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Thulcandra - Fallen Angel's Dominion
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| Big compliment ! |
| By: |
Modos
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| Date: |
12 Sep 2010 |
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Finally ! A band that can play DISSECTION's unique take on Swedish black/death metal style as flawlessly as Jon Nödtveidt and his band.
The album kicks off with "In the Realm of a Thousand Deaths", a short instrumental not dissimilar from "At the Fathomless Depths" ... setting the mood for the eight songs that constitute the ultimate tribute to DISSECTION.
It's all there. The harsh (in the best sense of the word) production, the "icy" tremolo picked melodies, the acoustics, the tremendous lead guitar work, and of course, the twin guitar assault / harmonies / flawless counterpoint songwriting.
This is what the third DISSECTION album should have sounded like, and to call Thulcandra a "copycat" and a "clone" is an insult to a band that obviously took their time to craft this black/death metal masterpiece. Stefen Kummerer stated in an interview that this album took several years in the making, and from the quality of the music, and the multi-layered guitarwork, this is apparent. The songs are catchy enough to grab you from the first listen, and complex/layered enough to maintain your interest and grow on you through repeated listens.
I don't see the strong DISSECTION influences as a cheap imitation, rather, this black/death metal assault that never compromises its sense of melody is the continuation of the musical foundations set by Jon Nödtveidt.
Thank you, THULCANDRA, for bringing back to life a musical style that many thought died with DISSECTION and no band could quite reproduce, although many attempted.
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6 of 6 found this review helpful |
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Odium - Sad Realm Of The Stars, The
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| Odium - The Sad Realm Of The Stars |
| By: |
arimak
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| Date: |
11 Sep 2010 |
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Odium? Who are they? That is a phrase heard all too often when they are mentioned but this Norwegian black metal has somehow slipped under most people's radar.
They formed in 1994 and play symphonic black metal along the same lines as Limbonic Art and Emperor which is really not surprising given that they are on Samoth of Emperor record label which also happens to be Limbonic Art's label too.
The Sad Realm Of The Stars was released in 1998 after many delays which might explain why the band never got much attention. However this album is an absolute gem the guitars create great melodies and atmosphere throughout and the drums range from all out blast beats to some slower and mid tempo pieces but what really makes this album stand out is the keyboard work. The keyboards give off a very spacey atmosphere which is quite different from most other bands. The ideal place to listen to this album would be in a snow covered forest while looking at the stars because that is certainly the atmosphere this album gives me when I listen to it.
The band is currently on hold with members going on to play in Emperor, Zyklon and currently Myrkskog.
The cover art is done by Morfeus of Limbonic Art
Standout songs:
Winterpath
Towards The Forest Horizon
Palace Of Forgotten Dreams
The Brightness Of The Weeping Kingdom
Riding The Starwinds
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5 of 5 found this review helpful |
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Satyricon - Volcano
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| Satyricon - Volcano |
| By: |
arimak
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| Date: |
10 Sep 2010 |
| Rating: |
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Satyricon are a band that have never cared for the latest trends and their 5th full length album Volcano shows exactly that.
On this album they move away from the traditional black metal sound and adopt a slightly more rock orientated approach. Satyr's vocals continue to improve and fit the music well while Frost's drumming consists of more mid tempo passages and less blast beats. The guitar's are cleaner but are still definitely putting out black metal riffs.
This album puts Satyricon on a new course far away from its traditional roots and confirms Satyricon as one of great innovators of the black metal genre.
My stand out songs:
With Ravenous Hunger
Fuel For Hatred
Possessed
Repined Bastard Nation
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4 of 4 found this review helpful |
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Emperor - Prometheus - The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
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| the emperor is dead long live the emperor |
| By: |
basher
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7 Sep 2010 |
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this as an album is the last album, but not least. In my opinion this is a good start point of the several new project what where spawned from the one and only supreme black metal band in the world.
The lyrics are very awesome and full of comblex twistes and metaphoras, as the music is in the brink of imaginations edge. Altough it is clamed that emperor have lost it satanist status during the years, i belive it has just changed to more deep, poetic and religion like status in these songs.
Hail Emperor!
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2 of 2 found this review helpful |
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Marduk - Opus Nocturne
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| one of the key pieces of black metal |
| By: |
basher
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| Date: |
7 Sep 2010 |
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this i recon as an masterpiece of black metal. this also is an turning point in marduks music towards more modern but raw sounded music.
also the lyrics are evolved here to near poetry like in some songs,
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1 of 1 found this review helpful |
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The Lucifer Principle - Welcome To Bloodshed
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| Welcome to the roots of death metal \m/ |
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Netherlands The Lucifer Principle are bringing back awesome (thrashy) death metal!
The energy on *Welcome To Bloodshed* is incredible, brutal, fast, and at times melodic,... the 'old school way' of the 80's-early 90's.
Highly recommended for people who liked the first wave of death metal with bands that were able to do melody and yet still be heavy.
This album is a back-to-basics death metal album & everything it should be: heavy, well produced, & straight forward brutality from beginning to end... Anything is possible!
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7 of 8 found this review helpful |
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Satan's Revenge On Mankind - Supreme Malicious Necro Terror
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| Not for posers only for serious listeners ;-) |
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Germans Satan's Revenge On Mankind, play a mix of grind and death metal with (very) crazy lyrics.
Cool band. Saw them live a few years ago and they put on a pretty awesome show and me and a few friends actually ended up running into one of the members out on the street and took a picture with him, he was fucking drunk as hell, hehe...
You gonna enjoy "Supreme Malicious Necro Terror" if you are up for deathly grind. Horns up and "Cheerz"! \m/
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6 of 7 found this review helpful |
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Summoning - Minas Morgul
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| LEGENDARY BAND!!!!| |
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I HAVE NO HEARD NOTHING SIMILAR TO THIS, THE BAND IS UNIQUE IN ITS TYPE AND FOR SURE THEY COME FROM UNDERGROUD IN BOTH SENSE OF THE WORD.
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1 of 3 found this review helpful |
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