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04:06 - InnerSelf
I like the Ambient parts (especially the intro of the second song) more than the actual BM ... but still, it's quite cool :)

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listening !

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There's also an band page here on ms, if you'd like to comment on it! [link]

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Release date:	1998
Style:	Symphonic black metal, Blackened power metal
Rating:	8.4 \| 90 votes
Owners:	110 have it 11 want it

01. Battle Magic
02. Naked Steel (The Warrior's Saga)
03. A Tale From The Deep Woods
04. Return To The Praesidium Of Ys
05. Crystal Shards
06. The Dark Liege Of Chaos Is Unleashed At The Ensorcelled Shrine Of A'Zura-Kai (The Splendour Of A Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath The Blazon Of The Hyperborean Empire Part II)
07. When Rides The Scion Of The Storms
08. Blood Slakes The Sand At The Circus Maximus
09. Thwarted By The Dark (Blade Of The Vampyre Hunter)
10. And Atlantis Falls...

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Lyrics (10)

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Rating:
10

Do you know what a special album is like? The ones that are so good that you listen to the entire disc with extremely high volume, following each track with all your senses while reading the lyrics; completely disabled from the rest of the world? If no, here's your chance. Because this is just as the title suggests, magic.

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