Cast into Fields of Evil Pleasure

This melodic black metal band from Denmark can easily be compared with bands such as Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. I would say that they've got a sound that's somewhere in the middle of these bands.To make it easy; they've got a little bit of both.

So what can you expect from this album? Well, it's their debut cd and it's clearly that this is nothing to original. Like I said earlier, this can be compared with both Cradle and Dimmu.
The vocals seems to be very inspired by Dani Filth. Still, they're not as clean as Dani's. Narrenschiff is singing, or screaming, with a little more deeper voice. This is a style that I actually likes more. But Illnath are not only concentrating on Narrenschiff's vocals. They're also using a style that not to many bands are using; double vocals. The more deeper, almost death metal growls, are coming from the throat of the guitarist Pete. This is something that the band have done very good. They're often using the deeper vocals right after Narrenschiff has stopped singing, but sometimes they use both at the same time to get more power into the vocals. But this is not all, they're also using female vocals in the in a few songs.

That's the vocals, but where's the Dimmu Borgir sound? Well, here it is; this band goes heavy on the keyboard. That's something that I should tell early because this is actually not an album for the one who doesn't like to hear much use of keyboards. Sure, keyboards can add a better atmosphere, but not when they're used to much. This is something that can be irritating in some of Illnath's songs. However, they do have some beautiful solos with the keyboard. For example in the middle of "Bring Down The Witching" where they do take a break and just use a sweet solo keyboard in a few seconds.

What about the guitar? Yeah, they do have some riffs where you can bang your head. But it's really not much more than that. The heavy use of keyboards just runs over the guitar sound. Still, they do use a sweet opening riff in "The Creators Biggest Pride".

The drums are pretty repeating which makes them boring after a while. It's just "bam-bam-bam -blast beats- bam-bam-bam" most of the time. Yet, they do have some good parts where the sound and melody is really good.

This nine track album is something for fans of Cradle of Filth and similar bands. Not a bad album, but it's certainly not the best album I've heard.

Favorite tracks;
"Temporary Borders"
"The Creators Biggest Pride"
"Bring Down The Witching"