SCHOLOMANCE : A Treatise On Love CD with press release. Dark / Symphonic / Heavy Metal [Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Arcturus] Check AUDIO (whole album)

Description

Scholomance is a strange band. Their music could be described as Dark / Symphonic / Heavy Metal with interesting concept and well written lyrics. Their influences include bands such as Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Arcturus. Their music is highly technical, with lengthy solos and many keyboard passages, combined with brutal vocals. It a strange hybrid, but it works quite well for them. They are changing styles and rhythms through the songs often and this is adding variety to their songs. They don’t repeat themselves even on the most lengthy songs of the album. Very good effort and a hard to find 1st album.

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Track listing
1. Liars and Those Who Would See Their Blood, The – (Pt. I)
2. End – (Pt. II)
3. Psychology of Demons and the Bitterness of Winter, The – (Pt. III)
4. Toy: A Primrose Path to the Second Circle – (Pt. IV)
5. Snowball: A Serenade for Aurora, the Unearthly Angel of Dawn
6. I Am That Which Is
7. What Was Truth
8. Pride of the Serpent Winds
9. Exotica Sequence

RELEASE DATE:
June 22, 1999

DURATION:
50:43

STYLES:
Black Metal
Goth Metal
Heavy Metal

Scholomance:
Jimmy Pitts (vocals, piano, keyboards)
Scott Crinklaw (guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion)

Jerry Twyford (bass).

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, simply brilliant,
This band gets my vote for best fresh new talent. Yes, the vocals are black metal, but they fit the music perfectly and after you’ve listened to a couple of great black metal bands, you start to expect the growls. I hope Scholomance will not abandon this style just to get a wider audience. Musically, the influences range from Iron Maiden and In Flames to Dream Theater and even Devil Doll, as well as classical. The keyboards, guitars and percussion blend together perfectly. It great to finally see some good black metal coming out in the US.

5.0 out of 5 stars This Metal band is outstanding, This band is the most original and titillating band that I’ve listened to in years. The lyrics, keyboard, and bass are outstanding. They rip up the music scene with their talent. I am making a space in my collection for it.

5.0 out of 5 stars groundbreaking,
I already saw the denomination of “”dark metal”” to the music that Scholomance plays, however I have to disagree after hearing the album “”A Treatise in Love””, because they’re much more than that. Here you’ll find almost everything: aggressive black metal-like vocals, instrumental parts remembering doom, heavy, power, black, Gothic and progressive metal styles, awesome keyboard-playing, in one of the most original extreme metal albums released in 1998. Majestic and melancholic at the same time, it nothing less than a masterpiece!