Reviews: Countess - Fires Of Destiny

Fires of Destiny is Full Length Album from Countess, Dutch Underground Black Metal Band. Released Independently on June 30^th, 2016.

1^st track, Runenlied. Sadness Symphony and Clean Black Metal Music. A combination between sadness, and darkness. 2^nd track, Fly the Battle Flag. A Black Metal Punk with beauty Guitar Solo. 3^rd track, Fires of Destiny. Started with Accoustic Guitar lick, the Guitar Riffs is like 80s Heavy Metal, the Vocalist sing in Harsh & Clean Vocals and Folk Guitar Solo.

4^th track, Rise of the Horned One. Thrash Guitar Riffs and Symphonic element. A Symphonic Black Thrash with Excelent Guitar Solo. 5^th track, Plague Upon the Pious. A mid-tempo Black Metal song, 80s Guitar Riffs and Guitar Solo is a little bit Progressive. 6^th track, Today Is a Good Day to Die. 80s Metal Guitar Riffs, and Classic Metal Guitar Solo. Combination between Darkness and Classic Rock.

7^th track, Choir of the Valkyries. Talk about the Valkyries, mid tempo music, gloomy choir and diminished guitar solo. This is only Viking Black Metal song. 8^th track, Treason of Kings. Easy listening Folk Black Metal song, and the Guitar Solo is catchy. 9^th track, See the Ravens Fly. A Folk Black Metal with Punk element, and Great Guitar Solo. Greatest Guitar Solo on this album. 10^th track, Bard Van Het Verleden. Longest track on this Album, a mid-tempo Black Metal song with some Accoustic Guitar parts. A song with a little bit Melodic and Progressive.

Majority tracks on this album are mid-tempo, but Countess play a Black Metal with 80s Metal, Punk Rock, Folk and Viking element.

Score: 96%