{"id":93523,"date":"2022-05-06T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93523"},"modified":"2022-05-24T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:05:22","slug":"album-review-lords-of-the-cemetery-luminous-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-lords-of-the-cemetery-luminous-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"LORDS OF THE CEMETERY – Luminous Gate (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LORDS OF THE CEMETERY
Luminous Gate<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the third full-length outing from French clan Lords Of The Cemetery. It\u2019s been almost four years since the last record, but it was well worth the wait.<\/p>\n

The duo of Christophe Florian Lcf (vocals, guitars and keyboards) and Cadaver (aka Reno Cavadaski, drums) dabble in surprisingly melodic yet at times unpredictable metal. To simply call it death metal would be unfair as these guys drift so effortlessly between thrash delights, black \/ death and occasional yet thorny doomy dissonance. The sound is also sporadically laced with traditional metal where the pace gallops with a nice tone, but there\u2019s also a cutting air of menace too.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Seeds Of Hate\u2019 hints at Hellhammer tone-wise, but then slips into a black \/ death lashing with a whipping axe tone and those whispered snarls. There\u2019s nothing overly dense or gloomy about the sound of this band where the songs feel short and sharp, but there\u2019s always a twist and turn behind the cloak of darkness.<\/p>\n

Sombre passages entwine with heavier crescendos, and black flashes of steel fuse with Celtic Frost-style trudges, especially as \u2018When A King Burns A Master\u2019 begins. However, the pace soon quickens and we are off headlong again into that icy flurry.<\/p>\n

The militant march of \u2018Ouroboros\u2019 ups the mysticism as a classic metal chug unravels and again I\u2019m in awe of that sinister guitar tone. I love the strangeness of it all as the guys drift through seemingly simplistic segments with an air of menacing grace, but there\u2019s also something forebodingly unorthodox and, dare I say it, progressive about the soul of this thing.<\/p>\n

The title track is cold black death with a foundation of razor sharp axe work and stabbing percussion, where the slower passages are murky, sinister and enchantingly organic. \u2018The Gloomy Seer\u2019 is equally visionary and sparse, while the shorter numbers like \u2018Throne Of The Ocean\u2019 and \u2018Return Of The Witch Lord\u2019 provide grim yet magical insight into the psyche of these talented individuals.<\/p>\n

Forget all the fuss about acts such as Devil Master as there\u2019s so much more to be entranced by here. \u2018Throne…\u2019 is mesmerically epic, a staggering tapestry of evil unfolding, while \u2018Return…\u2019 employs excellent atmosphere alongside the majestic melancholy.<\/p>\n

Each track draws you in like the clawing branches of a reaching ancient forest before revealing that luminous gate within its depths. However, there is so much mystery here to the point of never quite knowing what power is responsible for such an engaging cacophony.<\/p>\n

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

LORDS OF THE CEMETERYLuminous Gate Self-released (2022)Rating: 9\/10 Here\u2019s the third full-length outing from French clan Lords Of The Cemetery. It\u2019s been almost four years since the last record, but it was well worth the wait. The duo of Christophe Florian Lcf (vocals, guitars and keyboards) and Cadaver (aka Reno Cavadaski, drums) dabble in surprisingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-lords-of-the-cemetery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93523","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=93523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93524,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93523\/revisions\/93524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}