Archive for October, 2011
A bunch of bands have tried to capture the endless universe with all of its beauty to produce an incomparable piece of music. One of the latest (one-man) bands, that tried to do so might be the german band Alrakis which just recently released his first lifesign in form of Alpha Eri. Does Alrakis suffer from the …
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So Hideous, My Love… is an american band which combines elements of classic with post-black metal and hardcore. We heard something similiar before? Right, as bands like Ära Krâ already set combinations like post-black metal and -core to music on their debut named Ferne Tage. Ära Krâ have proved, that the combination of the aforementioned genres can …
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Old Silver Key seems to be a quite interesting band on the first sight, as it unites all the members of Drudkh with the new “everybody’s darling” of the scene: Neige. This might be the first problem with this record for some people, as the omnipresence of Neige really starts to piss people off, as his vocals aren’t the …
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More and more good black metal bands are originating from many different countries, for instance Canada, France or even Mexiko. It’s hard to be recognized as there is a huge flood of records that are released these days, and the “trademark” of “made in norway” for trve norwegian black metal doesn’t guarantee for anything. Svarttjern (dark …
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The appereance of a band can really matter, especially black metal bands are criticized a lot because of “odd” styles – the latest example for that fact are Der Weg Einer Freiheit. It seems to get easier the more you distance yourself from the trve styles, as Falloch are widely accepted, although they look like “hardcore hipsters”. …
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You can live for decades with some simple rules of the thumb, concerning the names of bands and what genre they will play. One of these rules would have been: Latin name = melodic death metal, but sometimes you have to make an exception. Although Ars Mordiendi has a latin name, the project plays black …
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Norwegian black metal has two possible appearances: straight forward, dazzling black metal without gimmickry (like Burzum etc.) or shiny, majestic, symphonic variants with a lot of keyboard in it, like Dimmu Borgir. Both styles have many fans and are inspiring tons of bands. Legacy of Emptiness was inspired by the symphonic style of Dimmu Borgir and their debut …
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I just promised it, and now it’s reality! The “little surprise” I wanted to share – for the absence of new reviews and the birthday surprise of threnodies at the same time – is here! It is the first (of – hopefully – many more) sampler of threnodies.com. It was enabled through the help and …
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