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Author:  grauer_mausling [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:29 am ]
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Unleashed - Onward Into Countless Battles

With Unleashed being one of the first DM bands I ever heard actively back then in the nineties, this is (again, like some other posts here) some great travelling back to "my" past. I have to admit that my Death Metal phase was rather short and that the genre is not "mine" really. However Unleashed (+ Grave, Dismember, Desultory and some others) always had some just other sounding approach to Death Metal. They never were that "gory" and alsways had some sense of epicness not only to be found in the lyrics but also by some strange means incorporated into their very Thrash influenced old school Detah sound. Also Johnny's vocals are top notch and to me he's one of my fave DM singers. Think I gonna have to dust off some of my early swe-death CDs, thanks ;)

my turn with a not-so-well-known (but fantastic and one of their best!) by a totally-well-known band ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFBYM6sQIYU
Author:  Helvede [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:30 am ]
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Iron Maiden - Burning Ambition

Iron Maiden is an amazing phenomena in heavy metal, and funny enough, I've never invested enough time in them to fully enjoy their music. When that's said, this track is from my favourite period of Iron Maiden, and I had never heard this song before. It's a b-side on the Running Free-single, and it's very obvious it didn't fit the self-titled album, because this is quite different from the usual Iron Maiden heavy metal formular. If you heard this song without knowing Iron Maiden were behind it, you'd probably not even consider for a second that one of the biggest heavy metal bands wrote and performed it. It's sounds much more like classic 70's rock, or it could be a Skid Row or even a Guns 'N Roses song. Hell, it could even pass for one of the popular modern retro-rock bands, that tries so hard to live up to the original movement, but end up being overproduced ballless bullshit. Great song.

I doubt this one is known by many of you out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p6y_G0V ... re=related
Author:  LegendMaker [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:01 am ]
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This Unleashed song reminded me of just how much of a one-trick pony this band was. I mean, this is basically "Before the Creation of Time" with different lyrics, like almost all of their (good) songs. And it's not like it was a very rich one to begin with: it's just the one choo-chuggoo-chuggo-choo--chuggoo-chuggoo-choo riff for forever, with one note changed on occasion, one basic break, and that's all, folks. With such songwriting poverty, I never understood how they ended up sharing the pedestal with Carnage/Dismember or Nihilist/Entombed. I like his Lemmy impersonation better than his early growls, though.


Helvede wrote:
MORBID VISION The Walk Of Shame

Good call, I never heard (of) this band indeed. What an odd choice to call themselves "Morbid Vision" when they sound nothing like Sepultura, let alone their early stuff. Anyways, this is some typical retro-thrash, albeit well-done overall, which is to say that this is 100% recycled, rehashed, re-heated stuff from the golden years of actual thrash. The most obvious sources here are Kreator's "Terrible Certainty" (the riffs, notably the break off of "Toxic Trace"), and a lot of classic Exodus. Their very good and sincere acoustic interludes are by far the highlight, here. The lead vocals are okay, if criminally under-mixed, musicianship is very good, production is too compressed and rhythm-guitar-centric to my tastes. It's still pretty decent for what it is, although there's more "skating-in-the-streets" groove than I'd care for in the verses, but not something I'd hunt down.

Here goes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkwVSHErKs
Author:  Abominatrix [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:34 pm ]
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Hello folks...back in this thread after more than a week!

Coven: "The Monger"

Hey, I remember this...the band that had the song "Iron Dick"! I haven't listened much to this band because I remember checking out a few songs that came across as rather weak to me, but when they get into this propulsive crunchy stuff there's no doub that they sound great. There's a certain brash, off-the-rails quality to this stuff at its best that I just love. The production is also fantastic, with an absolutely cutting guitar tone that makes those galloping riffs sound terrific, and drums that sound about perfect to my ears. Despite some nice shrieks and a fairly evil sound I feel that there's kind of a weakness in the vocals; I can imagine live without the reverb and echo he just wouldn't sound that great, but maybe I'm totally wrong! SO yes, I'm not absolutely convinced that this band is truly great and yet when they hit the mark it is great headbanging fun for sure.

