{"id":102939,"date":"2024-04-26T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102939"},"modified":"2024-04-26T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T09:02:57","slug":"album-review-morgul-blade-heavy-metal-wraiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-morgul-blade-heavy-metal-wraiths\/","title":{"rendered":"MORGUL BLADE – Heavy Metal Wraiths (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORGUL BLADE
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\nNo Remorse (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Following on from their 2021 full-length debut Fell Sorcery Abounds<\/em>, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based sorcerers Morgul Blade return with Heavy Metal Wraiths<\/em>, a dazzling record wrapped in cool artwork.<\/p>\n

Morgul Blade is somewhat clever in their musical structures due to the faint waft of blackened essence that hovers around their steely presence; imagine then some of Bathory\u2019s more subtle and traditional elements mixed with the leather clad bravado of Brocas Helm. The band also have an eye for a slice of dungeon synth too with \u2018A Welcoming Hearth\u2019, but for the most part this is fist-pumping metal that drips with a seriousness and brooding.<\/p>\n

My waffling aside, Morgul Blade lurks in Mercyful Fate territory at times, constructing chilling compositions and anomalous ambience, particularly with \u2018Widow\u2019s Lament\u2019, while the Tolkienesque \u2018Beneath The Black Sails\u2019 sweeps you up like a mystical mist. The album isn\u2019t short of melody either even with its glacial and often gothic tone, but the band never sacrifices its weight either. The booming title track, the blackened metal of \u2018Frostwyrm Cavalry\u2019 and the speedy evil of \u2018Spider God\u2019 all demonstrate the band\u2019s stormy snarling nature, while closer \u2018The Last In A Line Of Kings\u2019 features sublime strings to add atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Like its predecessor, Heavy Metal Wraiths<\/em> is cloaked in a darkness and full of ideas resulting in a marrying of styles that drag you into its depths which sizzle with nostalgia but also fresh glistening steel.<\/p>\n

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

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