Dark and dramatic, Swedish symphonic metal trio Netherbird adorn their latest 13-track effort with a brash production chock full of the accoutremental bells and whistles similarly heard by acts such as Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Borgir. Championing a sound that distributes black metal malevolence (“Blood Orchid”), classic metal composition, and doom metal heft, THE GHOST COLLECTOR also implements a flurry of grandiose ideas into its songwriting paradigm to reinforce their metal at the opera aura (“Carcass Symphony,” “Forever Mournful”), at times sounding like a bastardized concoction of Amon Amarth and Nightwish. Meshing a theatrical vibe with a broad palette of metal, Netherbird provide a mental metal escape into another landscape that screams for a screenplay to be written. www.pulverised.net –Mike SOS
Track Listing:
- “Dead Grid Incantation”
- “Blackest Breed”
- “Carcass Symphony”
- “Adrift On The Sea Of Misery”
- “Lighthouse Eternal”
- “Hidden Beneath Flesh Pest Ridden”
- “Beauty Of Bones”
- “Adrift Towards Eternity”
- “Blood Orchid”
- “Boulevard Black”
- “Boulevard Black (Reprise)”