Fans of Morgana Lefay Unite!

I think the production on Maleficium is almost perfect.

2 months of listening to Grand Materia I have to say it's the best of the three CDs I bought.

It's aggressive, edgy and ambitious. With all the good parts of the earlier two. But it's not Metallica worship and it's not traditional metal. It's a band knowing who they are, recording an album that plays to their strengths. Super heavy, big riffs and catchy choruses and Rytkonen at his graveliest. Pretty big album. Epic. Like later Savatage, only more aggressive. 

I like it lots.

My Funeral Is Calling is a perfect example of what they can do. Incredible, emotional vocal delivery.

I also love the Operation of the Sun. I ended up spinning this record much more than the other two.

It's the best they've done imo. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Aberrations of the Mind as people seem to love or hate it. There's something almost manic about it, like they play unhinged at times.

This band is really good. I've digested the three I got and I looked around to see what else I could find, with an affordable price tag. So I scored these three, second hand:

The Secret Doctrine (1993) €11
The Seventh Seal (1999, under the name "Lefay") €5
SOS (2000, "LEFAY" again) €9

Dark Horseman wrote:

Good ones there and I'd add Aberrations of the Mind.

That's the one I really wanted, considering how much I liked the predecessor Grand Materia. But I didn't see an agreeable price.

These guys have been on my want list for quite some time now.

I was about to buy one of their cds (think it was the Fata Morgana compilation) on my last trip (before Covid-19) and it was too cheap (less than 9 euros), but for no reason, i put it back on the shelves and ended up going for other stuff instead.

Gilbert wrote:

These guys have been on my want list for quite some time now.

I was about to buy one of their cds (think it was the Fata Morgana compilation) on my last trip (before Covid-19) and it was too cheap (less than 9 euros), but for no reason, i put it back on the shelves and ended up going for other stuff instead.

they are terribly underrated.

There it is. I found the photo of the cd, which i took with my mobile phone: