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Thamuz
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:02 am 
 
Some thoughts on this one?

Satyricon - Dark Medievil Times

Fifth_Figure wrote:
Back in the day, when Satyr was just a lad, he just wanted to make black metal. And I mean GOOD black metal. When he was just sixteen, this album was released. Like many albums of that time, bands were developing a more sophisticated style of production, while keeping the real BM feel. Dark Medieval Times is an excellent first release from a young Satyr. Apparently his ideals weren't tainted enough to rid himself of all dignity, such as he is now. Dark Medieval Times has an almost early Burzum/Emperor sound with more of a folkish vibe. At first, having heard negative things about the modern Satyricon, I was a bit skeptical about listening. I couldn't have been more wrong. The guitar riffs are at times unbelieveable, expecially coming from one as young as sixteen. The drums, well, they are near perfect. No horribly overused blastbeast, even. At times, a flute is used as well, giving the Isengard-folk type vibe. They suddenly start, but still provide a solid asset to the music. The vocals range from a soft whisper to an infamous throaty growl. So, if you want some good black metal, leave that "black 'n' roll" album Volcano on the shelf. Give this a try.


Edit: Sorry, no link. I'm not sure how to locate the address of the review frame using Mozilla Firefox :uh oh:
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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:37 am 
 
I think that can one can stay. Borderline, but it can stay.

FYI, to find an exact URL in Firefox, just find the link and "open in new tab." Or "in new window", if you prefer. Then you can just copy/paste it from the address bar.

EDIT: I did, however, destroy the review by HawkMoon on the same page.
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Thamuz
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:41 am 
 
Nightgaunt wrote:
I think that can one can stay. Borderline, but it can stay.

FYI, to find an exact URL in Firefox, just find the link and "open in new tab." Or "in new window", if you prefer. Then you can just copy/paste it from the address bar.

EDIT: I did, however, destroy the review by HawkMoon on the same page.

No problems, I inadvertantly led to the destruction of a poor review. Thanks for the heads up on Mozilla.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:44 pm 
 
Shitty Review wrote:
Ride The Lightning - 97%
Written by Lord_Elden on November 4th, 2004


Ride The Lightning is Metallica's second album. It's their second best album as well with no fillers. Hetfields' vocal skills have improved a lot, but let's face it, he's quite mediocre overall as an vocalist. The voice fits in with Metallica's music perfectly though.

The album starts with the acoustic intro of Fight Fire With Fire, it shows already with the first song that this album is very heavy and filled with great riffs. Cliff Burton plays bass perfectly, he was one of the best bassists ever.
Second song, the title track, has a great drum and bass intro. It is at this point clear that they have found their music, comparing to their first album, which was at times experimental and where they tried several different approaches. In this this album they know exactly what kind of music they wish to play. The title track is one of their best ever.
It follows with For Whom The Bell Tolls, again with a great long intro, a masterpiece, with a superb riff.
Follows one of Metallica's best ballads, in fact one of the best ballads ever made by any band: Fade To Black. Begins peacefully as a dark embrace filled with suicidal lust, continues with heavy riffs at certain stages, reaching the heavy melancholy climax with every second, at last fading to silence.
Continues with Trapped Under Ice, short intro, following with heavier riffs. The first song in the album that is not that memorable. But still a very good song overall.
Next is Escape which is also, compared to the first four songs and the last, one of the less memorable.
Then it's time for the biblical Creeping Death which has a great drum intro. Great riff. The memorable guitar play melts in perfectly with the drums and bass.
The almost nine minutes long instrumental masterpiece Call Of Ktulu is somewhat creepy but at the same time extremely beautiful. Great ending for one of the greatest thrash albums ever made. Listening to this is like riding the lightning, it's shockingly excellent.

Highlights: Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Creeping Death and Call Of Ktulu.


