Lammendam

Lammendam
Studio album by Carach Angren
Released April 18, 2008
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre Symphonic black metal, melodic black metal
Length 41:26
Label Maddening Media
Producer Carach Angren
Carach Angren chronology
Ethereal Veiled Existence
(EP, 2005)		 Lammendam
(2008)		 Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
(2010)

Lammendam is the debut full-length studio album by the Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren. Released in 2008, it is a concept album[1] about Lammendam, the remains of a castle that are haunted by a "ghost lady in a white dress".[2]

Style

The album features symphonic black metal with progressive song structures. The style has been compared to Ninnghizhidda, Anorexia Nervosa,[1] and Dimmu Borgir.[2] A reviewer of Sputnikmusic observed that singer Seregor's vocals were unique since they are "relatively easy to understand and decipher upon first listen" when compared to other bands in the genre. The lyrics however are not written in the traditional verse-chorus-verse structure of the genre.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (Germany)4/7[3]
Sonic Seducerfavourable[1]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[2]

Lammendam received positive reviews that nonetheless marked that the band was still at the beginning of their career. Metal Hammer Germany wrote that an own identity of the band was still needed.[3] The Sonic Seducer magazine praised the technical skills of the band and the diversity of emotion portrayed by the album.[1] Also Sputnikmusic was favorable of the band's instrumental skills.[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Dennis "Seregor" Droomers.

No. Title Length
1. "Het spook van de Leiffartshof" (The Ghost of the Leiffartshof) 01:28
2. "A Strange Presence Near the Woods"   04:13
3. "Haunting Echoes From the Seventeenth Century"   05:05
4. "Phobic Shadows and Moonlit Meadows"   06:54
5. "Hexed Melting Flesh"   02:06
6. "The Carriage Wheel Murder"   03:40
7. "Corpse in a Nebulous Creek"   05:24
8. "Invisible Physic Entity"   01:21
9. "Heretic Poltergeist Phenomena"   04:08
10. "La malédiction de la Dame Blanche" (The Curse of the White Lady) 07:07
2013 re-release bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "There Was No Light" (Ethereal Veiled Existence EP song) 01:22
12. "After Death Premises" (Ethereal Veiled Existence EP song) 04:15
13. "Yonder Realm Photography" (Ethereal Veiled Existence EP song) 05:50

Personnel

Carach Angren
Additional musicians
Team

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eck, Markus (2008). "Carach Angren – Lammendam". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 5. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ponton, Jared (2 January 2010). "Carach Angren – Lammendam". Sputnikmusic.
  3. 1 2 Wickler, Martin (1 May 2008). "Carach Angren – Lammendam". Metal Hammer (in German).
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