Thyestean Feast's latest demo, 'The Fall of Astraea' (2000) spawned a record deal with German label Trisol Music (with its division Armageddon Records, actually). The demo itself was tight (about 11 minutes) and something good for dark metal hordes and I'm not surprised about the deal.

Ten songs make this debut album. Thyestean Feast sound somewhat distinctive compared to all these dark metal outfits, but some connections can be heard with such acts as Thy Serpent (before 'Death' (2000) mini-CD) and some Greek bands (probably this unearthly atmosphere). Still, I find this record a bit unvaried, but violin, cello and nicely used synths (very much at background) bring fresh breezes to the music. Over six-minute long 'Chimera Curse' began to bore me a bit, not badly though. There's three songs, that are under 3

Rating: 7- (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
03/11/2002 20:10