Callenish Circle Discography of CDs

Callenish Circle music CDs Netherlands hardcore rockers Callenish Circle have all the requisite ingredients to rock your world--insanely tight, heavy guitar and drum riffs, vocals that seem to issue forth from one of the inner circles of Hell, and 10 crushingly noisy tracks to drive their point home. Song titles like "Sweet Cyanide," "Self Inflicted," and "Pitch Black" are self-explanatory--with PITCH. BLACK. EFFECTS, Callenish Circle seem hell-bent on replacing the Netherlands' centuries old-reputation for sweet reasonableness with musical Armageddon. Recording information: Are U Recordings, Stein, The Netherlands (05/25/2005-07/02/2005). Personnel: Ronny Tijssen (guitar); Gail Liebling (synthesizer). Audio Mixers: Tue Madsen; Gail Liebling; Ronny Tijssen.

Callenish Circle discography Applying the whiplash head charge of the best thrash metal -- which is really just '70s-vintage Status Quo/Foghat-style head-bobbing boogie revved up to double time with a few more effects pedals on the guitar -- to the basic tropes of Scandinavian death metal, including the pummeling, almost industrial rhythm section (yay!) and the growled vocals that sound like a cheesed-off Muppet (boo!), Holland's Callenish Circle manages to make something fresh out of an increasingly tiresome genre. Drummer Gavin Harte truly leads the band, as his hyperactive yet somehow brutally hard-hitting beats -- imagine Zappa-era Terry Bozzio melded with Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart -- power each one of these songs, giving guitarists Ronny Tyssen and Remy Dieteren a framework on which to hang their choppy, angular guitar riffs. On the best tracks, especially the stunning "Forsaken" and "My Hate Unfolds," Callenish Circle is as powerful as any band in its style. However, whenever the tempo drops, so do the standards; tracks like the leaden and overlong "What Could Have Been..." sound like the more uninspired moments of the likes of Uriah Heep. Normally, attempts to vary the dynamics and pacing ...

Callenish Circle songs Track Listing of songs: Inner Sense; Mental Affliction; Slough Of Despond; Solitude; Last Words; The Dreamers Path; Disguised Ignorance; Where The Moon Meets The Sea; Scars;

Callenish Circle CD discography Melodic death metal, like its sibling symphonic black metal, has a reputation for being a largely Scandinavian phenomenon -- Scandinavian as in At the Gates, Age of Ruin, and Opeth; Scandinavian as in the Haunted, Khold, In Flames, and Children of Bodom. But largely Scandinavian doesn't mean exclusively Scandinavian, and noteworthy examples of melodic death metal bands can also be found in other parts of Europe as well as North America. In Holland, Callenish Circle has enjoyed a cult following since the '90s, although the Dutch headbangers didn't acquire many U.S. fans until they started recording for Metal Blade in 2002. Focusing on their pre-Metal Blade output, this ...

Callenish Circle albums Flesh_Power_Domination, the debut from Scandinavian thrashers Callenish Circle, appears at first glance to be yet another entry into the technophobic nu metal arena also populated by bands like Fear Factory (the album cover's Matrix-style artwork would indicate a futuristic cyber-fetish), but further investigation reveals a fairly straightforward take on European death metal. The instrumentation is traditional (guitars, bass, drums, and vocal, with a few synth splashes thrown in for texture), but most surprisingly, the lyrics deal entirely with personal issues, with nary a whit of sci-fi pretensions. As with most death metal, the melodic elements of the music are handled by the guitarists, which incorporate gothic harmonies and ...