Pale Divine have been gracing the doom scene with some of the best contemporary doom metal since 1997. Cemetery Earth their last effort was released on the quality label I Hate Records. Cemetery Earth seems to be totally focussed on bringing one thing; producing riffs that are some of the best in its genre and this for the entire duration of 60 minutes. To say you don't like this, is to say you don't like riffs and then I suggest you stay away from Heavy Metal. When they released their first album Thunder Perfect Mind, they excelled at creating some of the most epic hymns, by combining solid riffing with amazing gang type of vocals. They even had Bobby Liebling himself doing some guest vocals back then. Cemetery Earth is not as epic as their debut, but goes for a slightly different feel. There's little use in me pointing out several key riffs in the album, because basically it's crammed with 'em and they are all as awesome as the last one. Personally I think they are at their best during Broken Wings, a song which contains one of the best main riffs found on Cemetery Earth and a general nice build-up towards an epic climax which for a brief moment will remind you of the epicness of their debut and this is mainly thanks to the incredible singing capacities of Greg Diener. Or the self-titled song, a little darker and a little slower as well with some great bass passages and a bunch of solo's that will no doubt amaze you. Yes, Cemetery Earth offers plenty of solo's and they really feel like they are part of the complete package and never feel out of place, everything flows naturally, like it was destined to be this way. Broken Wings is again a good example of this. The recipe which Pale Divine have exploited to their advantage remains the same like they've ever done. Mindblowing in the riff department, often preferring a mid-paced progress and incredibly catchy choruses and it never gets dull at all on the contrary I guarantee you that will be bobbing your head to the groovy sound that Pale Divine manages to produce and perfect again with each coming album and this for the entire duration. Cemetery Earth is a psychedelic journey through death and decay that brings hommage to the great legends Pentagram, Black Sabbath, Witchfinder General and will no doubt make these old geezers proud of their legacy.
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