Try this then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDo89yydQiY
Author:  Veracs [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:37 pm ]
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Dragonauta-Transmutado

My issue with the song is the vocals are one monotonous bark but thankfully the fellow shuts up during the melodic break in the song. Overall, the song was very varied from the sludgy main riff to faster breaks with some harmonies in the background. Speedy tempos in stoner metal are accentuated by that thick guitar tone, and these guys can pull it off and still add a bit of melody for good measure. The vocals are weak though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ml9XotZlA
Author:  draterami [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:48 pm ]
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Dantesco - Cronicas De La Muerte Negra

I opened the link, and then didn't look at the song title or artist. My first thought was that I was about to listen to Earth Ripper by Absu. The short drum intro followed by a high pitched AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! And yes, that is the best way to describe it. However, this song is heavy metal, not black. I can't say I'm particularly impressed with this song. Throughout the song, it sounds like the only thing keeping the song going at a decent pace is the drumming. The guitar is just a bit on the back end of each beat, giving a somewhat lethargic feel. I was not a fan of the vocals. Something about his voice just didn't sit right with me. Particularly during the chorus. His voice just sounded weak there, and I didn't like the vocal melody. There is one section that I really liked though. The first solo section, near the end, just after a short clean guitar break. It was the only time in the song where the guitarists just let loose and played. They went all out, and for 30 seconds, I felt like they weren't trying to hold the song back. If only the rest of the song had that same energy.

Next up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKaagVv6fKs
Author:  Veracs [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:00 pm ]
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Absu-Earth ripper

The opening shriek sounded like if I kicked a muppet in the balls it was very high pitched, but the tempo of the song truly kept my interest for the short three minute run. While I have heard very little modern Absu the guitar tone was a bit thin and warrants a comparison with the faster parts of Melechesh songs. The drums truly overpower everything in there sight fill after fill to double bass thundering footwork around every corner, which reminds me of the infamous "A shield with an iron face". The only real flaw being Proscriptor's vocals are thinning out after many years, and I wish the song would've stretched on for another minute or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGaawfrkCwM
Author:  LegendMaker [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:25 pm ]
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@Abo:
Spoiler: show
Not sure which tracks you sampled or if you were in the right mood for them, but their debut 'Blessed is the Black' is a fucking masterpiece in my book. It has 7 awesome and very personal songs, and the 3 lesser tracks are no cause for shame either. I can't vouch for any live performance, as the band went under in the early 90s, never released any live records, and who knows if their recent come-back will be up to snuff (the absence of the bassist, who incidentally wrote "The Monger", is not a good sign), but I'd say the varied, demented and rather personal vocals are a definite highlight of this album. It'll have to wait until I move houses again and can finally get my vinyls out of the storage (few more months, I'm afraid), but I'll definitely double-check because I'm almost positive this album came out in 1986, not '88. The follow-up has its moments, but the magic moment was gone by then, and it's a relatively run-of-the-mill thrash release comparatively. The third album (which already lacked Gary Peebles) is better off forgotten. But yeah, since you enjoy their evil crunchy bulldozer side, then I bet you'll also like this one. I'd be curious to see what their crunchy joyfully crazy power/speed side inspires you; not to mention their keep-the-hope-on-life-support-so-we-can-torture-it-longer doomy power ballad side! :metal: :D
Author:  CrushedRevelation [ Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:13 am ]
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Veracs wrote:
Druid Lord - Chamber Of Ghastly Horrors


Thank you very much for this. Excellent, stunning Death/Doom here, with a smouldering old-school sound. The sound is thick and rusty, with a prominent bass and some tasteful drum work. The standout for me with this is the harrowing, powerful vocals - deep and menacing, growling out a horror soaked dirge. Anyone familiar with the mighty Hooded Menace would do well to check these guys out, or anyone who is into crushing, slow Death Metal for that matter. I will look into this band, as this was awesome.