1. Bad formatting
2. Confuses bass with guitar
3. Vague Description of Music
4. I thought this album was capped already?
5. The review overall sucks. There are much better reviews on this album already.
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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:55 pm 
 
Links, Shadz. Links.

I've deleted that one.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:09 am 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=50822

The top one by "MetalRufflez" -- Gads, who accepted that crap?
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OlympicSharpshooter
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:25 am 
 
... that looks like a good review to me. It isn't as good as yours Req, but it certainly does the job.
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GoD
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:55 pm 
 
"How about a good Album - 45%
Written by AbominationsBlasphem on November 11th, 2004

iced earth is the carrier of the true metal's flag during the 90's...yet they will not conquer much writing this crap...all the emotion that has lit the flame of IE inner fire dissapated but at least they should be able to write some decent riffs...whcih they did...just not enough...through all this monotonous post-thrash simple minded riffage Barlow is the still the voice of IE and can mask such indecency with his power, but all emotion is lacking...this sounds like an Iced Earth cover band...pulling off their style but unable to fill in that emotional touch, the majesty that brings their riffs alive...

starting off...it is one of the most decent tracks on this album...actually pretty damn good...called Burning Times...kickass thrash riff with barlow carrying the voice of the ages through his lungs...powerful chorus...but...the solo is lacking...disgusting effort...it ruins the song...all the leads on this album embowel it in the final stage of digestion to be shat out and flushed out of the metla heads collection

next off...we go to Melancholy...the best ballad on this album...yet that does not mean much...barlow over-reacts and makes himself sound like the front man of an emo band...the chorus gives you an idea of the pummel Mark Prator can give you...most likely the best member on this album...again melancholy has a horrible and short as fuck solo clocking in under 20 seconds

apparently jon shaffer was either listening to deicide or just really hung over...this is not iced earth, Desciples of the Lie, this song actually would be pretty goddamn good, but for the first time in his career barlow destroyed a song...this was a death-metal song just tuned up...glen benton should've stared on it...but it is ruined

i am not gonna start going into "watching over my friend's anus"...skip this song or bleed your body dry through holes in your ears bigger the a new york hooker's twat

"Stand Alone"...pretty damn thrashy...but boring...kept short for a reason...but i love the use off harmony after the chorus...a hint at old IE..."Conseqences" is another one of this rectal vomit inducing slime custards...

then we go in what i call the highlight of the album...which is pathetic..."My Own Savior" is iced earth at it's finest on this album...true emotion creeps back into your ears and it seems the love for music inspired this composition for the forst time in 4 years...but then...tarnowski sucks and solo brings you back into the reality you are listening to nothing special

reaping stone is a song i find pretty damn cool...groovy blues inspired song...barlow screeches as if to call back this untimely crime...yet he can not save the record...though things seem to be looking up in the second half of the record

"1776" yes i love this song...iron maiden esque doesn't bother me if it means i can really love the music again...the flute solo is a great addition...kickass

"blessed are you" is a pile of dump...

"prophecy" is when my mood lightens and almost submerge back into the sea that was once the metal monster iced earth...i love this song...but only by this cds standard

"birth of the wicked" has not in the least any epic feel to it...just one cool thrash riff....otherwise monotony once again

"the coming curse" has a great piano intro...and the song is an accomplishment...yet i can't love it...i can't find anything worth my time on this album...buy it only if you have a good job"


This one is rather horrible, and even if it just about meets the guidelines on musical description, it is something like the 20th review for the album so I'm not sure if it's particularly useful. Add the punctuation, annoying (this is objective, I dare you to disagree with me) attitude, etc....blargh.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=166#21183
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DoNotResuscitate
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:08 pm 
 
GoD wrote:
This one is rather horrible, and even if it just about meets the guidelines on musical description, it is something like the 20th review for the album so I'm not sure if it's particularly useful. Add the punctuation, annoying (this is objective, I dare you to disagree with me) attitude, etc....blargh.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=166#21183


