SERPENTYNE – Tales From The Dark (2025) *HQ*
With a new record deal with Rockshots Records, London based SERPENTYNE are back after nearly six years with an energised follow-up to their well received 2019 album. Blurring the lines between Symphonic, folk and melodic metal, the five piece band return with their third album “Tales From The Dark” which should help cement their place in the group of bands leading the resurgence of this genre. Serpentyne are just about to embark on a tour in February / March 2025 supporting legends of symphonic metal Tarja Turunen and Marko Hietala on their “Living the Dream Together” tour.
Firing on all cylinders right from the off, opening track ‘Prophetess of Dreams’ combines a very heavy riff with an eastern flavour and some superb choral vocals. Slow and pulsating song ‘Into the Night’ takes us down a much darker road with a burning intensity that builds and builds to a fabulous vocal finish.
‘Dangerous Mind’ has a retro feel to it which remind us the sound from those days of the very dark ’80s where keyboards were fused with edgy guitar riffs – absolutely love it.
Then the haunting ‘Ghost of Times Past’ lifts the very spirits of the crypt with its much quicker pace, making an interesting twist on others of this ilk.
You had better ‘Run for Your Life’ with a pack of ferocious wolves in pursuit as the pace hots up even further in this howling tale of fear before we find ourselves fighting that age-old foe of the ‘Evil from Within’ in the beautifully bleakest track of them all.
Terrifying track ‘Dreamer’ is the stuff of nightmares as the horror theme comes to the fore once more in waves of black and all manner of grey. Contacting those who have passed over, Maggiebeth Sand summons up the demons and disciples of the dark with it gloriously gloomy undertones and wailing vocals.
Beating out a steady path, the ‘March of Death’ is sure to raise the dead with its macabre call to arms before the final track takes us to the ‘Promised Land’ which rounds the album off in epic Serpentyne style. Great finish.
”Tales from the Dark” is exactly that, it is a cinematic and engaging storytelling experience that plays on the stuff of nightmares and the scariest of fairytales by gripping you with both joy and fear along the way.
Musically each track on ”Tales from the Dark” offers something a little different and allows Serpentyne to more than showcase their rich repertoire with some excellent and tight band performances.
Highly Recommended
01 – Prophetess Of Dreams
02 – Into The Night
03 – Dangerous Mind
04 – Ghosts Of Times Past
05 – Run For Your Life
06 – Evil From Within
07 – Dreamer
08 – Seance
09 – March Of Death
10 – Promised Land
Maggiebeth Sand: Lead vocals
Lee Willmer: Lead guitar
John Haithwaite: Keyboards and backing vocals
Nigel Middleton: Bass guitar and vocals
Marco Biagini: Drums
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