Keeping the tone...
Author:  MalignantThrone [ Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:13 pm ]
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CrushedRevelation wrote:
Embrace of Thorns - "Perished in Mortal Agony"

It's acceptable. Very bombastic, cavernous death/doom, with a cool, mournful, wailing solo halfway through. I think what I like most about that song are the vocals used between 0:20 and 0:40, as they remind me a lot of Rowan's from Virgin Black. That being said, it needs work in a few places. It's less than four minutes long and doesn't feel fleshed out as much as it could be, and the second set of vocals aren't very good - they're very blunt and gruff, and I don't think this song needs that. Finally, I think the song needs a bit more in terms of dynamic, interactive leads, as the simple chord droning gets a bit stale. Overall, not bad, but needs improvement in quite a few places.

Changing the mood quite a bit here.
Author:  Byrain [ Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:43 pm ]
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A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Oracle

That was rather disjointed death metalish stuff, all over the place with not much direction and still managed to drag even though it was only a little less then 3 mins. Some of the ideas were rather nice, but they didn't really develop them and tossed them aside rather quickly in favor of the next one. They did this with the vocals too, jumping back and forth constantly, none of them I was really all that drawn too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOjjQklbNh4
Author:  grauer_mausling [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:53 am ]
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Black Lodge - Travesty

Hmm, this is sth two-sided for me. The angry sounding piece of doom metal instrumentation (with a somewhat thrashy feel to, for a strange reason) sound really good and partly (keep in mind: partly) remind me even of some sludgy doom stuff in the vein of, say, Down. Quite ballsy and crunching, this music surely moves up your body directly into the neck. The other, more weak, side however for me are the vocals which imo sound way (weay, way, way) too pressed and I just can't take them "seriously" (lacking better words to describe this).
But overall this is interesting enough to check out the band's other songs, maybe they're good for a suprise and vocal style change in other songs.

just remembered a personal classic I haven't played for ages:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdauFF7HTl4
Author:  Abominatrix [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:50 am ]
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Golden Dawn - Ideosynchronicity

Heard of this band a long time ago, but never really listened to them. This is some very melodious and almost warm sounding stuff, with a real sense of mystery and magic about it. I can't escape the feeling that it's a segue into something bigger and grander as the piece cuts off abruptly at a kind of intense moment. The mix of heavy metal-inspired riffing, acoustics and occasional synth reminds me a little of Diabolical Masquerade. The short blastbeat section is a bit of a surprise but it fits rather well. Still get the feeling this is but a preamble...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXOmb-EAgc
Author:  grauer_mausling [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:20 am ]
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@Abominatrix:

Spoiler: show
you're right - the album the Golden Dawn song is from is a real feast for the ears. Sometimes comparable to a harsher (more black) version of later Hollenthon (no wonder as they even share members afaik). I played this album uncountable times in the nineties and just remembered it, wondering why I stopped listening. Time to dust off the CD tray when back from work, I guess :-)
Their 2nd album whcih is rated quite good here on MA never really grabbed me like this debut, however...
Author:  PhilosophicalFrog [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:32 pm ]
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Tearstained - Cold and Distant

Well this was a surprise! What an awesome combination of elements going on here, it starts off as a first wave thrashy song with an incredibly catchy riff, and then shifts into a blackened almost gothic riff. I think the slower section really does reflect a heavy goth rock influence, and the Christian Death nods are all there, and of course the Mercyful Fate vocal patterns and riffs are equally badass. Normally, I would think with all of these elements that the song would sound cluttered, but it is reasonably paced over the seven minute stretch. The only complaint I have is that the ultra-black metal riff towards the end comes in kind of sudden, but I guess there's no way to subtly introduce such a huge change :lol: However, the musicianship is excellent and the atmosphere is fantastic, they use the riffs for exactly the right amount of time, creating a really great sense of mood. Overall, I really dug this song and I would definitely check out the album.

Don't let the length throw you off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPJ3i1INiMI
Author:  Abominatrix [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:59 pm ]
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@ Frog:

Yeah, Tearstained was a really cool project. just one dude responsible for everything, but he put some amazing songs together especially in the last few albums. Really magnificent riffs, and they really do sound like they take the best of Bathory and Mercyful Fate and make them work together seamlessly. There may be a goth influence all right, especially on that album, Final Thoughts. I'd definitely recommend that one unreservedly along with the last one, Nightmare Vision.

