Count Raven Discography

Band: Count Raven
Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal

[1990] Count Raven - Storm Warning
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[1992] Count Raven - Destruction of the Void
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[1993] Count Raven - High on Infinity
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[1996] Count Raven - Messiah Of Confusion
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This band was formed in 1987 under the name of Stormvarning. But they would soon change their name to what we now know as Count Raven. Their debut album Storm Warning was released on Hellhound Records, and it received raving reviews in Europe, but Linderson would leave soon after to join to join the legendary Saint Vitus for their C.O.D album. The band continued on as a trio, with Fondelius taking over the vocals, and from this period on, the band would suffer from an eternal comparison to Black Sabbath, mainly because of the vocals on the rest of their releases. After four releases, the band would break up in 1998, only to reband in 2003 and again disband sometime in 2006. Dan Fondelius formed a new band called Doomsday Gouvernment (also doom metal) when Count Raven broke up in 1998. To date, the band has only been featured on a few compilations.

Take the riffs of Candlemass, and to that add a Saint Vitus structure, and a very Ozzy-esque vocal style, and you have a fairly bland serving of Count Raven. Bland? Yes, bland is the word I'd use to describe some of their music. There is nothing much original about these guys, and on many occasions they lack the mysterious punch (like in the case of Saint Vitus, which always leaves the listener intrigued) or the depressive feel (as in Candlemass) in the music. Overall, they are a mediocre band(which is by no means bad). Their albums are far from being bad, but when you listen to their stuff, I doubt if you'll get that atmospheric feeling of beauty that one normally gets at the end of a very good Doom Metal album. Again, I repeat, this is not bad music. Just mediocre(and its only my opinion). I was contemplating whether I should post this a little while before I actually decided to do so. The reason why I finally decided to post this was because I found that a lot of people did like this band a lot for various reasons. So, here it is...