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by Sebastian Kluth

Northern China freezes over - 迷魂殿 - 根河

Northern China freezes over - 迷魂殿 - 根河

Ecstasy Temple's second album Gen River reduces the neofolk influences and increases the metal passages. The gloomy black metal vocals are more present than before. Most songs have a mid-paced tempo and are overall faster than the tracks from the first...

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Asian folk music meets European black metal - 迷魂殿 - 哭泣的鄂伦春

Asian folk music meets European black metal - 迷魂殿 - 哭泣的鄂伦春

One-man projects have a quite negative reputation for a good reason, especially if they are related to black metal. Most of these projects are heavily under-produced, annoyingly repetitive and lacking talent. This isn't the case for Mi Hun Dian which...

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Smooth transitions between Heaven and Hell - A review of Vallendusk's Fortress of Primal Grace

Smooth transitions between Heaven and Hell - A review of Vallendusk's Fortress of Primal Grace

Vallendusk started its career playing atmospheric black metal with epic neofolk passages six years ago. I lost track of the promising Indonesian quartet and decided to check out the group's fourth release entitled Fortress of Primal Grace. The extraordinary...

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Groundbreaking progressive death metal - A review of Impureza's La caída de Tonatiuh

Groundbreaking progressive death metal - A review of Impureza's La caída de Tonatiuh

Over the past fifty years or so, countless bands have developed numerous rock and metal genres. Once you thought you might have heard it all, a band like Impureza comes around. The French quintet sings Spanish lyrics about Latin American legends and tales...

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2018 FIFA World Cup: Group G

2018 FIFA World Cup: Group G

Ladies and gentlemen! The 2018 FIFA World Cup is Russia has already begun and we have already seen some fireworks of the beautiful game. I still want to analyze the two groups that haven't played yet. Today, I will analyze the teams in Group G. Enjoy...

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2018 FIFA World Cup: Group G

2018 FIFA World Cup: Group G

Ladies and gentlemen! The 2018 FIFA World Cup is Russia has already begun and we have already seen some fireworks of the beautiful game. I still want to analyze the two groups that haven't played yet. Today, I will analyze the teams in Group G. Enjoy...

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Gloomy and numbing melodic black metal - A review of Cloak's To Venomous Depths

Gloomy and numbing melodic black metal - A review of Cloak's To Venomous Depths

Cloak is often described as so-called black 'n' roll band, a band combing black metal stylistics with rock music. However, I would rather describe the quartet's debut full length To Venomous Depths as melodic black metal oozing with a gloomy atmosphere...

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Darkness, future or dark future? - A review of Deathwhite's For a Black Tomorrow

Darkness, future or dark future? - A review of Deathwhite's For a Black Tomorrow

Deathwhite is a quite unusual band. Not because the identities of the members remain a mystery since this has become quite trendy in the metal scene as we speak. No, the band's sound is actually quite intriguing. It sounds like a mixture of alternative...

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Great leap forward for Chinese power metal project - A review of Barque of Dante's Alchemist

Great leap forward for Chinese power metal project - A review of Barque of Dante's Alchemist

Barque of Dante is a Chinese power metal band that has collaborated with different international vocalists in the past. Alchemist features Swedish singer Robin Lundgren on lead vocals as well as Argentinian singer Inés Vera-Ortíz as duet partner and backing...

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Great leap forward for Chinese power metal project - A review of Barque of Dante's Alchemist

Great leap forward for Chinese power metal project - A review of Barque of Dante's Alchemist

Barque of Dante is a Chinese power metal band that has collaborated with different international vocalists in the past. Alchemist features Swedish singer Robin Lundgren on lead vocals as well as Argentinian singer Inés Vera-Ortíz as duet partner and backing...

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