I literally have my own private access to a surf break so I would never get anything done working from home, in fact I had the dy off the other day to do some renovation and spent half of the day surfing
01. The Bright White Nothing At The End Of The Tunnel 02. Where I End And The Hemlock Begins 03. Gasping In Darkness 04. Eternally Falling 05. Panic Becomes Despair 06. Lost In Static Between Worlds
I absolutely adored their debut EP, but the sound on this is just too far from it for me not to consider it a bit of a disappointment. It's good for what it is though.
I absolutely adored their debut EP, but the sound on this is just too far from it for me not to consider it a bit of a disappointment. It's good for what it is though.
This is the only thing I've heard from the band, and I have to say I wasn't even remotely impressed.
This is the only thing I've heard from the band, and I have to say I wasn't even remotely impressed.
I'd still recommend giving this a go. I'm almost certain you'd find it a notch above this album, even if you don't especially like it. Much nicer sound (not as harsh), a few Blut aus Nord-y clean and bendy guitar moments as well and on the whole much better songs.
I'd still recommend giving this a go. I'm almost certain you'd find it a notch above this album, even if you don't especially like it. Much nicer sound (not as harsh), a few Blut aus Nord-y clean and bendy guitar moments as well and on the whole much better songs.
It's a nice little EP. I like the slightly psychedelic feel to it and decent use of melody, rather than this one which is pretty much straight up harsh sounding black metal with little variation.
It's a nice little EP. I like the slightly psychedelic feel to it and decent use of melody, rather than this one which is pretty much straight up harsh sounding black metal with little variation.
It's practically packed with melody, but not the kind of melody you get with the more cliche black metal bands (or atmo-black bands). It's really intricately designed to have a sort of puzzling atmosphere (indeed a bit psychedelic at times). Also, the mini-guitar solo at about 5:30 in the youtube version sounds quite jazz influenced (at least in terms of the scale and timing of the guitarist). Also the production on the EP is pretty damn perfect. It's really a fucking shame that this album couldn't live up to that quality
It's practically packed with melody, but not the kind of melody you get with the more cliche black metal bands (or atmo-black bands). It's really intricately designed to have a sort of puzzling atmosphere (indeed a bit psychedelic at times). Also, the mini-guitar solo at about 5:30 in the youtube version sounds quite jazz influenced (at least in terms of the scale and timing of the guitarist). Also the production on the EP is pretty damn perfect. It's really a fucking shame that this album couldn't live up to that quality
Yeah, no idea what went wrong. Presumably they wanted it to sound like this which is a little beyond me.
Yeah, no idea what went wrong. Presumably they wanted it to sound like this which is a little beyond me.
It seriously sounds like they scrapped everything that made that EP great. I guess it's cool that they tried a different direction, it's just not cool that it's boring
Well it already was a painting from 1894 called The Treasures of Satan. Plus I don't think Morbid Angel heard of Hexenhaus so I doubt that they deliberatly copied them
It's a nice little EP. I like the slightly psychedelic feel to it and decent use of melody, rather than this one which is pretty much straight up harsh sounding black metal with little variation.
What's funny is that I pretty much feel the same, but with the EP and the LP switched around >_>
What's funny is that I pretty much feel the same, but with the EP and the LP switched around >_>
Given the stylistic disparity between the two it's not surprising that some will love the EP and others the full length. I guess that just means we can all hope they do more experimenting in the future, and delve into different subgenres with each release
Well it already was a painting from 1894 called The Treasures of Satan. Plus I don't think Morbid Angel heard of Hexenhaus so I doubt that they deliberatly copied them
Right ! I like the painting so much anyway, that's awesome piece of art
I have a feeling I made a mistake by listening to this first. It's pretty decent and has potential to grow on me, unlike so much of the bm I listened to this year.
The examples from the update from the comment section are ridiculous. Not to mention all of that guy's artworks are horrendous, regardless of plagiarism.
Went for this after Marcel posted his 2014 list. Still not sure what i don't like about it. To me, the band doesn't have a good command of ideas they are wiling to use.
Their debut EP was indeed way better than this one, but still wouldn't place it among the best things that this sort of BM has to offer.
Went for this after Marcel posted his 2014 list. Still not sure what i don't like about it. To me, the band doesn't have a good command of ideas they are wiling to use.
Their debut EP was indeed way better than this one, but still wouldn't place it among the best things that this sort of BM has to offer.
This one is a total step or two up from their demo (which you call e.p.) which was run of the mill heard it a gazillion times before black metal. Here they at least have a lot of atmosphere which was totally lacking on their demo. Plus it has a totally organic flow to it which makes one go back to it and not play it on shuffle.
Btw I am not the only one who regards this one as one of the top albums of the year. Just look around and you'll see it pop up on many an end of year list.
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