From the over art and the hand’s bio, you might be forgiven for expecting something seriously dark, doomy, and above all, heavy. But no. The last thing I was expecting from this Australian five-piece was a beefed-up take on Thin Lizzy’s sound paired with corny shlock-horror lyrics. ‘We are all Satan’s slaves’ Deceiver growls in an unconvincing attempt to sound menacing on the opening track, ‘Mother Superior’.
The hilarity is pretty much non-stop from thereon, and there isn’t a verse which doesn’t have at least one line about Satan, damnation, slavery, chaos, or something or other rising. Every aspect of the album is cheesier than a Wotsit, and consequently, it’s about as scary as a Wotsit, too. Musically, lyrically, on every level, ‘Curse and Damned’ is as obvious as song titles like ‘The Necromancer’ ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘The Invocator / Cursed Be Thy Name’ suggest, and it’s all delivered with a preposterous sense of importance.
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The Spinal Tap take on doom metal wouldn’t be so dreadful if they weren’t actually serious. While they do bring some super-slow, trudging doom riffs to the alter, notably with ‘Cursed Priestess’, much of the album lacks the weight they clearly aspire to.
Lucifer’s Fall – II: Curse and Damned on Bandcamp
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