Waving the Portuguese flag

The next band on the review list, Daemonarch, started out as a side project by 4 out of the 5 band members of Gothic Metal band Moonspell. Daemonarch could be classified as as Melodic Black Metal.

Under the formation Daemonarch , only one album was released, with the title Hermeticum.

The album consists of a compilation of poetry wrote by Fernando Ribeiro. He wrote his poems between the ages of 14 and 16 year. He was inspired by his deep interest, experiences and studies of the Occult and Satanic philosophies and arts, but from what I read it might be that the poetry might have been revised somewhat for the making of the album.

Hermeticum is basically a swirl of tribal drums, metal chords and atmospheric keyboards. There is also a lot of dynamic exploration and some searing guitars in addition to this.

For a small impression of this band and of the album Hermeticum: