{"id":102519,"date":"2024-02-23T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102519"},"modified":"2024-03-05T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:16:32","slug":"album-review-vincent-crowley-anthology-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-vincent-crowley-anthology-of-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"VINCENT CROWLEY – Anthology Of Horror (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VINCENT CROWLEY
Anthology Of Horror<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHammerheart (2024)<\/span>
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Welcome to the haunted house of Vincent Crowley, a Columbus, Ohio-based clan fronted by former Nocturnus, Acheron and Church Of Satan member Vincent Crowley. Making up the rest of the cult are guitarists Art Taylor and Eric Stewart, bassist Tim Wilson and drummer Ryan Arter.<\/p>\n

The music these guys make they have described as \u201cmacabre metal\u201d, a splendidly gothic entangled web of doom, death and black metal that one moment nods towards Candlemass, the next Mercyful Fate. A rather fitting tome then for a night by the flickering flames while the cold winds outside howl and the creaking trees moan. Dark metal it is then; ghoulishly atmospheric with each trudge and command, spookily invested with each suspenseful chord and, ultimately, a fiendishly constructed magnum opus rich with streaking axe work, crystal percussion and Vincent\u2019s black bellows of death.<\/p>\n

From the opening theatrics of \u2018Amityville’s Horror\u2019 to the brooding yet majestic \u2018That Which Lurks Below The Sea\u2019 and the simmering \u2018Under The Hanging Tree\u2019, this is a release with a devilish grin and a glint in its eye. No surprise really that the album should climax with a cover of King Diamond\u2019s \u2018Killer\u2019 (an exclusive bonus track on the CD version), but long before such drama we are enticed by so many reaching warm flames.<\/p>\n

The steady power of \u2018Gods Of Crimson Cullings\u2019, the nifty \u2018Nowhere To Hyde\u2019 and the more traditional melodious morbidity of \u2018Madame Laveau (Voodoo Queen)\u2019 paint pictures of cinematic horrors from a bygone era, daunting every image and musical accompaniment in a film of crackling noir. \u2018Coupe De Poudre\u2019 chugs like a ghost train appearing from the fog, while \u2018Blood Moon Lycanthropy\u2019 instils further dread with its measured, shadowy chords.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all here, a full blown gothic Halloween hoedown led by a seething, scowling vocal that rakes your throat like vampyric fangs. Yes, the echoes of Acheron still linger like ghostly wisps, but this is very much a Crowley record that leaves a musty scent and traces of blood long after it has left the room.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VINCENT CROWLEYAnthology Of Horror Hammerheart (2024)Rating: 8\/10 Welcome to the haunted house of Vincent Crowley, a Columbus, Ohio-based clan fronted by former Nocturnus, Acheron and Church Of Satan member Vincent Crowley. Making up the rest of the cult are guitarists Art Taylor and Eric Stewart, bassist Tim Wilson and drummer Ryan Arter. The music these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5594],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-vincent-crowley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102520,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102519\/revisions\/102520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}