Archive for the ‘Melodic’ Category
Did really two whole years pass since the release of the brilliant record V of the Norwegian Vreid? The Lyrics derive of the circle of life in short stories and the music clearly follows this model. What are the changes from the acclaimed predecessor and is this record still worth listening to?
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Black metal is one of these genre, in which you’ll find quite a bunch of mere copies of the genres idols. Many bands copy the style, atmosphere, special mixture of genres or even the fundament of their records without adding a single thing. On the first sight the american band Caladan Brood is a copy cat …
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About two years ago, I received one of the most impressive debut record I’ve ever heard. This piece of art featured a completely new style of black metal, which was mixed with trip hop influences, you probably never heard before. There was a huge thrill of anticipation according his new record called Sørbyen, which features an impressive …
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There are plenty of really stupid, strange, funny or even “normal” band namens out there. Sometimes you can at least guess what kind of music they will play while reading their bands name, as bands like Goatpenis probably won’t play soft gothic metal tunes. What do you expect from a band, that named itself after a …
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How often are even the most bizarre facts about a band used as a promotional argument, hoping that this will gather enough attention. One of those arguments used to promote Asaru was the fact, that they are one of the oldest German black metal bands from Norway. Sounds studip? Well, it is..
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Please don’t think that I was drunk while writing this review’s title, as I wasn’t. Ekte Westfäölske Svatte Metal is really the title of the new record of Heimdalls Wacht (you can take a quick glimpse at the cover to verify this), which freely translates into something like “real Wesphalian black metal”, which are truly spoken words. …
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Six years flew by since the release of the debut record under the flag of Dark Forest, before the second release named Land Of The Evening Star finally was released. This great timeframe is quite unusual for one-man bands, as we all know straighter release cycles. Was something changed in this span, or is there any …
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There are several themes in black metal, that are used quite often especially natural phenomenon. Everyone knows at least one song about forests, glades, waterfalls or of course the mysterious fog. It’s not really surprising that there is a band, that is named after the latter phenomenon Mgła.
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Everytime one might start to think, that every single generic name for a black metal band has been found already, another new band appears, proving you wrong. The latest case is somewhat an alternation of the german Seelenfrost so that FrostSeele appears. Read on to know, if the music is more innovative than the band’s name…
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