Herald of Doom

It took Dagorlad no less than six years to release their new album, something which I don’t mind if the result has sufficient quality. The Belgian two piece band cannot be blamed for doing things wrong. “Herald of doom” features lots of keyboards and sounds wonderfully epic, constantly dark and menacing at the same time though.

The lyrics are part of this too, as this is a conceptual album about the aggressive warrior tribe of the Imptacar and the Brotherhood of the Silver Cross. The story seems a bit weak but it’s nice to listen to the epic, mostly slow motion music of Dagorlad while reading the booklet.

The band could be described as a satisfying mix of Summoning and Bal-Sagoth, their style resembling the latter most. They possess Summoning’s evil element and the patient, slow development of their musical visions, at the same time they possess Bal-Sagoth’s epic grandeur and the key to the musical part of tough and brutal sword & sorcery fantasy.

Dagorlad may not reach the level of the mentioned bands entirely but this album has very good quality, despite the rather boring and uninspired drum machine. As we won't be treated to another Lord Of The Rings movie Dagorlad might be an alternative for a ticket to a better world. I bought mine and can only recommend it.