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Belinus - Battlechants

Very cool concept. - 80%

DeadFetus, December 13th, 2002

Well hello again faithful readers! Sorry that I couldn't contribue last week, but I had an assload of work to do for school and wasn't able to get my shit together and write my review. Well lucky for you, I've managed to finish all my work for the week and actually sit down and write this review, and it's a good thing because Belinus is pretty good.

Hailing from Ireland, Belinus play "Celtic War Metal." From what I can figure this is basically Viking Metal, except it is about the Celts and not the Vikings. The styles are similar and the lyrics are similar, focusing on war, honor, victory, etc. To be honest I am enjoying it immensely. The first track "Croi Dorcha na Coille" begins with a catchy, acoustic Irish guitar part. The acoustic guitar stays throughout the song with some great guitar riffs layered overed it. A very good intro.

The second song has less "Irish" parts and more straightforward metal. Great drumming and guitar work are present throughout. The rest of the CD continues in this fashion with some cool acoustic interludes sprinkled throughout. It is a very cool idea and Belinus pull it off very well.

The only complaint I have about these guys is the somewhat shoddy production. The bass is barely audible and the vocals are too low in the mix. Hopefully on the next release they can fix these production issues because Belinus has something very interesting here and they need to continue to develop it.

Originally published @ www.metaljudgment.com (c) 2002