I was just going to make a post about this then I decided to read this thread. This is one of the most HORRIBLE reviews I have ever read. The spelling and grammar are horrid. This guy needs to be shot. Not only is this Iced Earth's best album (with the exception of Night of the Stormrider) this guy adds absolutely nothing in regards to a good "review".
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GoD
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:52 pm 
 
PsycholgclMishap wrote:
GoD wrote:
This one is rather horrible, and even if it just about meets the guidelines on musical description, it is something like the 20th review for the album so I'm not sure if it's particularly useful. Add the punctuation, annoying (this is objective, I dare you to disagree with me) attitude, etc....blargh.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=166#21183


Not only is this Iced Earth's best album


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DoNotResuscitate
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:58 pm 
 
It's a matter of taste. My friend Brian and I both enjoy that album the most.
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stickyshooZ
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:08 pm 
 
Well, you are not alone. Albeit, it my not be my favorite, I enjoy it immensely.
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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:42 pm 
 
The review in question sucks. Well, "sucked", more accurately.
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Manu_SwordMaster
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:13 am 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=412

I think i'm about to vomit - 10%
Written by Shadow0fDeath on September 18th, 2004

Therion is a recently acclaimed orchestrated metal band. In reality the band sounds like pure 100% Grade-A bullshit. For one thing the music isn't in anyway innovative and creative. It's a bad attempt at mixing symphonic elements within metal. Failing horribly. The melodies and riffs are annoying. The choiristic chants in the background are enough to make your ears scream in agony.

Therion also enjoys including useless sections where random instruments will play a certain fill or interlude sort of thing. This is beyond tedious. It makes each song longer that by the time you reach the end you've considered the fact that injecting a needle infected with herpes would be a great idea. Much better than actually bothering to listen to this crap. It's not only repetitive. It's beyond boring. Unique? Not at all. Plenty of bands play orchestrated metal, but you can't do a 50-50 like this band did. This sort of strategy is a failure. This album has got to be one of the worst things i have ever heard!

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Seeing as he was banned... And the review focus on how to make the bashing more fun instead of describing... I think it should be gone...
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Byrgan
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:56 am 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=3049

http://www.metal-archives.com/userprofi ... =teucro213

Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales. His English is pretty bad. The guy's profile says, "fired from this shitty site months ago..."

I think the first paragraph is enough:

'Into the Crypts of Rais' This track is simply brutalizer no need to explain it further; that's the dawn of Extreme Metal, if you're one of those kids who have wet dreams with Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Burger King and you ignore Celtic Frost, think about it boy...you have no idea about what Extreme Metal is...
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:06 am 
 
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if you're one of those kids who have wet dreams with Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Burger King and you ignore Celtic Frost, think about it boy...you have no idea about what Extreme Metal is...


HURR HURR I BASH GAYDEL OF SHIT AND DIMMU BURGER IM T3H N3KR0TR00N3SS!!!11
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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:52 pm 
 
Every last one of that trembling whelp's reviews has been incinerated.

Also deleted that SoD Therion review.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:32 pm 
 
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Raw Black Metal - 95%
Written by master_of_hell on November 11th, 2004

I have heard this album vary times and in my opinion it is one of the revelations of the Black Metal. The distortion is excellent and it makes to remember me, great bands as Burzum and or Darkthrone.

I disagree on criticizes of the ShadowOfDeath, a boy of only 14 years if it finds that it can make better that shows then.

He don't hear the guitars? clean your ears!

It must like Black Metal as Cradle Of Filth (Cradle Of Shit) with its clean guitars.

