Storming the skies like a gloomier Judas Priest, Cirith Ungol are one of those metal acts you should pray will sound like their album covers suggest. And indeed they do. Stomping like some mad jester, Ungol play a magical style of energetic metal bathed in Medieval glory and ruinous atmospheres. From the opening war cry of the title cut, to the frenzy of rattler 'I'm Alive', and the dark groove of 'A Little Fire' you can't deny the power metal possesses. This is music for the darkest hours, to be played by candlelight so that the listener can be transported to another place of mysticism. 'What Does It Take' has an almost funky organ strut as it opens, rambling like some sleazy Alice Cooper number, and the album closes with the seemingly live 'Cirith Ungol' a true doom number reeking of Sabbath feedback and brooding atmosphere. Cirith Ungol are true heavy metal.
8/10
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