Veil of Remembrance

This album from start to finish is a heavy-hitting punch in the face. Insanely fast blast beats, heavy guitars, and raw screams and growls are pretty much the enirety of this album. Moreover than this is the fact that this group are masters at creating a smothering and desperately depressing atmosphere through some of the best riffing around. The guitars are extremely effective at maintaining a very dark and bitter sense of melody, while still keeping this album nice and heavy. The vocals ranging from high banshee shrieks to low gutteral death growls. The lyrics are deep and poetic. Really it is hard to find any flaws in this album. I would say this album has the sheer ferocity of Gorgoroth, with the melodic sense of Emperor or Dimmu Borgir. This is just a really well put together album that leaves you surprised through its duration, while maintaining very good replayability and catchiness. A definite must have!

Black metal has usually been an iffy genre for me. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it either.
Until Crimson Moonlight.
Veil of Remembrance is probably one of my favorite albums out there. The death is cranked up to 10 on this album, a major difference from their previous albums.

Per and Joakim on guitars are fast, brutal and melodic, all at the same time. I especially like the music in “The Cold Grip of Terror,” it being the more melodic song on the album. Their melodies are innovative, at least to the point where I can’t tell the difference without really looking into it, like how The Black Dahlia Murder is obviously a by At The Gates.

Pilgrim's black screech is amazing, and extremely powerful. In a good amount of the songs, he drops a few octaves to a heavy death vocal. Pilgrims vocals really add to the likeability of the album.

Gustav on the drums is hands down amazing.
Extremely fast, but actually functional. Not just a blast fest that the whole point is to make your ears bleed. Gustav can go fast, but he does know how to slow down, as he does a few times in then album.

On another note, their live concerts are amazing, and can actually play the music they write. Plus, a little fake blood and spiked gauntlets make handshakes fun at the end.

I recommend this album to anyone who is a black metal fan, or even a death metal fan, and if you don’t want it because its Christian, you’re way too narrow minded and should think a little bit more.

This album is, to say the very least, excellent. I enjoyed every last second of track time. From the lyrical concepts, to the ever-grinding brutality of the guitars and the drumming, Veil of Remembrance is by far the best work done by Crimson Moonlight as of yet. The musicianship and composition is compelling and done very well.

Pilgrim's vocals are amazing on all tracks. Ranging from incredibly low growls, to a "black" metal-inspired high scream. His voice is surprisingly clear and audible, unlike many other Black/Death vocalists with the same style. I thoroughly enjoyed the guitar work as well. With heavy underlying rhythms and soaring riffs, the chemistry is beautiful.

The drumming on this album is impeccable. From incredibly fast blasts, to enduring rhythms, the perfect mix of brutality and rhythm is achieved. The recording quality of the drumming, and the rest of the instruments for that matter, is very clear and everything is easily audible. This is one of the things that I enjoyed most about Veil of Remembrance.

I recommend this album to anyone who enjoys a good dosage of brutality, rhythm, and intelligent lyrical concepts. Don't let the fact that this is a Christian band fool you. They honestly have something going for them and a high level of future potential.

Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups. And one of the biggest fuck-ups one could make is to assume that, because a metal band is Christian, surely they are preachy and surely they suck. Now, a TRUE metalhead(or any open-minded person with an iota of intelligence in general) will judge a band or an album based on what counts: The MUSIC. Not their religious orientation, not their sexual orientation, not their race or nationality, not things that don't have ANY impact on the MUSIC whatsoever.

That said, this band was a pleasant surprise. I had heard mentions of them, and I also knew they were Christian before listening, but that didn't affect my choice at all. When I finally did get around to seeing what this band was all about, I must say, I was quite impressed.

This band's previous effort, "The Covenant Progress", was a solid piece of very melodic black metal with mild death influence. This time around they have cranked up the death metal and the guitarwork is a lot more intricate, melodic, and catchy while still retaining a black foundation. This album plays a lot more like a melodic death album(not in a generic Gothenburg or metalcore way, mind you) and the stepped-up production on Veil Of Remembrance really makes their riffs shine, contrary to the opinion of our friend below.

The band have done nothing but improved in all areas with this one, and that includes the drumming. The drummer is quite fast but more importantly, keeps the music flowing very well and does a good job of not turning into an annoying and repetitive blastfest.

Lastly, lyrics mean virtually nothing to me in any music unless I have a deep interest in the band, but I feel this must be said. Crimson Moonlight have done anything but trying to preach and "quote the Bible, Easter Bunny, etc." In fact, last time I checked, there really wasn't any 'quoting' period. Yes, there are obvious declarations and statements of their faith in their lyrics, but they are not trying to push their views on anyone or call anybody else heathen scum. I know this is going to come as an insane shock to some of you, but believe it or not, Christians are a lot like everyone else and they experience emotional rollercoasters and personal adversity as well! Rather than calling "Christianity" the lyrical theme here, I think it's better described as dealing with emotions and personal affairs from a spiritual perspective(keeping in mind that 'spiritual' and 'religious' are two very very different things).

Some of the stand-outs for me include "Embraced By The Beauty Of Cold", "My Grief, My Remembrance", and "Reflections Upon The Distress And Agony Of Faith", but the album is best listened to as a whole.