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Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
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| Genius |
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the black metal focus has moved over the years, currently it is in France.. definitely the best black metal to come nowadays.. also some of the most original albums too.. what BAN plays is pretty hard to describe, all I can say that it has a cosmic/apocalyptic aura all throughout their trilogy.. absolutely genius band, pushing the boundaries of black metal.. fantastic!
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Necrophagist - Epitaph
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| A brutal tech milestone |
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Epitaph is the beginning of a new era , it's the place where brutal tech meets neo classical music , a milestone .
Intricate and yet brutal guital riffs , master touch solos , great bass backup , ultrafast and accurate drumming and above all a great low pich voice...clear and balanced production .
No more words left...a masterpiece...listen , love , buy and vote 5 stars , last one...hope they'll come back with another album...
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4 of 5 found this review helpful |
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Spawn Of Possession - Incurso
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| Modern day classic |
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The sub-genre started by the great NECROPHAGIST with "Epitaph" finds here a natural evolution , this is pure modern neoclassical music , ultra technical , brutal but somehow dark , evil and atmospheric at times .
This is definitively a modern day classic...with Mr.Munzer in their ranks , life has become difficult for anybody else...
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1 of 2 found this review helpful |
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Suffocation - Souls To Deny
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| A Darker Offering |
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Just listened to this shit for the first time in years and it's hands down one of the best dm albums ever recorded. Riff for riff everything is phenomenal and in place. What seals the deal for me are the blackened segments, riffs, and ambience that really give this album a truly dark tone. So...metal. \m/
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1 of 1 found this review helpful |
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Cryptopsy - Cryptopsy
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| Killer |
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finally they went back to what they do best. I was totally blown away by this, although they're not reinventing anything.. good old Cryptopsy with a more modern sound.. fantastic drums, killer album!
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6 of 6 found this review helpful |
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Mourning Beloveth - Disease For The Ages, A
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| Gods of DooM! |
| By: |
urielms
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5 Jan 2013 |
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Mourning Beloveth must be considered now as the leader of the Doom Death Metal scene, with all their successful albums, especially their last one "A Disease For The Ages", they deserve this title. Hail Mourning Beloveth, may you and your great music be "doomed" until the end of time!
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0 of 2 found this review helpful |
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Mercenary - Architect Of Lies
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| Solid melodic metal |
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Architect of Lies is the logical sequel to the great The Hours That Remain from 2006. Mercenary’s new man on the bass and shouts René Pedersen is a fine replacement after Kral left in the spring of 2006. Their style is still spread across a wide spectre of genres: melodeath, thrash, power, prog and dare I say, with René’s shouting and harsh vocals, also a bit of metalcore. What characterizes Mercenary’s albums is that even after listening to them 20 or more times, you still discover new things.
Like the predecessor, Architect of Lies starts with a short keyboard intro fading up before the album really starts. And it’s clear that Mercenary is still Mercenary! The guitar sound is thick and dark, even at the more melodic parts there’s still a lot of heaviness in it. And another thing to notice is the album overall is played at a bit higher pace than what the six guys from Aalborg usually do. New Desire and the following song Bloodsong shows that Mercenary have taken a slightly more brutal path which really suits them. Mikkel’s singing and screaming still proves him as one of the best Danish high pitch vocalist. And his new team mate on the vocals, René Pedersen which replaced Kral in the spring of 2006 certainly does his job with a dare I say, metal core-like rough and harsh vocal. This is in no way meant negative. Their voices go very well together.
And you just can’t put Mercenary into one box and claim they’re only melodeath. While the base of the music comes from melodeath, they also mix in thrash, power, prog and the above mentioned metal core. This is best shown in the very brutal and very melodic The Endless Fall and the more soft Isolation (The Loneliness In December).
Execution Style is probably the highlight. Extremely tight played and with a high variety in verse and chorus. It’s the best example of how harsh René’s voice is. He could probably break a concrete wall down just by shouting at it.
But unlike The Hours That Remain where some of the songs lacked a bit of idea, I really feel all of the songs on Architect of Lies have an identity of their own and go in a new direction.
While it’s no new 11 Dreams, Architect of Lies is still a great release.
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2 of 3 found this review helpful |
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
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| please believe it |
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Hatchel
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17 Dec 2012 |
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Another amazing creation..and track 5 is missing.. not cool
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1 of 5 found this review helpful |
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Scrambled Defuncts - Souls Despising The God
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| WHO AM I |
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ARny
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27 Nov 2012 |
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Scrambled Defuncts present with Souls Despising The God a mix of technical brutal death metal and an orchestra. Ain't gonna lie: either you love it, or you hate it.
Back then when i requested the first 2 albums (Catacomb Abattoir, Hackled in Gore), I said this album isn't good. Compared to their early works, it really is different, but different doesn't mean bad, right?
It starts off with Retribution, a song that'll definitely leave an impression. The first minutes decide, wheter you like it or not. Well, I for one liked it. The mix of death and orchestral sound fits perfect. If you decided to keep listening... Retribution is your decend into madness.
Every track takes a step up in terms of insanity. It varies from fast as a hurricane too slow as shit. The slow sections let you listen to the orchester (which is performed really professional) until it speeds up and starts raining slamming riffs, kick ass drumming, heavy bass and brutal vocals down your ear canal. The songwrting is exquisite and give a prime example of diversity in the face of brutal death metal.
Slough Of Despond reaches the final stage of lunacy. Greeting you with something you'll hear at the very edge of existance...
All this crazyness is good and dandy, but this also makes it kinda hard to listen to casually. To really appreciate the music, you have to really listen to it. It's not a cd to throw in every day, but once in a while. The orchestral pieces can tear on your brain sometimes. Also, they decided to end the album not on the sheer awesomness that is Slough Of Despond, no it ends with two instrumental pieces, which aren't on dfm (thank god!). Those really make your ears bleed, in a bad way.
You can feel it, here went a lot of effort into making this album work. Don't listen to it more than once per week, or you'll end up in a white cell locked up and all alone. Brutal as hell, but feeds on your sanity.
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4 of 6 found this review helpful |
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