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Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1

Listen Here I t's October, and Halloween is around the corner, so I thought I'd celebrate with some spooky, Halloween themed bands, or maybe just a band that has a name that sounds like Halloween. If I feel up to it, I might even make a second post this month on Halloween with a second Halloween themed band. Helloween is one of the original power metal bands, and is credited with creating the genre which is modern European power metal. Despite the band's name, Helloween isn't really a Halloween themed band, although the do have a few songs on the topic. Helloween's music is often very grand and whimsical in nature with fantastical themes. Considering Helloween is a band that helped found power metal it's not very surprising that the genre is also characterized by fantastical themes and grand melodies. In addition both also feature singers with clean vocals and large vocal ranges. Hello...

Behemoth - Demigod

Behemoth is one of my favorite extreme metal bands. I would classify them as blackened death metal, although they are more death than black, at least in their more later albums. Their lyrics have satanic and occult themes, which are common in these styles of music, but also often have deeper, more thought provoking lyrics. Behemoth's early albums, such as Seventh (Storming Near the Baltic) and Grom had a much more traditional black metal sound reminiscent of early Mayhem and Emperor. This changed in 1999 when Behemoth released Satanica , which featured a slightly more accessible blackened death metal sound, which personally, I liked better. This sound further developed until Behemoth released one of their best albums, Demigod , in 2004. Behemoth's sound now distinguished its self with impressive guttural vocals and surprisingly good guitar harmonies and riffs which work well with the rest of the song. The two albums following Demigod weren't quite as good, but Behemoth...

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