oleetuary
Posts: 2 From: Brunei
|
Cant wait to get this \\m//
Loading...
|
BudDa
Posts: 887 From: Uganda |
08.07.2011 - 16:45Rating: 9
BudDaPosts: 887 From: Uganda
God! I love this album.
----
Freeze! Step away from the hubris.
Loading...
|
metalicharly
Posts: 23 From: Spain
|
10.07.2011 - 12:09Rating: 9
Just amazing. That orient folk sound mixed with melodic black and some prog gives this album a unique taste.
Loading...
|
Death To Posers Hate Thy King
Posts: 268 From: USA |
26.07.2011 - 00:30Rating: 8
Solid Album, Unique Sound.
----
The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
Loading...
|
SceneryOfLoss
Posts: 196 From: Portugal |
27.07.2011 - 23:41Rating: 8
A really good one
Loading...
|
In Bone Factory
Posts: 381 From: Iran |
02.08.2011 - 21:04Rating: 9
I like this one so much.fantastic atmosphere with the help of folk instruments \m/
----
The End Is Nigh ...
Loading...
|
Fat & Sassy!
Posts: 3857 From: USA |
03.08.2011 - 01:20Rating: 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! ^-^
Loading...
|
dougver1
Posts: 59 From: USA |
03.08.2011 - 21:45Rating: 8
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!
Loading...
|
Paradox0 Unasuming Madnes
Posts: 592 From: USA
|
11.08.2011 - 08:59Rating: 6
Paradox0Unasuming Madnes Posts: 592 From: USA
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"
Loading...
|
MétalNoir Fils du Lys
Posts: 847 From: Canada |
29.08.2011 - 16:56Rating: 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.
----
Notre destinée n'est pas encore tracée....
Loading...
|
M C Vice ex-polydactyl
Posts: 3344 From: Australia |
19.10.2011 - 09:58Rating: 9
M C Viceex-polydactylPosts: 3344 From: Australia
I hope these guys are made honorery Norweigians. A great Black Metal album.
----
"Another day, another Doug."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
Loading...
|
CyberSymphony Ollie
Posts: 672 From: UK |
05.12.2011 - 14:38Rating: 8
Impressed with this one, their best IMO.
Loading...
|
Slinky666 Account deleted |
Slinky666 Account deleted
Powerful artwork, weak music.
Loading...
|
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
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.
----
Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal
Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
Loading...
|
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist
Posts: 21306 From: Canada |
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. :/
----
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
Loading...
|
Grody2themax
Posts: 240 From: USA |
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.
Loading...
|
omjaimes omjaimes
Posts: 99 From: Colombia |
02.05.2012 - 21:36Rating: 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.
Loading...
|
Josh Gottret
Posts: 39 From: Bolivia |
28.06.2012 - 10:47Rating: 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!
Loading...
|
musicalkaratekid
Posts: 1506 From: UK
|
15.09.2012 - 22:00Rating: 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.
Loading...
|
Neroese Account deleted |
Neroese Account deleted
Takao is a love song:D
Loading...
|
NocturnalStalker Metal Addict
Posts: 889 From: Spain |
12.12.2012 - 17:31Rating: 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.
----
"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
Loading...
|
chomskeet
Posts: 188 From: USA |
19.05.2015 - 23:29Rating: 8
Wow, I found this pretty randomly. My girl and I were playing a game, "guess the definition of this Game of Thrones word." She saved them up over a couple books, I only got like 1/3 of them right. Chthonic came up and when I Googled it I saw a metallish-looking video. Not the best shit I've ever heard but hell, where else can you find an ehru, koto, shamisen, tibetan bells, shakuhachi, and pgaki flutes in metal? I'll pick through and keep a bunch of the best songs to loop. I can definitely see a lack of variation in their work, but hey, at least they have a tight niche in my library.
Loading...
|