The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates

Midnight Syndicate - The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates

The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates
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Artist: Midnight Syndicate
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-26
Music Label: Entity Productions
Soundtracks:
  1. Cathedral Ruins
  2. Shadowed Grove
  3. Meeting of the Acolytes
  4. The Revenants
  5. Called From Beyond
  6. Nightfall
  7. The Hunt
  8. Across the Chasm
  9. Cemetery Gates
  10. Entering the Crypt
  11. Alchemist's Chamber
  12. Tear of Osiris
  13. Forging the Scarab
  14. Shadows Descend
  15. Inside the Scarab
  16. Exodus
  17. Dark Legacy
  18. Lullaby
  19. Lost
  20. Not Your Saviour
  21. Theme to "The Dead Matter" (A.B.T. Remix)

Music reviews of The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates

Music Review: Excellent album that's creepy and epic sounding
Rating: 5 Stars

The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates is an album that contains music that is INSPIRED by the movie of the same name, but is NOT the soundtrack to the movie. Instead, it's basically a standalone Halloween music album with the cemetery/zombie/vampire theme of The Dead Matter. The theme is strong and the atmosphere throughout the album is consistently creepy and mysterious from the first track to the last. Some of the tracks are on the mellow or slow side, which is just the right tempo for an album with this subject matter (vampires, the living dead). The slow tempo on these tracks brings the spookiness to the surface more. When listening to this album I feel like an impending sense of doom is in the air, like something is going to happen, but I don't know what (I guess I'll find out when the movie comes out). The band has developed a noticably richer, more sophisticated sound with this album. While a lot of the tracks are slow and mellow, there are quite a few faster songs that really have an "epic" sound to them. This is definitely their most "epic" sounding album overall to date. When Midnight Syndicate does "epic" sounding songs, they don't overdo it. What I mean by that is the music, while powerful, isn't TOO powerful. When they put gothic choirs into some of their songs, the voices seem to be a little more in the background, or just at a lower volume. The choirs aren't booming in your face. This is good.

There are a lot of good melodies on this album, and the song arrangements are pretty neat. My favorite tracks are Cathedral Ruins (upbeat and fast), Meeting Of The Acolytes (slow with a good melody), The Revenants (fast tempo), Called From Beyond (epic sounding), Nightfall (good piano), The Hunt (has that "epic" sound to it), Entering The Crypt (slow, creepy, good piano), Forging The Scarab (another "epic" sounding song), Shadows Descend (has an epic movie soundtrack feel to it), Exodus (powerful and emotional), and Dark Legacy (good keyboards). This album sounds like a cross between Vampyre and Gates Of Delirium (both great albums, by the way). The band uses a lot more keyboards on this album than previous albums, which is a welcome change, though I don't mind lots of strings.

The three bonus tracks? They're different than the other tracks on the main album. They have a rock and industrial sound to them. A couple of them feature singing by Gavin Goszka. Maybe two of these bonus tracks might appear in the movie. The movie comes out in 2010.

What I really like about this album is the fact that you get a mixture of songs -- I can tell just by listening to the songs which ones will probably be in the movie and which ones are inspired by the movie, but won't be in the movie.

If you want the actual soundtrack to The Dead Matter movie, then buy The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It contains the creepy background musical score from the movie along with rock 'n roll songs that were featured in the movie. However, I recommend getting BOTH the Cemetery Gates album and the motion picture soundtrack in order to get the full experience of The Dead Matter.

I recommend The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates to anyone wanting to create a great haunted atmosphere. Even if you don't see the movie, this is an excellent standalone and versatile Halloween album that will do the job nicely when creating your own haunted atmosphere. Listen to this album and you'll be taken into the shadowy world of cemeteries, zombies, and vampires. This album is right up there with their best albums. Buy it. I highly recommend it. You'll love it.
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