Band Abigail Williams Title Legend Type LP/EP Company Candlelight YOR 2007 Style Black Popular Reviews 10/18/2007 - Review by: David Loveless Abigail Williams - Legend (ep) - 2007 - Candlelight USA
The first song, "From A Buried Heart" is a modern thrasher with bleak, minimalist keyboards and over-produced triggered bass drums that stand out in the mix. The song does have it's moments with sporadic blast beats, chilling death-like vokills, and an average guitar solo. The song ends suddenly with a piano outro that brings back memories of Faith No More's "Epic". The second song, "Like Carrion Birds" is an improvement, with shredding melodic guitars and an awesome, yet destructive riff at around the 1:45 mark. This song shows more of a symphonic black metal influence as the vocals are a mix of high-pitched screams and low, distorted narrations. The CD continues to improve as the 3rd song, "The Conqueror Wyrm", is a slower, thrashier tune in the vein of early Soilwork mixed with the grim early works of Hecate Enthroned. At around the 2:15 minute mark, clean vocals - like those found on a latter Emperor CD - changes the direction of the song, however, not as effectively as the mighty Emperor. The 4th song, "Watchtower" is a relentless and pummeling tune that is without a doubt, the strongest song on the CD. Going for a more strait-edge black metal approach, Abigail Williams shows their potential as a symphonic black metal contender. The final song, "Procession Of The Aeons (Exclusive Demo version)", is a strong album closer with its lightening fast blast beats and strong Emperor influence. The riffs are ablaze as this track decimates from start to finish. If I were in a band starting out, I would take drastic measures to ensure my debut CD was a pummeling masterpiece from start to finish. Unfortunately for Abigail Williams' Legend CD, the songs start off average and end strong - showing inconsistencies in the dynamics of the songs themselves. For what it's worth, I have sampled Abigail Williams new material on their MySpace page and it is (at a minimum) 100 times better than the material on the Legend EP. I think it is safe to say that avoiding this CD will not impact your outtake on metal at all. However, stay tuned, as I feel Abigail Williams' best effort is yet to come! Rating: 3 --Grim Gaijin ALL REVIEWS FOR: ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
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