The vocal style makes it hard to get used to this not being a latter-day Mercyful Fate album with some black metal drumming. Nothing against Meister Cagliostro, who's a first rate musician, but he just doesn't have the depth possessed by the singer he's emulating, and I keep wishing Diamond would sing for the band instead. The other aspects of the vocals are great, though. The guitars and drums are border-line top shelf, and they sort of encouraged me to accept the vocals. Track 3, Hailstorm and Tempest, got me interested. The last minute or so of The Baleful Baron is some of most haunting music I've ever heard
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