Autumnal - As Soon as You Die, Kill Me

Well this was an exquisitely crafted song. The first few seconds led me to expect something heavy and crushing, but instead it was beautiful and gentle, with the transitions into the clean parts (in a different key each tiem I think) very expertly handled. The violin was subtle and not overdone, and I enjoyed the duet of what I think must be male and female vocals (?). THen the song started getting heavier, with more palm muting and some growls that didn't quite seem to have the best tone for this sort of music, yet the song never lost its sad and morose feeling. Until, that is, a huge climax in the last few minutes shifted things into a mood of almost elation, with a long and spiraling solo that pulled out some pretty unusual tricks while the violinist played pisicato (sp?) on the instrument and the drums played a flurry of fills. I think I'll have to investigate more of this. It's really the way they put together the song that won me over, and the very classy (but not showy) musicianship on display. Sort of like what My Dying Bride ought to sound like nowadays, but just don't...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7aGsm-irQ
Author:  PhilosophicalFrog [ Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:27 pm ]
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Abom:

Spoiler: show
that's one dude? Wow, really impressive then. I really plan on checking out his albums then, it was just melt in your mouth riffage :lol:. But glad you liked Autumnal, I discovered them back when I wrote for The Metal-Observer and they've been a staple around Novemeber/December for awhile now. The whole album is that elegant heaviness that's in that song, truly a gem of a doom album. His harsh vocals tend to be a little too harsh at times, really lifting the listener out, but more often than not, the album is a just a journey in and out of sadness.


I'll see if anyone else wants to review the next song you posted :lol: don't want it to be aback and forth just yet.
Author:  hakarl [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:19 am ]
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Abom:
It's pizzicato. Fingerpicking a bowed string instrument, that is.
Author:  ThePoop [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:23 pm ]
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AGATUS - Conqueror Of Fear

Wow! That song had some massive balls. The opening riff was awesome, and had me banging my head. The vocals were the best part, ranging from black metal rasps, Lemmy-like 'singing' to something right out of Iron Maiden. Great mix of styles. Even the music followed suit with the vocals. One second it was black metal the next it sounded like NWOBHM. Reminds me a bit of Abbath's I. Great track, thanks man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXjWig_1 ... re=related
Author:  ArciniuM [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:31 pm ]
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Spite Extreme Wing - IX
Wow, such a great song after the 'garage band rehersal' few seconds.. it sounds like a fuckball of Destroyer 666, Toxic Holocaust, Drudkh(opening riff) and Dissection! Nothing but a great song. I love the black to thrash transition, and these Italians have captured the essence of the monoliths in this genre!
Thanks for a great new band to explore! Love the bass guitar!

testing the waters..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzo9O6x2kZU&feature=related
Author:  Ancient_Sorrow [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:59 pm ]
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Raised Fist - Between the Demons

I spent a lot of the song trying to work our if I liked it or not, and frankly I'm still not sure. It's energetic and heavy, but maybe not in the way I generally enjoy. Nonetheless, by the end of the song, it had been more fulfilling than I thaught. I found the harsher vocals quite enjoyable, but the cleaner ones were a bit annoying. The guitar work sounded quite good, and it had plenty of good moments in that respect, although I just don't know if the sound and the aesthetic of the band do much for me. It's the sort of thing that'll grow on me though, now I've said that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unG64nfPeB4
Author:  Abominatrix [ Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:30 pm ]
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Koldbrann - Inkvisitor Renegat

Sounds like a demo recorded right in the rehearsal room, though everything is certainly miked with minimal appropriateness. The advantage of this is that the bass comes through loud and clear, and provides a good grounding for the music, which helps a great deal as the guitar itself is rather indistinct during the blastbeat parts. The drums by contrast are incredibly weak sounding, but this music doesn't really require anything more. A suitably menacing sound pervades this track, aided by that sharp guitar tone and the spitting, caustic vocals that remind me of Old Wainds from Russia, even down to the vicious r-rolling. Still, this isn't really as powerful as the similarly raw Old Wainds demos, and a good deal of that might be down to thin guitar and, yes, I have to admit it, the pitiful drum sound, which results in blastbeats that appear as tapping on a table instead of hitting a snare drum. They manage to make the ending very eerie though.

