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Cant wait to get this \\m//
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 BudDa - 08.07.2011 at 16:45
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| Rating: 9 |
God! I love this album.
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| Rating: 9 |
Just amazing. That orient folk sound mixed with melodic black and some prog gives this album a unique taste.
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| Rating: 8 |
Solid Album, Unique Sound.
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| Rating: 8 |
A really good one 
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| Rating: 9 |
I like this one so much.fantastic atmosphere with the help of folk instruments \m/
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| Rating: 8 |
Very nice surprise for me this year. Never hearing this band before, I thought the oriental folk elements where gonna be obnoxiously mixed into the music, and they're not. Great blend of both kinds of music! ^-^
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| Rating: 9 |
Holy hell, this came at me outta nowhere. Awesome.
It's funny, I was bored by their music whenever I listened to it in the past.... but they've REALLY improved with this new release!
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| Rating: 6 |
A lot of people seem to be giving this some major props but from what my ears are hearing I'm not terribly impressed. I've been a fan of these guys (and gal) since seediq bale and found Mirror of Retribution descent but this is just boring. The actual metal portions seem like (atleast to me) that there stuck somewhere between trying to write hooks (which are just there to replace the lack a well thought out means to portray intensity and energy) and trying to be dark sounding and it just comes off as kind of bland. I know there thing is to blend this with oriental instrumentation but this time they just don't seem to complement each other at all (although to be fair are much more present than they where in Mirror of retribution). The only really good song coming off of this album is "Broken Jade"
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| Rating: 8 |
Blacker than MoR, one of the catchiest melodic exreme metal albums of the year. "Takao" in particular is fucking addictive. This is not your standard cerebral, gloomy BM album, but who cares, it is a great piece of metal.
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| Rating: 9 |
I hope these guys are made honorery Norweigians. A great Black Metal album.
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Impressed with this one, their best IMO.
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Slinky666 - 08.12.2011 at 05:26
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Powerful artwork, weak music. 
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Written by Guest on 08.12.2011 at 05:26
Powerful artwork, weak music.
the music has always been weak. the only reason people paid attention to them is because they're from Taiwan and the girl in the band is hot.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2011 at 05:31
the only reason people paid attention to them is because they're from Taiwan and the girl in the band is hot.
The only reason the majority of people who bother listening to them, sure. There are people who definitely appreciate the band for their music though.
Not that I belong to either category. Hell, I don't even think the chick is hot. :/
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Written by Paradox0 on 11.08.2011 at 08:59
The actual metal portions seem like (atleast to me) that there stuck somewhere between trying to write hooks (which are just there to replace the lack a well thought out means to portray intensity and energy) and trying to be dark sounding and it just comes off as kind of bland.
So you're saying that the hooks are only there to replace intensity? I personally think its still pretty intense. Although I haven't listened to their older material yet, this album features good songwriting.
Sometimes I feel like people criticize a band too much for relying on "hooks" as if its an easy thing to write a song that goes multiple directions all while making sense and finding the "right" parts for a song. Not blaming you in particular for this as I'm just unsure of what you meant exactly.
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| Rating: 8 |
The highlights: Takao and Broken Jade are perfect!, very good album, the concept of war and kamikazes was developed very well, intense words with intense vocals.
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| Rating: 9 |
I was looking on an average metal page, new bands, searching something that impress me...then I see Chthonic, a melodic black metal band from Taiwan, and I think, wtf is this...TAIWAN??? 
Hahahahaha!!! Rare, at least from TAIWAN, but after give him a chance watching Broken Jade video I realize that were an amazing band.
I hear the complete album and Chthonic really surprised me, with a harsh voices and awesome erhu (Chinese violin) solos! 
After all...I have to say...this is one of the most amazing discoveries that anyone can do!!!
Great band & FUCK'N stunning album! 
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| Rating: 7 |
Not too different to any other Chthonic release, but there does seem to be a bit more emphasis on the Black Metal side of things than on the folk instrumentation. It makes for a very heavy and brutal sound, yet somehow never seems to be too long or too short. The one thing I dislike about this album though is the riffs being a bit generic, giving off the effect that it's actually the folk influences that shine through fully.
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| Rating: 10 |
Takao is a love song:D
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| Rating: 8 |
Nice album. Though their black metal side is pretty generic most of the times, I think it makes their folk moments shine more. I'd surely give this album a higher rating if the music was more diverse but still Chthonic gets thumbs up from me just for including their ancestors' legacy into their musical palette. 
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