Released April 18, 2008 Length 41:26 Release date 18 April 2008 Label Maddening Media | Recorded 2007–2008 Artist Carach Angren Producer Carach Angren Genre Symphonic black metal | |
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Lammendam
(2008) Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
(2010) Similar Carach Angren albums, Symphonic black metal albums, Other albums | ||
Lammendam is the debut full-length studio album by the Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren. Released in 2008, it is a concept album about Lammendam, the remains of a castle that are haunted by a "ghost lady in a white dress".
Contents
Carach angren het spook van de leiffartshof
Style
The album features symphonic black metal with progressive song structures. The style has been compared to Ninnghizhidda, Anorexia Nervosa, and Dimmu Borgir. A reviewer of Sputnikmusic observed that singer Seregor's vocals were unique since they are "relatively easy to understand and decipher upon first listen" when compared to other bands in the genre. The lyrics however are not written in the traditional verse-chorus-verse structure of the genre.
Critical reception
Lammendam received positive reviews that nonetheless marked that the band was still at the beginning of their career. Metal Hammer Germany wrote that an own identity of the band was still needed. The Sonic Seducer magazine praised the technical skills of the band and the diversity of emotion portrayed by the album. Also Sputnikmusic was favorable of the band's instrumental skills.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Dennis "Seregor" Droomers.
Personnel
Songs
1Het spook van de Leiffartshof1:28
2A Strange Presence Near the Woods4:14
3Haunting Echoes From the Seventeenth Century5:06