Now to change the mood a little:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0sbQ8bJSs
Author:  LegendMaker [ Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:07 am ]
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Middle of page 2, really? Damn, sorry for letting you down a bit, Thread. Here I am! :)

Abominatrix wrote:
Orodruin - Ascending Damnation

Pretty nice and efficient mixture, here. If it weren't for the excellent modern production job (no pun intended), which clearly gives away that this song can't possibly be much older than 15 years, it could easily pass for some early 80s doomy hard/heavy. Early Sabbath is getting a pretty thorough, dedicated blowjob here: from the drum rolls and the slow ambient break near the end which are lifted straight from "Black Sabbath" (the song), to the solos entirely composed from tablatures of those on 'Paranoid' (the album), to the main riff which is no ripoff per se, but sounds just like a Iommi riff anyways. AC/DC also gets a nice pat on the back through the intro, while the vocals, particularly the reverb and the pre-chorus bridge vocal line, blow a kiss in Alice in Chains' direction. Apart from that, they're good musicians, the song works by itself and would likely even make an impression on someone unfamiliar with early Sabbath and/or not too particular with ripoffs, and they're keeping the traditional doom tradition alive, I suppose. So it's not all bad.

Let's go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdL9hoFhJL0
Author:  Ancient_Sorrow [ Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:39 pm ]
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Doomsword - MCXIX

I very much admire this band's ability so sound epic without resorting to an excessive number of effects, frills and layers in their music. It seems to be honest, no-nonsense heavy-metal at it's best. Everything about the song is wholesome, and theres no fucking-around. It's straight-forward, and admirably so, being effective and really well written without being over the top and superficial. I've not listened to the band before, but I'm always willing to welcome bands of this level into my listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42WKN0mlNEQ
Author:  Abominatrix [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:17 am ]
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Pharaoh - "By the Night Sky"

Although I felt this song was perhaps a little too lengthy, and the high/more intense singing from the vocalist had a pinched quality about it that I didn't entirely enjoy, this was a fine and passionate piece of modern heavy metal with more than a hint of an Iron Maiden influence, which first comes across in the surprising and cool intro with the vocalist singing in a restrained fashion to a Harris-like triplet bass figure. I really got a folky feeling from this song actually, and not in the "folk metal" sense, but in the way that I could envision a lot of people sitting in a smoky pub somewhere stomping and singing along while they hold their ales high. Lead guitar should have been more prominent perhaps..there were some little solos but the man never really seemed to let loose. Suppose it fits the more cant-oriented feeling of this tune though. The Maiden feeling continues through the climax, with some guitar harmonising utilising thirds that you hear aplenty on an album like powerslave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekoQZxsKdU
Author:  Ancient_Sorrow [ Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:13 pm ]
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Kat - Bastard

It may be all in Polish, which I don't speak a word of, but that doesn't stop it sounding badass. The vocals are damn cool and memorable, and the gang-chants have a lot of energy. The riffs are meaty and delicious, and the suitably clunking drums which put a lot of driving force behind it. Once again, I'd never heard of the band before, but they seem very enjoyable, and quite unique - lots of twists and turns within the songs gave it a character which i've not heard before, and I'll definitely be looking into the band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWnWad5HjE

This thread is refreshing and has introduced me into a ridiculous number of bands. I refuse outright to let it die.
Author:  Abominatrix [ Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:31 pm ]
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Thanks for taking up the thread again Ancient..hopefully someone else will play this time. :lol:

And yeah, that's my favourite Kat album along with the much rawer black/speed metal debut.
Author:  hakarl [ Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:49 pm ]
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Hail of Bullets - Strategy of Attrition

I was listening to Morbid Angel's Gateways before this, and I must say, while this isn't as dark and gloomy as the MA album, the riffs far exceed MA's in brutality and heaviness. I dislike the polished guitar tone however, rifftastic death metal like this needs a muddier, crunchier sound. Quite reminiscent of Bolt Thrower in many ways, although there is a slower break which is quite melodic. Overall quite good, I might check out more from this band, although I hope their other releases have a better guitar tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZNJr-eHpo
Author:  grauer_mausling [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:31 am ]
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Horna - Liekki Ja Voima

