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Posts Tagged ‘Atmosphere’

The Great Old Ones – Al Azif

I remember the first time I heard of The Great Old Ones quite well, as I saw the teaser for their debut record in the empyre-forum.de. I had mixed feelings, as the offered soundbits weren’t of the best quality and the passages you heard weren’t really exciting as well, while the theme of the band and …

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Stroszek – Sound Graveyard Bound

Reading the name of Stroszek, many will think (well, if there are any thoughts) of the movie by the German regisseur Werner Herzog. This clearly has nothing to do with the movie, since this is a blog about metal records. We want to deal with the Italian Stroszek (and not with this Post-Punk band from Scottland) …

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Lunar Aurora – Hoagascht

Last year brought several good news – for instance a new record of Nocte Obducta, or the announcement of a new Arcturus release – and so does 2012. The news, that Lunar Aurora are going to publish a new record spread like a wildfire and now it’s (almost) there! Will it be able to satisfy all …

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Les Discrets – Ariettes Oubliées…

How often are bands praised by their labels, that their music would be the most atmospheric one, that they offer the whole bandwith of emotions and/or that they will revolutionize the whole genre? How often are this promises held instead of being just another hollow plight? It’s as important as never before to concentrate on …

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Crépuscule – Néant

It’s quite amazing to see what people can achieve when they are working on their own instead of playing in a group. Crépuscule is a band that could be taken to prove this argument as the one-man entertainer Bardunor has released a good atmospheric black metal record that exceeds the last output of his band  Csejthe . Will this …

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Runar – Demo 2011

“Support the underground” is the driving slogan for todays review. We will analyze the first lifesign of a promising german band which is simply named Demo 2011. The duo focuses on melodic and atmospheric black metal with thoughtful lyrics that could remind you of some bands. As if this weren’t enough, this piece of music …

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Ov Hollowness – Drawn to Descend

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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Oak Pantheon – The Void [EP]

The cover is held quite simple and it seems bland, but it contains various information. Besides the name of the band there is a huge hint what music they are playing. The first thing spoiling should be the 30 minutes playing time of the EP which has some huge resemblances to Agalloch without sounding plagiarized. They …

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Moradin – Ancient Stone and Mystic Woods

That bands, especially those of the black/ambient metal genre, name themselves after places/figures from fantasy worlds is nothing new. Moradin is another band, that follows this “nerdy” path, as they named themselves after the dwarven god of Dungeons and Dragons. The name of the record might remind you of Agalloch and seems to be more than pure …

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