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Comment by PowerWyrm 2 years ago
Alcest ![]() One step forward... and now two steps back. After delivering some very atmospheric post rock on the last album, the band went back to the mix of post black metal/shoegaze of Ecailles de Lune. Still a very strong album, but not my favorite. Comment by PowerWyrm 3 years ago
Saviour Machine - Legend Part III:II 2011
Too bad this (sort of demo) album was never released properly. From what I see from this rough mix, it was indeed their best album. Comment by PowerWyrm 4 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 4 years ago
My Dying Bride - The Vaulted Shadows 2014, Compilation
A compilation of the two EPs "The Barghest O'Whitby" and "The Manuscript". Classic depressive doom(death). Comment by PowerWyrm 4 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 4 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 5 years ago
Agalloch ![]() ![]()
I've completely overlooked this album when I discovered the band, probably because I started with Dead Winter Days and hated the harsh vocals. But the rest of this album is marvelous, and I'm glad I fixed the mistake...
Peste Noire ![]()
Medieval black metal band Peste Noire delivers here a very controversial album. The dark lyrics based on medieval poems have been replaced here by political pamphlets around very modern subjects: ecology, social fracture, civil war... The music, quite far from their black metal roots, is an eclectic mix of punk/rock, ska, french folk, eurodance and avant-garde metal. Vocals alternate between male and female, clean, spoken, growls, carnivalesque... It's a mess, but a good mess. Most funny album I've listened in ages.
Annihilator ![]()
Nice gory cover art... so did Annihilator move to death metal? Not really... In fact, it's probably their most balanced album since All For You. Okay there are still a lot of fast paced thrash metal songs, but that's the trademark of Annihilator since the first day. However, this time, the band added more melodic songs ("No Surrender", "One Falls, Two Rise"), a ballad ("Perfect Angel Eyes"), even the guitar interludes are back. In the end, an enjoyable album. Comment by PowerWyrm 5 years ago
Ulver ![]()
The sadest music I've listened in ages... Mimimalistic electronica backed up with a classical orchestra. Almost a requiem. Comment by PowerWyrm 5 years ago
Orphaned Land ![]()
This is their most melodic album to date. Shorter songs, less metallic, with the middle-eastern parts put in front. One of the best albums of the year... Comment by PowerWyrm 5 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 5 years ago
Amorphis ![]()
A step back from the previous albums. Less folkish, more metal-oriented. But still very enjoyable... Comment by PowerWyrm 6 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 6 years ago
Kong - Merchants Of Air 2012
Good rocking instrumental progressive metal. A bit repetitive for me... but still a solid album. Comment by PowerWyrm 6 years ago
My Dying Bride - A Map Of All Our Failures 2012
In the vein of their last albums. Not bad, but after Evinta or even The Barghest O'Whitby, the songs lack originality...
Cradle of Filth ![]()
If like me you're someone that loves Cradle of Filth's music but hates the unbearable vocals they use... then this album is for you. A collection of re-recorded songs from their first albums in orchestral versions with only female vocals and male narration. No blastbeats. And no shrieks! I just regret a few things: no "Bathory Aria" (maybe it was too long or already orchestrated enough in the original version), a pointless second disc (instrumental versions of tracks from the first disc that were already 80% instrumental), and only one new song (Goetia - clearly the worst of everything on the disc). For sure, after listening to this record and checking the original versions, unless you're a hardcore black metal fan, you will find them quite horrible. Comment by PowerWyrm 6 years ago
Comment by PowerWyrm 6 years ago
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