Putamen Insula - Condoléances (2015) - Letting go... - 91% (07/03/15)

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"Condoléances" is the third studio record by experimental black metal band Putamen Insula from Montreal that recently announced that this release marks the end of an era or even of the formation in general. On these final six tracks, the band moves further...

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Putamen Insula - Souriez (2013) - Thoughtful statements and talented musicianship - 95% (13/02/15)

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The nihilistic black metal trio is back with its second full length release somewhere between black metal, crust punk and a shot of doom metal. Their sound is characterized by a bleak, cold and desperate atmosphere. The songs feature short and emotional...

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Dornenreich - Freiheit (2014) - A pretentious songwriter output - 42% (29/12/14)

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I've liked to listen to selected Dornenreich songs in the past since I discovered them on the outstanding neofolk compilation "Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings" including bands such as Empyrium, Les Discrets and Ulver. As "Freiheit" is supposed to be the...

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王三溥 / Darkness over Depth - 东西 / East and West (2013) - Magical journey through Eastern and Western music - 90% (07/12/14)

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“East and West” is not an official Darkness over Depth release but rather a collaborative project between Chengdu-based multi-instrumentalist Kasasis, the mastermind behind one-man project Darkness over Depth, and his Chinese label colleague Zwrust, the...

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深山 / Deep Mountain - 忘忧湖 / Lake of Solace (2014) - Charming Chinese traditions in a neofolk garment - 90% (07/09/14)

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Deep Mountain is an interesting black metal band from Tai’an, Shandong province in the People’s Republic of China because this quartet almost has nothing to do with metal music whatsoever. The three men and one woman mostly play laid back acoustic neofolk...

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閃靈 / Chthonic - 武徳 / Bú-Tik (2013) - History class in symphonic extreme metal style - 78% (15/07/14)

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Chthonic is without a doubt one of the most famous metal bands from Asia after Japanese outfits like Loudness or X Japan. The band from Taipei in Taiwan was formed back in 1995 and has since released six critically acclaimed full length records. The four...

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Esthète Sinistre - Live In Despair, Die In Solitary (2013) - Nature bound symphonies and bleak lamentations - 85% (26/05/14)

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Esthète Sinistre is a depressive post black metal project by one musician and one singer. It may come as a surprise to many that this grim and frostbitten project neither comes from the Métal Noir Québécois movement nor from a Scandinavian or Baltic country....

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Hades Archer - Penis Metal (2008) - Phallus Satani: The anti-thesis of Amon Düül II - 30% (01/04/14)

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Hades Archer is a Chilean black metal band with blistering death and especially thrash metal influences in the key of Brazilian legends Sarcofago. The band is infamous for the fact that they called both their genre and their first ambitious release “Penis...

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暴君 / Bloody Tyrant - The Overture of Sun-Moon Lake (2012) - Extreme folk metal with grace and guts - 89% (30/06/13)

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Bloody Tryrant is another quite diversified extreme metal band from Nantou County in Taiwan. Last year, the band released its EP "The Overture of Sun-Moon Lake " which is available for free on the internet. It can though also be purchased physically and...

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Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle (2013) - Great epic concept but lacks of unique diversity - 80% (17/02/13)

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Quite some noise has been made in the metal scene around the release of "Echoes of Battle" of the Salt Lake City-based atmospheric and epic black metal band Caladan Brood. After a few spins, I might agree that the band is worth all this attention and...

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