Black vinyl with poster

After the release of King of the Dead Cirith Ungol had gatheredenough interest to get signed by a larger label: Metal Blade. Suchdeals are sometimes two-edged swords, while this ensured betterproduction values, Metal Blade put the dogs of hell on a shortleash diminishing the artistic freedom for the creative andinnovative band. The music suffered a deficit of propercirithungolism as it was molded to get a more mainstream sound fora larger market. Gone are most of the vintage roots from the 70´s,instead the sound is more similar to the contemporary normal HeavyMetal bands. Whether this was a decision made by the band or if thelabel is behind it I do not know. Thankfully Tim Baker´s raspygnarl still evokes some mysticism and ensures that the band remainsobscure but much of the old magic vibe is gone. Fortunately, evenif somewhat crippled by the new label, Cirith Ungol hadn´t lost alltheir steam. The songwriting was still more or less top notch (100MPH was written as early as 1980 when Greg Lindstrom was still inthe band but the rest of the material is newer, the old version of100 MPH can be heard on the compilation ` Servants of Chaos´) evenif the song structures are less complex and awe-evoking. The pacehas been upped since the doom-laden King of the Dead, not a hugesurprise taking in consideration it´s 1986, the grand year ofThrash Metal. Whether or not it was progress is questionable but itwas a rather logical evolutionary step. With that said, there arestill a couple of slower doomy songs (Chaos Descends and DoomedPlanet) but most of the material is now mid-paced and occasionallyCirith Ungol steps into Speed Metal territory (well, not quite, butcompared to the other songs, 100 MPH is pretty damn fast).Although, without doubt, a weaker album than the predecessor, it´sa still a very worthwhile album, especially for Cirith Ungolfans.

Track listing:
1. Blood And Iron
2. Chaos Descends
3. The Fire
4. Nadsokar
5. 100 M.P.H.
6. War Eternal
7. Doomed Planet
8. One Foot In Hell

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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