Whoops, this definetely is not the Horna I used to know. Never was a big fan of them when I took a listen to their stuff in the late 90s/early '00s and haven't heard a note of them since their "Sudentaival" album so this quite suprised me. Honestly speaking I can't remember totally how they sounded like back then aside from "raw, thin & annoying" but I didn't expect such a lengthy (11 minutes) and quite epic and melancholic sounding yet aggressive stuff when clicking your link and reading the band's name.
After starting with quite mournful and bleak (hopeless) sounding tremolo riffing the song later gains more pace and shifts towards a more raging sound yet keeping it's overall bleak atmosphere. Though I'm not in a BM mood since quite some time this re-awakened my interest a bit and I think I'll have to give some more newer Horna songs a listen. Nice :) (though I guess "nice" isn't the word Horna would like to see their music labelled with, hehe)

new song for you all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7k6zDngT08
Author:  Yinyang920 [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:55 am ]
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grauer_mausling wrote:
new song for you all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7k6zDngT08


Hm, this is odd. Im getting a really odd 80s heavy metal vibe from this. Not sure how I feel on the vocals, I mean I dont hate them, but theyre just kind of...there. The ydo the job I suppose. Drums keep the beat, nothing more. The little interlude in the middle is really neat, as well as the added vocals about 2/3s into the song. Not something I would listen to often, but its really chill, and inoffensive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yum5R1ELlrw

Heres some BDM for whoever is next!
Author:  Abominatrix [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:57 pm ]
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IN the Woods... sounds like 80s heavy metal? ...what the...ANyway Mouser, that's a great song and I didn't review it because I realised this game is more fun if the person reviewing doesn't already know the band real well. :lol: Yingyang, please post the title of the song/name of the band when you do your review.

so, without further ado...:

Visceral Disgorge - "Force Fed Shredded Genitalia"

Even when the drums are blasting away, the guitarwork here is usually pretty slow. This normally wouldn't bother me, but the guitarists spend most of each phrase just hammering on the same chord, and only seem to do interesting stuff at the end of each segment, sort of like a "tail" if you will. I'm really not a fan of that "tap tap tap tap" snare sound..it's as though however intensely the drummer might have been playing you're always going to get the same kind of (probably sampled) little hit, and I think it serves to subtract from the seeming purpose of this music, I.E., being heavy and "brutal". Vocals are just sort of there; not much to say about them. ;) I felt they were going somewhere with the slow section a couple of minutes in but they didn't develop it as much as I'd have liked. Not even a solo, or a proper doomy Incantation-style riff, which is where I thought they might be heading..

http://youtu.be/5QzZTeoayic
Author:  Dudemanguy [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:07 pm ]
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Dawn of Svarogh - Forging the Stream of Consciousness

Interesting song to listen to. It's hard for me to classify it at the moment but it seems like a mix of black metal and thrash metal with a dab of NWOBHM to give very aggressive, but melodic guitar playing. The guitars definitely kick ass, and the riffs are very excellent. The drumming is fine as well, but nothing real special. The real, only letdown, is the vocals. The odd echo effect just doesn't really work for me and gets a tad annoying. Also, sometimes the vocalist uses more of a death growl in the song and it just completely sounds out of place. When the vocalist uses more of the typical black metal shriek, it fits perfectly. I'm not sure why he decided to mix up the vocals so strangely and mess up an otherwise really good song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99vYawzrAc
Author:  Abominatrix [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:23 pm ]
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@Dudemanguy

Glad you enjoyed that. It's the band my bassist considers his principal project, or that is, the project he writes all the music for (it's not really a solo project as it's a full band). That vocalist really is wild and he varies his voice a lot...I figured not everybody would like it but I feel the approach adds much character and is universally very aggressive and angry. You guys are probably among the first to hear this as the split was just released. :D
Author:  grauer_mausling [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:51 pm ]
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Abominatrix wrote:
I realised this game is more fun if the person reviewing doesn't already know the band real well. :lol:


Yeah, it definetely is more fun reviewing unkknown or less known bands for oneself. And regarding the ITW = 80s metal...
Well, hmm, let me think about it... No, there' no other way than to quote you again...

Abominatrix wrote:
What the????


