Archive for May, 2011
A successful mix of two (or more) genre can be more convincing than one of those genre alone could have achieved. Sadly, the task to create such a successful mix is a really difficult one and so there are only a few good fusions. Pagan black metal is one of those genre, that is a …
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Last year Helheim released an EP with which they wanted to grant us a little sneak preview on their forthcoming album. This album has now been released and like the EP has previewed the record is a conceptual one. The record features four versions of the song Viten Og Mog but that is, of course, not …
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When there is no new record, that draws enough attention to, it is time to review something older, to redirect some attention to them. Today one of this records is When Above… of the french black metal band Wolfshade. Can france really offer another great band, or is all innovation consumed and the band is …
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The title of the EP The Sleeping Gods could inherit several meanings, but if you would start to interpret you would never know if you hit the right one. What seems obvious is, that those sleeping gods are sweet-tempered, as Enslaved are giving this EP away for free. Where? Read on!
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I am quite surprised everytime I see a band, that has been active for over an decade and received no attention at all, especially when they released four (!) studio records. In the case of Grabak one reason for this deficiency may be, that all of their records were released through nearly unknown labels, but …
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It is incredibly hard for new artists to find a specific sound that nobody has ever done before, but this may be the most important task for any band at the same time. There are several efforts you can already listen to, for instance bands that are using exotic instruments or an experimental style of …
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After I recently said something about the general modalities of the eigth Ragnarök Festival, we are going to give a short overview on some of the performances. We clearly can not say something about every band on the running order, but I will “review” every band that I have, at least partly, seen. So enter …
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Festivals are for fans of music the same as the summer sale of the outlet for fans of shoes: The best events of the year to which they are looking forward to the whole year. One of the earliest festivals of the year is the Ragnarök Festival, which has one of the best line ups …
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Every band wants to release that record, which finally makes them popular. At least since To The Nameless Dead, Primordial managed to release one of those records but that is accompanied by an enormous pressure to perform, because they have to keep at least the quality of their “old” records. Did they manage to keep the level, …
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