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| | King of the Dead | | | Music Artist : | | Cirith Ungol | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Metal Blade | | Release Date : | | 1999-10-05 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Atom Smasher
2. Black Machine
3. Master of the Pit
4. King of the Dead
5. Death of the Sun
6. Finger of Scorn
7. Tocata in Dm
8. Cirith Ungol
9. Last Laugh
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Cirith Ungol - 'King Of The Dead' (Metal Blade)
Submitted on: 2009-03-30 |
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| Good, second release by this {now} long-gone Los Angeles metal band, their 1984 follow-up to their debut 'Frost And Fire' and just as head-hammering. Tunes like "Atom Smasher", "Master Of The Pit", "Death Of The Sun", "Toccata In D" (nice heavy guitar riffs) and "Last Laugh" display their obvious influences from the likes of Celtic Frost, Venom and possibly Manowar. Saw on their current site where it noted 'Death To False Metal' - so you know you're getting the real thing here. Line-up: Tim Baker-vocals, Jerry Fogle {R.I.P.}-guitar, Michael Flint Vujea-bass and Robert Garven-drums. A definite should-have. |
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Underrated Band!
Submitted on: 2009-02-23 |
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| Cirith Ungol is one of those bands that differs so much from the norm, some people may dislike their music at first. if you listen to albums like King of Dead with an open-mind, you will soon realize Cirith Ungol is one of the most underrated bands out there. |
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 Rob Halford meets Black Sabbath
Submitted on: 2008-10-02 |
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Haven't listened to this for quite a while, so it was a real kick to put it (and Frost, and One Foot) on again a remember why I like this band so much. I read all the other reviews first and I was surprised that there was only sort of passing reference to either Halford, the obvious comparison for Tim's vocal style, or early Sabbath as the musical and compositional reference-point. Both things jumped out at me big-time when I played this again. Hard to go wrong with those kind of influences. Not nearly enough bands playing that doom-y, riff-heavy, gothic type metal as far as I'm concerned, especially in America.
There's little doubt that this is the best of their four albums, as Robert Garven, their drummer, will attest in one the other reviews. One of the high-points for me though is Flint's bass work. I love that flanged tone that he uses all over this album, plus the fact that he's a little bit more prominent in the mix. I was just listening to One Foot in Hell this morning in the car, and unfortunately neither of those things is in evidence there. Too bad, but it's still a good album as well.
Let me add my voice to all the others who proclaim this as one the classic metal albums. Oh, and R.I.P., Jerry Fogle.... you wrote some monster riffs and played some damn nice guitar. |
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The Most Underrated Metal Album Of All Time!!!
Submitted on: 2007-08-02 |
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| You gotta get this if you don't have it. There was nothing like it in the day and there is nothing like it today. Awesome vocals, ripping guitar solos, unimagined bass lines, and top notch drum rolls. This album is heavy doom at its tastiest. Progressive metal before there was such a thing. My personal favorite is "Master Of The Pit". With a searing opening guitar intro and one of the best solos ever in metal history at the end. This album is sophisticated,complex,moving and incredible. If you've never heard it. Take a listen. If you"ve heard it and don't have it..get it. If you want something different This is the one. No disappoinment here. A+++ rating. |
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Cirith Ungols Best Album
Submitted on: 2007-05-12 |
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As co-founder and drummer of Cirith Ungol for 22 years I feel I can say without a doubt that this was our best effort. A previous reviewer mentioned that "Frost & Fire" sounded thrown together. The real truth is that we had been in the band for 9 years already and "Frost & Fire" was our attempt to get airplay and find success with what we considered some of our more accessable music. When the local LA station KLOS played it once and considered it too heavy, we decided to go for broke with our second album. I disagree and think Tim singing is not only excellent and that "Frost & Fire" has some of his best vocals. "'Im Alive" was one of our all time best songs, which we started almost every set with. The LA Times said that Pearl Jams "Alive" was a blatant rip off of our song, which is debatable. Considering we produced, self recorded and paid for the entire project and that we were one of if not the first independent band to put out their own album during the wave of indie productions during that time, I think F&F and KOTD is a mandatory listen.
That said "King of the Dead" is my favorite and the last album which we had total control over. I am proud that we are mentioned in the same breath as bands that were epic and hope you all appreciate what we were trying to acomplish at a time when only big label bands had any chance of distribution or airplay.
Rob Garven
May 2007 |
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