:lol:
Author:  Yinyang920 [ Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:14 pm ]
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Abominatrix wrote:
IN the Woods... sounds like 80s heavy metal? ...what the...


I may or may not have been extremely high when I wrote that review :oh shit:

But ya, I got a big 80's hair metal vibe from the guitar tone. *shrugs*
Author:  Abominatrix [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:15 am ]
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Lux Occulta - "Architecture"

I used to know this album; in fact I wrote a review of it some time ago, but since I haven't listened to it in about eight years I figured it'd probably be ok to cover this song.

It starts out with a kind of crazed whirling dance feel, almost jig-like, even as the heavy guitars chug away. This is Lux Occulta wearing their technical death face, so it's among the better tracks from this schizoprhenic album of theirs where they didn't seem to have much of an idea where they wanted to go. I don't know that the little additions, like the sudden and very quick bursts of what sounds like violin playing or the half-a-minute slow swing part with a Coltrane-esque sax solo wandering off excitedly over it really contribute to making this song good, even if the parts themselves are individually well handled. Guitarwork has some neat ideas and I really enjoy the drummer's playing as well as the great, natural drum sound..no faults at all there. The song picks up steam after the swing interlude and introduces some faster playing and a more furious metal approach, dropping the dance rhythm and even introducing a short blastbeat section. This reminds me of the previous Lux Occulta album without all the flowery synthesiser, and I like it. However, the disparate wanderings of this music still mean that I'm not wholly enthusiastic, especially about an entire album that never really maintains even this level of quality.

http://youtu.be/e8rCtNrcMhk
Author:  Acrobat [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:12 pm ]
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Fleurety - 'Fragmenter Av En Fortid'

I got this album fairly recently (maybe a month ago) and I've been playing it lots so, this isn't something I'm coming to with "fresh ears" so to speak... but what a brilliant piece it is. That seductive intro, with the oh-so-musical bass playing (seriously that guy could probably play smooth jazz if he wanted to, definitely the most accomplished bass playing I've heard in black metal), into the flowing metallic parts. Fleurety pull off what 99% "avant", "post-" black metal bands are trying to do. I jokingly refer to them as "Progotten Woods" as their occasionally reminds of FW (take the riff that comes in at 3:45 and they rocky approach to drumming both bands have). I think this whole album's a dreamy, wonderful thing; quite unlike anything else I've heard. Progressive, jazzy black metal with ultra-smooth bass playing. If you haven't heard them already, I suggest you track down the album.

Mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pzOIryq-k
Author:  hakarl [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:12 pm ]
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Aura Noir - Mirage

I quite like Aura Noir's first album, but I haven't heard anything else from them yet. This one sound much more thrash oriented and less black metal than the debut album's material. If it weren't for the Darkthrone esque chords and some black metal breaks (that recall the debut greatly), this would be merely thrash metal. I'm not that into thrash, but the black metal riff in this song is amazing, and its effect is enhanced by the fact that it appears in the middle of thrash metal. I was disappointed to notice that the riff is only played once, and it's quite short. (I'm talking about the riff that comes in at about 1:10).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74fv0vQ0tk

I recommend listening to the song without looking at the band name. It adds to the experience. That is, in general, not just my song here.
Author:  Milos [ Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:28 am ]
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Ash Borer - Rest, You Are the Lightning

This is not my cup of tea really. I like raw black metal, but the problem with this song is that it lacks anything interesting. Everything sounds like a thousand other black metal bands. I'm sure nobody will remember them in a 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_Gebiet3E
Author:  Acrobat [ Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:03 am ]
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Milos wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_Gebiet3E


Abigor - 'Project: Shadow'

:ugh: Spastic black metal! I love early Abigor (first album and Orkblut...) but here they're trying to sound like Thorns on speed, minus Thorns's knack for fantastic riffs, of course. Seriously, that's some goofy shred-early-internet-dial-up noises they've gone for here. The production's pretty damn flat, too, certainly not at all a patch on the flowing, majestic sound of early Abigor. Basically, it sounds like the band's horribly "modernised" and has developed a case of ADD. For a song that's under 6 minutes it feels painfully long, too.

*woodly diddly doodly daddly diddly*

FUCK!

Mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erkyetxwCYs
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