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Death metal is such a limitless genre. You can do whatever you'd like. It can be over the top technical or slow. Brutal or insane and it's all so good. When we made "Visions of Death" it just came out with a natural old school-ish vibe and that's great, but our newer material has a much more modern technical vibe. I love how death metal has evolved.
For me, death metal should be heavy as fuck, brutal (which doesn't necessarily mean "fast"), atmospheric and evil. If the "evil" thing is not there, you can't label yourself death metal, that's a fact. I'm so fucking close minded when it comes to metal music... I listen to the SAME hard rock, heavy, thrash, doom, death and black metal that I used to listen to 15 years ago.
After a fittingly cinematic intro, with acoustic guitar melodies interlaced with sounds of war and moody choirs, Bornholm immediately create the right atmosphere for their heroic sounding atmospheric black metal. "March For Glory and Revenge" sounds like a speedier version of Hungarian black metal icons Sear Bliss. Features a guest contribution of former Sear Bliss trombonist Zoltán Pál. The drumming of Dávid Juhász (Sin Of Kain) is straightforward compared to his work in Sin Of Kain, but technically much more refined and diverse than most black metal drummers. Satyricon's "The Shadowthrone" is the biggest influence on this record, although Bornholm are able to give the whole a spin of their own. Recorded at Bornholm's home studio Pannonia Studio by Péter Sallai "March For Glory and Revenge" comes with a crunchy bass-heavy production that can compete with any of the major bands in this genre. Artwork created by guitarist Péter Sallai is stylistically similar to Keep Of Kalessin's "Armada". Bornholm have delivered an excellent atmospheric black metal album that integrates the heroic feeling of the better pagan/folk metal acts of recent years. "March For Glory and Revenge" is by no means revolutionary, but it is certainly on the better underground black metal records this year.http://www.vicrecords.comcomment itWouter 7
