Crow Black Sky
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Music
Press
"The musicality and songwriting on Pantheion is of really high quality. It is very easy to get lost in Crow Black Sky's music and a lot of it would not feel out of place in an action/fantasy film, accompanying Tolkien-esque battles or sprawling mountain vistas." - Metal4Africa
"While Symphonic Black Metal is a densely populated genre, Crow Black Sky manage to set themselves apart from the crowd. Their use of relatively clean and crisp sounding lead guitar solos works fantastically well and adds yet another dimension to the music. The band have successfully managed to accomplish what I most look out for in Symphonic Black Metal – that balance between light and dark. The ying and yang, if you will. They’ve got just the right amount of compelling beauty in their melodies, while also keeping the right dose of animalistic harshness. They’re in the same ballpark as Vesperian Sorrow and Dimmu Borgir." - Loucifer Speaks
"Obviously having huge Opeth and Amon Amarth influence, these tracks essentially sound like the best way you could blend those two bands... The song-writing here isn’t just a fluke — these guys have serious potential." - Angry Metal Guy
"Musically the band’s sound is an amalgam of styles that incorporate inspired progressive movements, along with classical, atmospheric, and acoustic elements. There songs are aggressive and at times brutal while also remaining melodically accessible, crisp and heavy." - Metalholic Magazine
"Crow Black Sky create the kind of Melodic Black Metal that’ll have other bands of the genre screaming with envy. It truly is that good. Plus, the lead guitar tone is beautiful." - Loucifer Speaks
Discography
Pantheion (2010)
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Bio
"Crow Black Sky create the kind of Melodic Black Metal that’ll have other bands of the genre screaming with envy. It truly is that good. Plus, the lead guitar tone is beautiful." - LouciferSpeaks.com
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CROW BLACK SKY’s debut album, 'Pantheion,' had such a massive impact, that it gained the band over a hundred thousand fans worldwide in a matter of months, making it one of the most successful metal bands to ever have hailed out of South Africa...
Digitally released in December 2010, the album has gained critical acclaim from a host of international reviewers, praising the album i.e. as “…the greatest way to blend Amon Amarth, Opeth, and Behemoth.”
Musically, the album is based on a unique style, which draws from various influences from the extreme metal spectrum, occasionally utilizing progressive, classical, atmospheric, and acoustic elements, while keeping a balance between skilled musicianship, catchy melodies, and hard-hitting 'blackened metal'.
On stage, CROW BLACK SKY delivers monolithic live performances that are considered utterly awe-inspiring spectacles, which easily envelop any metal audience in a shroud of magic entrancement. The band’s powerful stage presence is highly entertaining and draws from a seamless blend of melodic black, death and progressive metal thunder with an experimental twist. The dark and tense live atmosphere is spawned by three guitarists who complement each other's effortless yet complex triple seven-string riffage all of which is supported by a rhythm section that is equally notable in their efficiency and relentless stamina.
The band is currently filming the music video for 'Stars of God,' while work on the follow-up album has already begun.
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Management:
management@crowblacksky.com
+27 84 299 2805
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