Archive for August, 2011
How often did I spoke about the release-policy and the somewhat infinite creativity of some musicians/bands? The flood of releases is pending between extremas as Vinterriket (including side-projects) or really small ones like Ov Hollowness. Sometimes the boarders between side-projects and the main band are disappearing and exactly this happened here…
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It happens, that bands decide to split up after several years of joy and many many outputs. The ones who suffer are the fans, but they mostly understand, as the reasons to split up are quite varied and comprehensible. Einherjer parted their ways in 2004, as they had achieved everything they wanted to. I don’t …
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Watching bands progress is probably nearly as nice as watching children grow, especially if the progression is positive. Aspects of positive developement are manifold, but one important is definitely when they move along to a better standard of production and therefore sound. Some of those changes may seem a bit artificial though, especially drastic changes …
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If you would bet on the genre which The Puressence of Primitive Forests suits, solely regarding the cover, most people would guess it’s post-black metal, as it is so gloomy and melancholic. That would be complete nonsense, since it’s a pure tribute to the mid-nineties black metal of norway. It only features the good sides though, …
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That pandas are an endangered species is sad but old news. That goes for both: The asian animals and nearly as important the oldschool black metal fraction with enough make-up at home. As you can see on the cover of Von Gedeih und Verderb it is from a band that tries to worship the old days, …
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Artist names are often used when someone wants to hide his real identity. In some cases, that might not be enough and the artist decides to remain completely anonymous. There are as many reasons for this decision as artists, but in some cases the history of the band members is the trigger. Ära Krâ is one …
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Panychida is a czech pagan black metal band. On their debut record Paganize the focus clearly lay on the pagan part and there was plenty of tootling in the good old hobgoblin manner. That wasn’t really innovativ and so there was a lot of critic which they must have taken to their hearts, as there is a …
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Making music in a band means for you making compromises. While you may want to blast everything away with synthesizers and goth influences another band member may want to play classic heavy metal and it can be a very difficult task to combine those wishes. These problems exist as well when it’s coming to the …
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Ten years lie between the founding of Absenta and their debut record and suddenly a question strikes my mind: Who the fuck is Mulhacen? It seems, that he is not good at advising, as the record lacks some things here and there. On the other side, they did not use any real “bad ingredients” to mix …
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