Posts Tagged ‘black metal’
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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We concluded the last year with a retrospection and so do we begin the new one. This retrospective view will contain three demo “tapes” of the french Belenos which were combined on a compilation called L’Ancien Temps. This compilation was originally released in 2004 (with one demo less, though). Is this compilation interesting enough to buy?
Read MoreHey there! I guess all of you have noticed, that the promised review is still missing and I’m really sorry but I was just to stressed between the holidays. Of course I could not miss the end-of-the-year review recapitulating some of the great records that were released this year. Of course the list will be …
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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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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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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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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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