He will be that it already heard the demons of the Burzum, Dimmu Borgir, Enslaved, Nargaroth or the Darkthrone? Black metal has that to be dirty and raw;
I encourage all to hear with calm this excellent production. In my opinion, it is an excellent work!


http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=58477

After reading that I understand that the guitar is distorted and I have no idea what i'm talking about, something about enslaved, nargaroth, darkthrone, burzum, dimmu borgir, and something about Cradle of Filth having clean guitars.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:07 am 
 
whoever let that review through needs to be hit upside the head. it breaks many many rules.

edit: ya whoever let that one slip by should NOT be doing work on the review queue. ever. thats just plain old unacceptable.
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Byrgan
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 2:24 am 
 
Nightgaunt wrote:
Every last one of that trembling whelp's reviews has been incinerated.

Also deleted that SoD Therion review.


Holy shit! Who let his reviews slip by? He had a lot.

What gets me is how he misspelled "Rays" like "Rais". 'I' and 'Y' aren't even close to each other on the keyboard! That is just simply "brutalizer".
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Nightgaunt
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:50 am 
 
Wow. That master_of_hell review was really, really, REALLY bad.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:58 am 
 
Mods don't get punished enough :P That review had no way of getting in...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:19 am 
 
Manu_SwordMaster wrote:
Mods don't get punished enough :P That review had no way of getting in...


Regretfully, I must concur...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:31 pm 
 
What does everyone think of this one?

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The ultimate Blind Guardian Live album - 99%
Written by simonitro on August 30th, 2004


Oh my God! This is probably one of the greatest live albums ever made by the GREATEST BAND EVER BLIND FUCKIN' GUARDIAN. Tokyo Tales was fuckin' amazing as well. So, let's get into the point.

When you kick in the first CD, it starts with a chilly start from the crowd and "War of Wrath" comes in as an introduction and some fans start to saying the narrated words then "she, the mistress of her own lust" then BOOM "Into The Storm" kicks in as hard as fuck, man. Feel the intensity. All the songs on this double disc live collection are amazing, and not one song sounds weak. Man, the "A Night At The Opera" material sounds great as live and it was good choice to place "The Soulforge", "Punishment Divine" and etc... If you listen to "The Bard's Song - In The Forest", the crowd are joining Hansi in singing religiously and when it is done you'll be astonished by the never ending applause for how this song and the band rules. It's magic. man.
To me, it is like my favorite live album by far.

If you really love live albums, this one will blow you to Jupitar by its excellence. Blind Guardian never disappointed their fans from beginning until now. Buy this live collection because it's fucking amazing.


http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=20218
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:47 pm 
 
Wow, thats pretty shitty.

Personally, I'd nuke it.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 4:11 pm 
 
Not to mention the use of the word 'man' - goddammit you're writing a review, not talking to your friends. And read the second last sentence over again.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 5:05 pm 
 
That guy's reviews always suck. Deleted.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:40 pm 
 
Waylander007's review for "Blackwater Park" sucks.

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favourite cd so far - 99%
Written by Waylander007 on November 12th, 2004


I gave Blackwater Park a rating of 99 because i have listened to it more than any other cd. ever. I honestly believe that it is a 99 effort.

Some cds can have a couple of good songs and they are still worth the money, some even have only a couple bad songs or even one bad song and are still worth the money. In my opinion blackwater park doesnt even have a single second of bad music or even slightly bad, and it is literally a complete cd no room left at all a full 60 minuites of music!!

Constant use of multiple layered melodic guitar tracks spliced with haunting breaks over unique and stylish drumming definately makes The Drapery Falls the standout song on the album for me. Add to this the 2 amazing fade ins at the start and at 8:41 that produce goosebumps and the amazing guitar work like the ecentric riff at 5:40 and the acoustic/electric switching at 7:41.

Followed closely by the furious assault of The Leper Affinity witch has some awesome drumming in it.. but i wont go on you get the picture.


http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=130#21632

There are spelling mistakes (ex. witch), assorted grammar mistakes, it's very short, very vague. A majority of the review is spent talking about how much he loves it, rather than the music. If we were to take out the "I LOVE OPETH, *SUCK SUCK*", we would be left with:

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Constant use of multiple layered melodic guitar tracks spliced with haunting breaks over unique and stylish drumming definately makes The Drapery Falls the standout song on the album for me. Add to this the 2 amazing fade ins at the start and at 8:41 that produce goosebumps and the amazing guitar work like the ecentric riff at 5:40 and the acoustic/electric switching at 7:41.

