BERSERK - From Celtiberian Woods
Berserk are one of many underground bands involved
into the pagan extreme metal scene. Something symphonic and something ancient is
recalled in their music. Prodution presents some lacks specially in the quality
of the sounds and general mix. Berserk don't play an original kind of extreme
metal, but some songs of this 'From Celtiberian Woods' sounds aggressive and
show an intense ancient mood. The main negative aspect is the using of drum
machine (bad sounds and bad programmed too) that ruins the pathos created by
epic riffing guitar. There aren't good sounds of guitars and keyboards, but
Berserk are able to recreate a kind of magic aura that lived into the ancient
forest of Europe during the first centuries of Celtiberian domain. You'll find
the winds of war that caress the biggest trees through the forest seen as
natural temple in which the blood of enemy gives life to the sacrifices.
Something slow and ethereal moments lead us into the quiet of these lands where
every man can find the answers of his existence, answers coming by these
sacred places. Berserk could increase the quality of their music in the future,
actually they are far away from the right path to represent into a better
way the forces of Nature through the extreme metal. 'From Celtiberian Woods' is
suggested only to fans of epic - symphonic black and pagan metal, not a
masterpiece but a quite good album.
Cernunnos