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Once upon a time, there was a young man called Darren. Darren was the lead singer in Anathema, a promising doom metal band from the UK. For a while, Anathema released a number of increasingly successful albums. But after a few years, Darren and his bandmates parted ways, for reasons unknown to this storyteller.
The remaining members of Anathema continued the work they started with Darren. But through the years, the once-so-promising band lost track of its roots. Each album they released after Darren's departure became softer and softer, until the point where Anathema turned into a lame Pink Floyd-like rock band, and in that process, they lost most of their original fans.
Darren, on the other hand, met some musicians that had left another British band called Cradle Of Filth. They decided to combine their skills in a new band, and thus formed the Blood Divine.
Their first record, Awaken, was a very impressive debut album, combining elements from Darren's former band Anathema along with elements from other locals bands, such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. But on the second album, Mystica, the doom and melancholy was replaced by a simple 1970s hard rock sound, suggestive somewhat of Deep Purple, in their early days.
For a number of years after that, things became silent around the Blood Divine, apart from two cover songs that appeared on the anniversary CD of their record label Peaceville. But then, from out of nowhere, Rise Pantheon Dreams was released.
Unfortunately, Rise Pantheon Dreams isn't the expected new studio album, but it's simply a compilation of the two existing albums by the Blood Divine. This sounds rather redundant, but thankfully, Rise Pantheon Dreams also contains four non-album tracks. Among this material, there are two unreleased songs, one limited track, and two live songs.
When bands write songs, but then decide against putting them on their album, there is usually a simple reason for this: the songs lack quality. And again, this is the case for the two unreleased tracks on Rise Pantheon Dreams: 'Revolt' and 'Forever Belongs.' 'Revolt' is a way-too-simple Motörhead rip-off, and 'Forever Belongs' also sounds like something that was dug out from the basket of discarded ideas.
The limited track 'I Will Bleed' was previously available on the Japanese release and the limited edition of Awaken. This song combines the drama and lamentations of classic Anathema with the fury of Cradle Of Filth, and should've been made available to the rest of the world a lot earlier!
It's too bad that the two live songs that end Rise Pantheon Dreams, are hardly worth the while. 'Crazy Horses,' which is a cover song of the Osmonds, sounds okay, but nothing more than that. And the live version of 'Aureole' sounds like a carbon copy of the studio version, but, fortunately, without the long and boring intro.
So in short, with Rise Pantheon Dreams, Peaceville Records tries to make money with a redundant collection of some great classics by the Blood Divine, two pieces of recycled garbage, one fabulous limited track, and two live songs. Even for diehard fans, there is hardly a reason to spend their money on this album. And if you don't know the Blood Divine yet, just pick up either of their two albums, but stay away from this junk!
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/the-blood-divine/rise-pantheon-dreams/2082/
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