Followed closely by the furious assault of The Leper Affinity witch has some awesome drumming in it..


Can that pass for a review?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:22 pm 
 
No, it can't.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:00 am 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=745

axman wrote:
Mercyful Fate's debut Melissa is undoubtably one of the best Black Metal albums of all time. Epic and melodic with great guitar solos and of course King Diamond's masterful vocals. KD is definatly my favorite singer (maybe Warrel Dane but probably King). The worst thing about this album is the fact that production is kind of thin and doesn't have quite the bite the 90's Fate stuff does. Melissa is absolutely filled with classics, the opener Evil, is one of the most instantly recognisable metal songs ever. Curse of the Pharaohs has that great Egyptian vibe to it. Then the third track, Into the Coven, is my all time favorite MF song. Everything about it just rules, the intro, the vocals, the lyrics, the solos, metal perfection. At the Sound of the Demon Bell is probably the weakest track here, lacking the catchiness and godliness of the rest of the tracks. Black Funeral is another classic and my second favorite track here. Then the disc's longest track, Satan's Fall, clocking at 13 minutes is somewhat of a paradox. Some of it absolutely fucking rules and some of it just seems like it was filler, either way the song rules. The ending song on Melissa is also the title track. A ballad no less, beautiful and haunting, I really love this song. Buy or die!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:39 pm 
 
http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=18091

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These really did sell their souls to Satan! - 100%
Written by Saad on July 22nd, 2003

I've heard many bands being called 'evil'. However I've only come across a few bands that truly know how to play real evil music. Belketre happens to be one those rare bands that can truly create that sound. I first heard them on that split with Vlad Tepes... March To The Black Holocaust, and needed more!

This rehearsal album simply slays! Fuzzy guitars, amazing vocals and a drummer who's knows how to hold a good beat. The riffs are what really create the evil feel to Belktre, as well as the vocals. They work really well together. Even those this just consists of 3 tracks, it's well worth listening to and tracking down this rehearsal.

I never get sick of listening to this brilliant piece of metal over...and over...

HAIL BELKETRE ,, /


My distaste for vague descriptions continues. So the riffs, vocals, etc are amazing, but what does it really sound like?

This is the only review though and Nightgaunt has said it's okay to be vague when it's an album or band with little or no reviews, but personally i don't think it's very descriptive on any scale what to expect from the Belketre album.



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Pure EVIL has returned! - 100%
Written by Saad on July 22nd, 2003

Yes. Belketre unleash yet another set of killer studio tracks.

Two of the songs 'The Dark Promise' and 'Despair' are here, as were they on the studio tracks from 1993. This is as good as the previous release, but guess what? It has one more song! BRAVO! Whilst the 1993 one featured two versions of 'The Dark Promise' and 'Despair', which totals to 3 tracks, this one has 4 different songs. That means more insanity from these Frenchies. What I just noticed about them is that the guitar, although quite loud and listenable, is like blended in with the surroundings. Ai yai yai! I'm not making sense. Let's just say Belketre's rawness is quite different from the typical band that plays raw metal. You just have to hear it to believe.


http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=18092

Ai yai yai, i agree. You are not making any sense!


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I'm guessing this EP is kinda rare or something. - 91%
Written by The_Ghost_of_Room237 on May 3rd, 2003

Hail Satanas We Are Black Legions! That title kind of says it all. This short EP has quite an accessable production and nice musianship for a band with the reputation of Mutiilation. Never the less, these are great songs, especially "Desecrate Jesus Name", which has nice mid-paced riffing, with some "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" influenced melodies (I can only assume). Vocals are basic, not excessively offensive, Black Metal shrieks. Song structures are nice and complex. Just get this if you can find it. You won't regret it.


http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=2359

So...it's not like mutiilation? What is it like?
Basic vocals...could be anything.
Complex song structures, but what do they sound like?

