickly make you start looping tracks that simply won't leave your mind. "Blessed Be This Nightmare" is pretty far from a nightmare and sort of near a dream.

~ Pernell
March 17 2008


Eternal Lord
Blessed Be This Nightmare
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