Darkest Desires Part V

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by scottder /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'd say "From Mars to Sirius" or "The Way of All Flesh" are both excellent places to start. Scott

All three are great, but if I could keep only one.......Way of all Flesh

 

[Cousin Patty]

This is pretty kickass...

Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry

the mid-late 90's were awesome. i believe this is from 1996

 

[fuseboxx]

I'll be sure to revisit Gojira in the forseeable future again

I say "revisit" because I've listened to them already in the past and should give them a go again soon

But right now, here's what I'm enjoying:

Heavy and monolithic with a bit of prog influence that can be considered in the same vein as Mastodon, Isis & Cult of Luna (at least imho)

The Ocean - Precambrian (2007)

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by fuseboxx /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'll be sure to revisit Gojira in the forseeable future again I say "revisit" because I've listened to them already in the past and should give them a go again soon But right now, here's what I'm enjoying: Heavy and monolithic with a bit of prog influence that can be considered in the same vein as Mastodon, Isis & Cult of Luna (at least imho) The Ocean - Precambrian (2007)

Absolutely agree, The Ocean should be on the short list of great new progpressive metal groups, "aeolian" is also a good album by them

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by Cousin Patty /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is pretty kickass... Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry the mid-late 90's were awesome. i believe this is from 1996

Quite simply it is one of the greatest dark metal albums of the golden era, pagan in all ways with prominent but tasteful keyboard, many other unusual instruments used with varied tempos, paints a vivid chilling dark landscape. The extreme vocals are quite evil sounding with a distant almost washed out effect. Some purists will say too much keyboard will always sound cheesey, but I think NM use them skillfully to paint dark landscapes and they blend in nicely overall.

Nokturnal Mortum was a prolific dark metal collective that spawned many other groups from the motherland and various members have side projects under different names. I think we have sung the praises of this album going all the way back to original darkest desires I thread, essential album

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by japc /img/forum/go_quote.gif There have been some great releases of late. Been listening to Drudkh - Microcosm Their frosty, raw, folkish Black Metal is amazing. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars My opinion of BAN was still unformed but this seals it: they rock. This is epic BM. Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade Best BM coming from the US nowadays. Nature's haunting, relentless, drone BM. Alongside with Deathspell Omega this bands are the best Black Metal, IMHO.

Yes fine list by JAPC

I don't have the newest Drudkh shown, but do have first 3 albums and while I like them there really was little difference or development between albums so I never kept up with newest work.......I will eventually have to see what they are up to now. You could say this about many groups that albums tend to all sound the same, but in some case it literally is almost true

The new Blut Aus Nord will be obtained eventually, I have all previous work which is of a very high level, never let me down yet

Wolves in the Throne Room have finally won me over with latest album shown, I initially though they were just a Burzum clone but now have changed my mind find them strong advocates for current modern dark metal genre.

 

[Jubei]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif All three are great, but if I could keep only one.......Way of all Flesh

Got lucky and found The Way Of All Flesh today

 

[fuseboxx]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wolves in the Throne Room have finally won me over with latest album shown, I initially though they were just a Burzum clone but now have changed my mind find them strong advocates for current modern dark metal genre.

Speaking of Burzum...

I'm quite excited what Varg has in store for us folk now that he's out of prison

 

[japc]

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Originally Posted by fuseboxx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Speaking of Burzum... I'm quite excited what Varg has in store for us folk now that he's out of prison

Well, I'm not the least excited that he got out of jail so soon.

 

[limpidglitch]

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Originally Posted by fuseboxx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Speaking of Burzum... I'm quite excited what Varg has in store for us folk now that he's out of prison

…but you don't have the doubtful honour of having him running around your neghbourhood.

 

[fuseboxx]

Maybe he's reformed? *shrug*

 

[fuseboxx]

Wow this is quite harsh both in musical style and sound quality. It took a while to let my ears settle into the sound. Very raw, dirty, aggressive and intense with some sense of atmosphere and the occasional good use of folk instruments. It felt like a grittier version of Equilibrium.

Thyrfing - Vansinnesvisor (2002, Viking Metal)

 

[YtseJamer]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Amon Amarth Classic debut album released as special 2 CD version: original album with 1 bonus track + 2008 live remake of album. Deluxe package 4 panel double digipak, have placed my order......... \m/ Amorphis Anyone have the new album "skyforger"? I like previous album "silent waters" but samples from new work sound softer tone overall...........

The new Amorphis is very good but unfortunately the sound is too compressed.

 

[fuseboxx]

Good sound. Nice idea. I'm not so much a fan of rock operas, prog and hair/glam metal so the bit of those influences that appear on the album gets a bit annoying. For the most part though, this is good music. I'm listening to the remastered version and it sounds great to my ears.

W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol (1992, Heavy Metal)

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by japc /img/forum/go_quote.gif There have been some great releases of late. Been listening to Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars My opinion of BAN was still unformed but this seals it: they rock. This is epic BM.

Finally got this album......as I suspected very good, has long 8-10 minute long songs that are similar in style to recent Enslaved. Raw black metal elements combined with progressive sections skillfully blended into a hybrid modern dark metal sound, have not yet been let down by Blut Aus Nord and will continue to be a buyer of future works