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Mütiilation's best work - 95%
Written by DuskLord on May 27th, 2004

This demo is what got my attention towards Mütiilation. 42 minutes of total depression and hatred with raw haunting vocals creating a hateful and depressing atmosphere... Just listen to the song Black Imperial Blood's should-I-say "humming" vocals in the beginning. Haunting and sick! Excellent and overly distorted guitar sound with lots of unique-sounding melodies... The drumming is like on other kult-Black Legions-releases, it's a bit amateurish but it fits in the mood. Lots of tempo variations, this time I mean it in a good way. I really can't praise this demo in the way it deserves to be praised.

Overall a very unprofessional, dirty-sounding, depressive, raw and grim black metal kult-masterpiece.

+ Ultra-painful vocals...
- ...which sometimes blocks out the other instruments nearly 100%
+ Has that "Black Legions"-feeling all over.
+ Excellent demonstration that melodic bm can still be raw and grim as hell.
- Guitar solo on "Under Ardailles Night". Solos just don't fit in with raw and grim bm.

Standout tracks : Magical Shadows Of A Tragic Past, Black Imperial Blood, My Travels To Sadness, Hate & Depression.

I can't recommend this title enough for anyone who doesn't mind very lofi-sound in BM. Hail Mütiilation!


Say no to fellatio! :thumbsdown:

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One of the best LLN works! - 100%
Written by Celt on September 6th, 2004

Feasts II - demo of the Belketre and Vlad Tepes members side-project called Black Murder. Black Murder's music is a mixture of Vlad Tepes's way of playing, Belketre's speed, hysterical screaming vocals; simple, but atmospheric and great, typically Black Metal, riffs and raw evil sound. Slow parts changing with fast (no tracks with the same speed all the time), drums and guitars like in Vlad Tepes' best records, atmosphere, grimness and darkness like in the best Belketre releases. Total hatred, misanthropy, evil and cruelty. This demo - one of the best examples of the True and Evil Black Metal and one of the best LLN works I've ever heard.


http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=44520

Other than the vlad tepes comment this is more fellatio.
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OlympicSharpshooter
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:26 pm 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=60170#4394

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Totally unnecessary - 0%
Written by onionpants on November 14th, 2004

The 1984 release "Stay Hungry" was a great record and would get a 90% from me. Too bad they followed it up with a stinking pile of commercialized "we wanna be mainstream superstars" crap entitled "Come Out And Play".

So it's 20 years later and Dee Snider reforms the band, but not for a new record; but to "re-record" something that was fine just the way it was. A tribute to a Twisted Sister record done by Twisted Sister. I think Dee Snider is a cool guy, but have his brain cells degraded to the point where he is no longer capable of writing new material? And I don't think he even drinks or does drugs. Imagine the orignal Sabbath lineup finally putting out a new record, and it's a re-recording of "Paranoid".

Quite a few metal bands from the 80's (Exodus, Nasty Savage, Agent Steel.....) have reformed recently and put out quality NEW material. Yes, they've actually put forth the effort of creating something new rather than simply following a blueprint that was written 20 years ago. Avoid "Still Hungry" like the plauge. It's a cheap ploy to get your money, just like "Come Out And Play" was.

Dee, stop living off your past. Write some NEW songs!!!!!


No description of the music, nothing but bashing. I respect the opinion and it is well written but it doesn't seem to follow the guidelines. Do what you will with it.


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GoD
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:32 am 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=13281#21298

No musical description.
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Sidewinder
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:30 pm 
 
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=14775

This review is one paragraph long + tracklist (we really need a tracklist in a review?)
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GoD
Metal newbie

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:58 pm 
 
Sidewinder wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=14775

This review is one paragraph long + tracklist (we really need a tracklist in a review?)


