REVIEW METALLIAN - AUGUST 2005

Heruka would normally be easy to dismiss. The band uses keyboards and a drum machine and would naturally belong to the famed ' poser' category. In actuality, the Italian band has a couple of distinct factors working for it. Past the dark cover artwork and peculiar logo, the band has created a fantasy story which runs through the Italian lyrics. The shrieking and raging vocals spew fantastic stories at high speed like Dissection on a song like Monrgh: Le Due Spade. The band has gone one step further and added a number of interesting diagrams, sketches and maps inside which add to the atmosphere and narration. These might be worth investigating for fans whose mother tongue is Italian. There is some merit in the band's raging evil; alas they have chosen to copy Cradle Of Filth and gone overboard.