Martyrium - Withering In Voluptuous Embrace (used) CD Review

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2004-06-18 : Vargblod
(Golden Lake Prod. - review)
Martyrium (Mal) "Withering in Voluptuous Embrace" CD'02 £6
Hailing from Malta and clearly graduating from the Cradle of Filth school of dramatic, gothic black metal, you could be forgiven for writing these guys off, but do so at your own peril. Malta has in fact a number of top quality bands, including our very own Forsaken (wink), and these guys are every bit as professional as COF and in my opinion have more talent and a better understanding of musical arrangements. As you would expect, keyboards are used extensively and in a complex way and the songs have hooks and twists throughout as well as great interplay between male and female vocals. The band shouldn't be described as COF clones though as they have so much ability of their own and although they follow the same formula, they create some devastating black metal that must be heard.