Haha, that one's dire, especially in comparison to the one below it.
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Byrgan
Metalhead

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:17 pm 
 
Sidewinder wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=14775

This review is one paragraph long + tracklist (we really need a tracklist in a review?)


terrorum wrote:
A very good album!
I had never really heard of the band untill this album. It's a real must if you're into Black/Viking Metal, it has Fast, Brutal, Aggresive parts mixed with a lot of Melody and Riffs which will take you to another dimension. There is one song which really shines out, Fallen Heroes. It has this intro, you can really here the Viking Pride in here. The Bathory cover is really well done to, it has these low, clean vocals and this long and slow guitar solo which is really great. A good CD just like the first Nachtfalke CD, Hail Victory Teutonia.


Hail Occulta Mors.


How did this pass?

He capitalized fast, brutal, aggressive, melody, riffs, victory all out of contexts. Whether or not it was the start of a sentence or a proper noun.

Also, he misspelled aggressive, to (supposed to be "too"), and here, ("hear").

And on top of that he doesn't know where to end a sentence. He continues it with multiple commas.
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All_Apologies
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:22 pm 
 
GoD wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=13281#21298

No musical description.


That's what i've noticed with LLN reviews. The reviewers are spending more time sucking cocks rather than give any good description of the music.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:09 pm 
 
Cleaned out the reviews from the last few posts.
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Norsk Arysk Power Metal

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:21 am 
 
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Shredding Talent Display - 89%
Written by Demon_of_the_Fall on August 7th, 2003

I can't believe I found this cd used. Who the fuck would sell an amazing cd like this? This is classic metal here boys and girls, no frills heavy goddamn metal with plenty of the most amazing solos i've ever heard. Paul Gilbert is by far my pick for the best guitarist ever, he can do everything and anything. We have an amazing line-up for this band as well, ofcourse as just mentioned Paul Gilbert: All Guitars, Scott Travis (Drum God) from Priest beating the skins, Jeff Martin on Vocals who at times sounds like Halford (or attempts to) and last but not least John Alderete slamming his fingers on his bass. The songs are all highly memorable and rocking. You feel like banging your damn head every single song. Snowball of Doom is on the Shrapnel label (shreddies) which is most known for the label with some of the most talented solo guitarists i.e Marty Friedman, Jason Becker etc. Snowball has some pretty good production for a live cd, i'm quite impressed indeed. These songs sound sometimes almost better than the studio versions, because some have that added live energy. This is really a flawless live album in all regards from some of the most talented musicians on the planet. Songs like 17th moon, Let the Spirit Fly (sounds like Van Halen) haha, and the Classic Street Leathal are bound to leave you begging for more Racer X cds. I know I need more right fucking now. Racer X covers Godzilla on the last track of Snowball and what a job they did, this is a very good version of the BOC song. Evil Joe is a fucking great song as well, but then again just about every song on here is worth a mention of two, because this album is jammed packed with everything a metal fan could want. Amazing Solos, Outstand drumming, tight as hell string slapping, and some very cool singing. I highly recommened Snowball of Doom for any metalheads or Firsttimers to Racer X.
Rockin Fuckin Roll


Amazing solos! "Outstand" drumming! Too bad I don't know any more about the music now than I did before I read the review!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:37 pm 
 
All_Apologies wrote:
GoD wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=13281#21298

No musical description.


That's what i've noticed with LLN reviews. The reviewers are spending more time sucking cocks rather than give any good description of the music.


Y'know, sometimes I get the horrid suspect that some people attempt reviews for LLN stuff without having actually heard them, or just having checked out random (and easily mislabelled) mp3's... Not very long ago we had this review for Vlad Tepes's cover demo where the reviewer seemed to be totally unaware of the fact that the songs were, in fact, covers, not to mention he didn't describe the music at all.
Jesus, this is a scary thought.
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