Tyrant - Under The Dark Mystic Sky

Not the American Trad-Metal outfit, this is symphonic black metal from Japan.
I've uploaded Under The Dark Mystic Sky, which was the better of the two albums I listened to. Grimoires was alright, but fairly boring.

On UTDMS however, there is some really good music. It is largely keyboard driven, but not in a pretentious way (on this album at least).
The harsh vocals are nothing special. Not bad, not outstanding. There are some very nice clean vocals used sparingly throughout.
The guitar is a little further back in the mix than in traditional black metal, but it complements the ambiance of the album nicely IMO. The guitar does get carried away into wankery, but this only happens now and then.

1. Prologue To A Tragedy (00:52)
2. Grudge Of Dannoura (09:05)
3. Ghost Waltz (06:48)
4. The God Of Winter (05:54)
5. Vice (04:11)
6. Into The Hades (04:52)
7. Under The Dark Mystic Sky (05:28)
8. Mirage Beneath The Black Moon (08:53)

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