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Love Forsaken - Sex, War, & Prayers - 2005 - Self Released

Track Listing1. Diamonds Rain
2. Lightfull Experience
3. Words To The Wind
4. The Human Race
5. Forsaken Love
6. Beyond
7. Education
8. Ominus
9. Sex, War, & Prayers
Love Forsaken come to us from Italy, with "Sex, War, & Prayers" marking the band's first debut since it's formation in 1998. The group call themselves progressive death metal and I can't really argue with that. At times bands like Celestial Season and My Dying Bride come to mind but really, in all honesty this band is probably a bit more extreme and brutal when compared to those gothic inspired bands.

"Sex, War, & Prayers" is built on an up-tempo speed, really creating fast, orchestrated pieces that burn with intense riffs and well placed keys. Vocalist Danny is in the same sort of vein as Hypocrisy's Peter Tagtgren, with a death metal growl that adds in plenty of black metal screams with it. The band is made of Kaba on guitar, Stefan on bass, Abbott on keys, Pyt on drums, and Pronach on electronic drum pads. Overall the group display a dazzling ability to combine atomosphere with speedy rhythms, all housed in the most extreme outfit. While the guitars build to giant groove pieces, the band run through rapid, experimental visions. Fast paced riffs move much of this material, with keyboards dominating the background, almost coming across as neo-classical.

Bottom Line - This could be very pleasing to fans of Novembers Doom, Monolithe, and Opeth.

--EC 09.01.05

Maximum Metal Rating Legend - Full Details

5	Excellent - Buy it and say a prayer to the metal gods that you were tuned on to this masterpiece. A classic.
4-4.5	Great - Almost perfect records but there's probably a clunker or a lacking somewhere to keep it from perfection. You won't feel bad about dropping some bones on these.
3.5	Good - Most of the record is good, but there may be some filler. This is the OK range where you'd search for the record on sale or used.
3	Average - Some good songs, some bad ones at about a half/half ratio. Could show skills but be dull overall. Redeeming qualities for indy bands are effort and passion. Majors that don't try or suck outright end up here.
2-2.5	Fair - Worth a listen, but best obtained by collectors. There is much better metal out there.
1-1.5	Bad - Major problems with music, lyrics, production, etc.
0	Terrible or an otherwise waste of your life and time.
Note: Reviews are graded from 0-5, anything higher or not showing is from our old style. Scores, however, do not reveal the important features. The written review that accompanies the ratings is the best source of information regarding the music on our site. Reviewing is opinionated, not a qualitative science, so scores are personal to the reviewer and could reflect anything from being technically brilliant to gloriously cheesy fun. The best way to determine how much you may like certain music is to listen to it yourself. Demos and independent releases get some slack since the bands are often spent broke supporting themselves and trying to improve. Major releases usually have big financial backing, so they may be judged by a heavier hand. All scores can be eventually adjusted up or down by comparison of subsequent releases by the same band. We attempt to keep biases out of reviews and be advocates of the consumer without the undo influence of any band, label, management, promoter, etc.

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CD	TITLE	BAND	DOR	REVIEWER	DATE
	Sex, War, & Prayers	Love Forsaken	2005	EC	9/15/2005

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