That is indeed the opening track, which begins with the traditional church bells and portentous chords. Then a musical storm blows in before the band settle into a mid-tempo head-nodding chug. And that’s pretty much where they stay for the duration. This is not an album of either widescreen, epic desolation or claustrophobic, supernatural dread. It’s more about attitude than execution.
El Camino seem more concerned with songs than atmosphere, which is fine if you have decent ones, but lyrically I find them both uninspired and uninspiring.
The title song basically says that there is a ‘Great Deceiver’ and that the songs protagonists are bringing him some gold, over and over again for five minutes. Yawn…
Track listing:
1. Gold of the Great Deceiver 05:02
2. This Land of Mine 04:34
3. Black Witch Love 06:54
4. Småland 05:37
5. Torn 05:45
6. The One of Evil 06:10
7. The Wizard 07:12
8. Utmarsch 05:57
BandEl Camino
MediaCD
GenreMetal
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