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PENTAGRAM(USA)
Peaceville never ends to surprise me but this time I got a kind of shock when I played “Turn to stone” for the very first time. Not really because I don’t like the sound in this CD but only because the band’s name and the layout of the CD made me think the band I was going to listen was a cruelty new death metal band. Maybe I deserved it cause I usually read the info sheet just after listening at least a couple of tracks. Surely, I also deserved this surprise cause I wasn’t able to immediately associate this CD with the cult band that has been playing since the early 70’s(!) under so many different monikers that one can easily lose the bearings.
"Turn to stone" is not the new album of the enduring band but an interesting collection of the best Pentagram songs from the old albums such as "Pentagram" and "Day of Reckoning" plus some tracks taken from the new album "Be Forewarned": for all the Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus fans this is a complete and impressive way to know their particular heavy-doom sound.
A-STONISH!
Review by Lidia Buscaino
