Blurb from the press release: "Listening to this masterpiece everyone can confirm that Gloria was definitely worth waiting for."
Comment from this reviewer: "er... No!!"
Ligeia is not worth spending your hard earned cash on unless you have a serious fetish for female fronted Metal bands or maybe if you dig the new
Skylark album (because of the cheese-factor). Sorry
Skylark, that was a low punch. Fans of the latest
Majesty album might also find something to like here. The music is straight ahead cliché filled Heavy Metal without any kind of innovation. During the first song I found it impossible not to laugh out loud when the chorus hit. To my ears this sounds like a band still on the demo stage trying to find their own sound. The music is not convincing at all. The biggest problem is the vocals, which are cringe-worthy. Dani "Mistress" Unglert's voice lacks power and when she tries to hit the high notes it sounds awful. The ending of
Angelwitch is one example.
The whole album has a very amateurish feel to it and it doesn't help that the production is very dry and monotone. The guitar work is just about the only thing that keeps the album interesting from time to time. Other redeeming factors are the songs
Heaven is hell and
Last desire which do have a few good melodies, but it is not enough and overall the music lacks good riffs, atmosphere, intensity and above all variety.
With lyrics like
"Gloria... Victoria!",
"I'm the mistress of the night, I'm no witch, I hate the light... 'Choir:' She's the mistress of the night!" or all of
Walpurgisnight, I can't help but chuckle along while shaking my head in despair.
My interest peaked when I read that
Ligeia comes from the well known German city Ulm! Having previously born such creative geniuses as Johan Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- wemache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönendanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft (aus Ulm), I was hoping for another revelation. Talk about being disappointed...
I hope the band can outdo themselves in the future. After this heinous deed they really have something to prove.
Written by
Steen Saturday, August 14, 2004
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