Conceptual records are really fun and it absolutely doesn’t matter what they are about, as you can normally hear how much work the musicians had composing the record. The latest record of träumen von aurora is a post-metal (respectively post-black metal) one and therefore quite depressive/sad, but still worth listening?
It’s often quite complicated to write a review, as at least the part with the rating can be quite difficult. You have to balance the positive and the negative aspects and draw your conclusion but sometimes it’s pretty easy as well. Das Atmen der Erde is the latest record of the German band Hel and it’s a …
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It should be “public knowledge”, that new releases that state, they play something like “true norwegian black metal” aren’t even worth taking the time to listen to them, as the genre is stagnating for quite some time now. Even new releases of really well known bands like Burzum aren’t the same anymore and many people only …
It’s easy to forget all the great countries which are a home to black metal, while praising the “great old ones” like France or Canada. That this would be quite fatal is really obvious, as one would miss such brilliant releases as the Polish Mglas latest one Hearts Towards None. Clearly Mgla isn’t the only great act …
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Negura Bunget diveded the minds quite a few times in the past, as there were many people thinking, that the folk influence on their music is to huge, or they just didn’t like it at all. It’s little surprising, that Negru took two of his companions and founded Din Brad, to live out his preference for the Rumanian …
I remember the first time I heard of The Great Old Ones quite well, as I saw the teaser for their debut record in the empyre-forum.de. I had mixed feelings, as the offered soundbits weren’t of the best quality and the passages you heard weren’t really exciting as well, while the theme of the band and …
Oh, it took quite a lot time until the guys of Sear Bliss released their seventh full-length record. The reasons for that might be quite obvious, as every record they released was compared with their genious debut, and quite good records were declassified just because of that. In addition to that, their last record Arcane Odyssey …
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A bunch of records is released every year, featuring a musical style the band has taken from one of their paragons. I bet everyone of you know several bands that could be called Darkthrone/Burzum/Mayhem etc. cover bands, without any innovation, so that one doesn’t really have to know them. From time to time, there are …
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Hard things always need some time to get realised properly. So it took some time to realise, that the ninth Ragnarök Festival ended on saturday afternoon. As I promised on wednesday I will share some impressions on the festival and some bands. One thing is clear though: The Ragnarök Festival is worth a visit.


