Kalmah-The Black Waltz

This is a perfect reply to all those idiots who thought Kalmah copied music from Children of Bodom.The Black Waltz has all the features which an ideal album would require.Except for a bad album art,everything's running just fine and Kalmah are perfectly under control of their music.

Everyone listening to this album might have noticed that Kalmah's sound has changed a bit.I seriously don't know how to describe the change but all I can say is the album is different but that doesn't mean its not good.Every track in this album is just great.Kalmah have lined up some trashing riffs for the album."Time Takes Us All" is probably the best song in the album.It starts of with a stunner of a riff.The vocals are particularly amazing in this track.The song "The Black Waltz","Man Of the King","One From the Stands" and "The Groan of Wind" are all pretty impressive tracks.Kalmah seem to be shifting from black metal to trash in this album.

The album is much more riff-laden than their previous albums.The keyboards are less atmospheric this time.The guitar and keyboard solos are just brilliant in this album but I feel this would have been a lot better if it had some violin solos like the "Fear of the Dark" cover.I give full credit to the band for trying something new.This trash/death outfit suits them great.

Band:Kalmah
Album:The Black Waltz
Year:2006
Genre:Melodic death metal
Rating:8/10