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Shylmagoghnar - Emergence



8.7 | 245 votes |
Release date: 27 February 2014
Style: Atmospheric black metal, Progressive black metal, Melodic death metal

Owners:

139 have it
27 want it


01. I Am The Abyss
02. Emergence
03. Edin In Ashes
04. This World Shall Fall
05. Squandered Paradise
06. Eternal Forest
07. The Cosmic Tide
08. A New Dawn
09. The Sun No Longer

Top 20 albums of 2014: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 193

Additional info
Cover art by Minghao Xu.

Guest review by
AndyMetalFreak
Rating:
9.1
Emergence is everything I admire about metal music. I personally would categorize this as melodic black metal, but whatever genre you decide this should belong too, it's a remarkable album indeed.

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published 01.09.2021 | Comments (6)

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07.12.2015 - 13:18
Rating: 9
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Nope, not melodic death (IMO).
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14.04.2016 - 03:26
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
So glad I finally discovered this. That incredibly lame artwork made me suspish, but I'm glad I was proven wrong.
Written by Hex_Omega on 07.12.2015 at 13:18

Nope, not melodic death (IMO).
Most definitely has some elements of melodeath
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16.04.2016 - 02:07
Rating: 9
chomskeet

I like this album a whole lot, thanks to the peeps who got this up to 20 votes. MDM is definitely there and keeps it catchy and accessible, "A New Dawn" is pretty similar at times to Insomnium's "Weighed Down with Sorrow." Actually, a lot of this album reminds me of Insomnium, little bit of Enshine, some battle elements with a black metal backbone. That hardly encapsulates it as a lot of subgenres are woven throughout.
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27.05.2016 - 20:09
Rating: 9
Nihil Aeternum

Bought it after the first song. I agree with chomskeet. Difficult to categorize, atmospheric yes, progressive yes, melodic death yes, but I can't find much black in here.
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28.07.2016 - 20:58
Rating: 10
Grom

Written by Nihil Aeternum on 27.05.2016 at 20:09

Bought it after the first song. I agree with chomskeet. Difficult to categorize, atmospheric yes, progressive yes, melodic death yes, but I can't find much black in here.

I honestly hope that becomes more commonplace - every album like this gets me excited when i first listen to it because I never know where the sound is gonna go.
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Amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
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19.08.2016 - 12:45
Rating: 9
Kuroboshi

Hands down the best new music I've found in years. The first three songs prove that 90's Gothenburg melodic death can still be made and still rules. Their melodies and drumming are so exquisite! The instrumentals rock as well.
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20.09.2016 - 17:22
BaneConall
Fart Enthusiast
Getting some definite early Dissection vibes from this. Sounds really good so far!
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25.10.2020 - 13:24
Rating: 10
Tasos M

Collector's alert! This masterpiece is available in CD on band's bandcamp, only 54 copies left ATM. Go for it! \m/
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27.11.2021 - 15:21
Rating: 8
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Wow! Phenomenal atmospheric black metal! I love the melodies so much - they transport me to another world!
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12.02.2022 - 10:48
Rating: 10
Metal Rasputin

One of the best albums I've heard in ages. The band name is such a mess I'll probably never be able to remember or spell it right.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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28.03.2022 - 17:32
Rating: 9
nonZero

A front-loaded album. Listen to the last 6 songs with lower expectations than the first 3.
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19.08.2022 - 10:32
Gopeth

I was trying to find some good atmosphere black metal, and got this album.
The first song is really attractive. But not all the songs are on the same level, even not all black.
And the biggest problem is the band’s name is really hard to spell.
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19.08.2022 - 15:30
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Written by Gopeth on 19.08.2022 at 10:32

I was trying to find some good atmosphere black metal, and got this album.
The first song is really attractive. But not all the songs are on the same level, even not all black.
And the biggest problem is the band’s name is really hard to spell.

Yeah I would say there's a hint of atmospheric black metal at times, but for me it's mostly melodic black metal, their next album Transience is more progressive, but I much prefer this debut tbh.
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30.01.2023 - 12:18
Rating: 9
Bjamm

It's a lot more black than it's death.
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14.11.2023 - 01:58
gavdann

As soon as I'd read he'd recently released the third part of a trilogy, I decided to listen from the beginning.

First impressions are very positive...
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14.11.2023 - 18:37
JoHn Doe

I enjoy this quite a bit, great song-writing and performance.
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15.11.2023 - 14:44
gavdann

In the end I found this a struggle to enjoy beyond a background easy listening level.

It was too grandiose and symphonic for my taste. I really could do without the heavy use of keyboard strings and choral effect in that last track especially.
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