Katatronik Angel of Lust
Posts: 1018 From: Italy |
20.11.2008 - 21:06Rating: 8
Nice album, though not my favourite one... but I enjoyed it a lot anyway... good review!
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and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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Sunioj
Posts: 3894 From: Finland |
21.11.2008 - 14:49Rating: 7
SuniojPosts: 3894 From: Finland
'Extremely underrated...' I'd say that they are the exact opposite. Overrated, and gain too much attention for their ability to be formulaic and predictable. Meh. I don't think any of Catamenias albums are worth more than an 8. But you have convinced me to give this album a shot...
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Uirapuru Liver Failure
Posts: 2955 From: Brazil |
UirapuruLiver FailurePosts: 2955 From: Brazil
Written by Sunioj on 21.11.2008 at 14:49
'Extremely underrated...' I'd say that they are the exact opposite. Overrated, and gain too much attention for their ability to be formulaic and predictable. Meh. I don't think any of Catamenias albums are worth more than an 8. But you have convinced me to give this album a shot...
Agree with every word there.
This album is clearly different from the previous, and it's an amazing improovment. The varieted sound that was always missing in the other albuns can be found here, thanks to the catchy melodies, the keyboard is exellent, the vocals and drums are also better... they are less repetitive afterall.
But it doesn't mean that this is a good album, less repetitive doesn't mean NOT repetitive, the best songs end up being the most commercial appelatives ones : ''Beyond the starlight'' and ''Landscape'', where we can find the pretty keyboard work and the nice solos that are the major feature of this work... the rest is the rest...
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Sunioj
Posts: 3894 From: Finland |
20.04.2009 - 17:18Rating: 7
SuniojPosts: 3894 From: Finland
Written by Uirapuru on 20.04.2009 at 17:13
Written by Sunioj on 21.11.2008 at 14:49
'Extremely underrated...' I'd say that they are the exact opposite. Overrated, and gain too much attention for their ability to be formulaic and predictable. Meh. I don't think any of Catamenias albums are worth more than an 8. But you have convinced me to give this album a shot...
Agree with every word there.
This album is clearly different from the previous, and it's an amazing improovment. The varieted sound that was always missing in the other albuns can be found here, thanks to the catchy melodies, the keyboard is exellent, the vocals and drums are also better... they are less repetitive afterall.
But it doesn't mean that this is a good album, less repetitive doesn't mean NOT repetitive, the best songs end up being the most commercial appelatives ones : ''Beyond the starlight'' and ''Landscape'', where we can find the pretty keyboard work and the nice solos that are the major feature of this work... the rest is the rest...
Yeah, I hear what you're saying. I gave this album a spin after this review and wasn't impressed. I feel bad because I used to be crazy about Catamenia, now I don't remember the last time I listened to them. From what I've heard, I'd say that 'Winternight Tragedies' is their most mature work (keep in mind I haven't heard all the albums, they have quite a bit).
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Uirapuru Liver Failure
Posts: 2955 From: Brazil |
UirapuruLiver FailurePosts: 2955 From: Brazil
Written by Sunioj on 20.04.2009 at 17:18
Written by Uirapuru on 20.04.2009 at 17:13
Written by Sunioj on 21.11.2008 at 14:49
'Extremely underrated...' I'd say that they are the exact opposite. Overrated, and gain too much attention for their ability to be formulaic and predictable. Meh. I don't think any of Catamenias albums are worth more than an 8. But you have convinced me to give this album a shot...
Agree with every word there.
This album is clearly different from the previous, and it's an amazing improovment. The varieted sound that was always missing in the other albuns can be found here, thanks to the catchy melodies, the keyboard is exellent, the vocals and drums are also better... they are less repetitive afterall.
But it doesn't mean that this is a good album, less repetitive doesn't mean NOT repetitive, the best songs end up being the most commercial appelatives ones : ''Beyond the starlight'' and ''Landscape'', where we can find the pretty keyboard work and the nice solos that are the major feature of this work... the rest is the rest...
Yeah, I hear what you're saying. I gave this album a spin after this review and wasn't impressed. I feel bad because I used to be crazy about Catamenia, now I don't remember the last time I listened to them. From what I've heard, I'd say that 'Winternight Tragedies' is their most mature work (keep in mind I haven't heard all the albums, they have quite a bit).
Winternight..'' is their best work by far (althought I still have to listen the last one ). I also used to like Catamenia a lot, but it was when I was starting to listen to metal. After some years is hard to see what was so impressive about this band. That's one of the few groups where the earlier works are the worse.
Maybe the easy-going genre, full of melodic parts, and the awesome theme songs makes me automatically interested in the past, but listening now I can't help being disappointed.
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member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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In Bone Factory
Posts: 381 From: Iran |
12.11.2009 - 13:01Rating: 9
The type just fit to and fill in my taste.
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