Eskhata


Eskhata is the fourth full-length album by the Finnish melodic black metal band Catamenia. The album was released on April 29, 2002, by Massacre Records and was distributed by Sony.

Reception

Rock Hard published two reviews of the album in issue #181, one rating it at only 4 out of 10 and the other 8. Metal.de was closer to the latter with its 7/10 rating. While the album was above average all in all, when broken down it consisted of "seven solid tracks" and merely "three above-average songs". Metal.des reviewer also recommended that the band find another studio than SoundMix in Oulu. Similarly to Metal.de, ' criticized the production: "The drums sound muddy, lifeless, and lacking in punch, ruining the otherwise good sound of the vocals and the other instruments". The album lacked more than "a few good songs", being filled with "a lot of decent average tracks", and the reviewer recommended not to buy it but rather leave it on the shelf.
In Finland, '' found Eskhata "worth exploring", but it had its weaknesses, and the predecessor album Eternal Winter's Prophecy "sounds like a more fluid whole". The score was again 7 out of 10. The same score was also bestowed upon the album by Chronicles of Chaos.

Track listing

  1. "Storm" − 4:19
  2. "Rain of Blood" − 4:31
  3. "Flames" − 5:20
  4. "Vortex" − 5:51
  5. "Coexistence Circle" − 4:26
  6. "Landscape" − 3:39
  7. "Karma" − 0:57
  8. "Astral Tears" − 5:11
  9. "Time in My Hands" − 3:28
  10. "Beyond the Starlight" − 3:29
  11. "Eskhata" − 5:40

Credits

Band members

Production