Archive for the ‘Atmospheric’ Category
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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It’s often hard to describe why someone likes a record, especially those that are only special because there are some details “hidden”. It’s not even necessary that those details take much space to affect your opinion. The Australian musician Terry Vainoras surely understood this, as his project Subterranean Disposition would not stand out of the puddle …
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Why would a band say that they are playing “post-black metal”, when they truly have nothing in common with the aforementioned genre? They clearly hope that some people still like the hype-train and therefore decide to listen to their record, ignoring the risk that they would be truly disappointed when they find out that the …
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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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Sometimes even the most hardcore black metal fan needs to listen to some other music, just to come down a bit, respectively to escape the monotonous realms some of the bands create. The first choice most probably are ambient or folk metal records and that’s why we will discuss the debut record of Huldre. You really …
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The best requirements for a good review vary from project to project. Sometimes it’s really important to know every single release to judge the latest output, sometimes you shouldn’t know anything to be impartial. Frozen Ocean is probably one of the latter cases, as their debut record Vestigial Existance wasn’t that great (in my opinion of course!) and …
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One of the pioneers of progressive black metal clearly is the Norwegian band Enslaved. They just released their latest record called RIITIIR only two years after its predecessor Axioma Ethica Odini. This record promises over one hour of entertaining music, but is this true? Will Enslaved really succeed in creating a new milestone or is this record …
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Synthesizers are the new big deal in viking/pagan and atmospheric black metal bands, but not everyone seems to like them equally. It’s no big surprise that new bands start to revive the “good old times” of metal, when synthesizer weren’t used that much. Ymir’s Blood is one of those bands that tries to follow the footsteps …
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