Wow, what a great album title, and with that cosmic cover I was always hoping for some power metal trip into the dark ages, and thankfully, that's what I got. Sacrilege, doom-edged, female fronted power rockers from the dreary Midlands, enable the landscapes of their home town to slip into their fantasy world as we're treated to a lengthy, almost epic sounding record that crosses an almost doomy style of thrash with a Gothic rock feel. At times rainy, but never depressing, the band are at ease with grinding out seven-minute epics, 'Silent Dark' and 'Equinox' are ominous doom cuts only slightly weakened by Tam's vocals which at times, despite their yearning for power, get swallowed up by the monolithic plod of the terrain. 'Into The Sea...', in several parts, is as epic as it gets and the Euro goth metal feel of 'Father Time' adds weight to the band's CV, and yet despite several sound alterations over the years, 'Turn Back...' is still my fave Sacrilege record, a record so magnificently crafted and overweight as it plunders, but also a record that shows great maturity, and proof also that there were Brit bands back in the '80s able to trade blows with the likes of Sweden's Candlemass and the like. Turn back or forever be bewitched.Tuesday 17 April 2012
Sacrilege - Turn Back Trolibite (1989)
Wow, what a great album title, and with that cosmic cover I was always hoping for some power metal trip into the dark ages, and thankfully, that's what I got. Sacrilege, doom-edged, female fronted power rockers from the dreary Midlands, enable the landscapes of their home town to slip into their fantasy world as we're treated to a lengthy, almost epic sounding record that crosses an almost doomy style of thrash with a Gothic rock feel. At times rainy, but never depressing, the band are at ease with grinding out seven-minute epics, 'Silent Dark' and 'Equinox' are ominous doom cuts only slightly weakened by Tam's vocals which at times, despite their yearning for power, get swallowed up by the monolithic plod of the terrain. 'Into The Sea...', in several parts, is as epic as it gets and the Euro goth metal feel of 'Father Time' adds weight to the band's CV, and yet despite several sound alterations over the years, 'Turn Back...' is still my fave Sacrilege record, a record so magnificently crafted and overweight as it plunders, but also a record that shows great maturity, and proof also that there were Brit bands back in the '80s able to trade blows with the likes of Sweden's Candlemass and the like. Turn back or forever be bewitched.
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