Septicflesh - Revolution DNA (1999) - Gothics lost in a dystopian space - 96% (06/03/15)

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Septicflesh was one of the most experimental extreme metal bands in the nineties along with Amorphis, Moonspell and Therion. Before the band adapted its slightly repetitive symphonic death metal sound, they had tried out many interesting experiments and...

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Atrocity - Okkult (2013) - One of the best symphonic extreme metal records - 92% (15/07/14)

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Atrocity is a very unique band from Germany that never fails to surprise, but sometimes to deliver. The band started its career by playing grindcore in the mid and late eighties before they became very successful with their first technical death metal...

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Ewigheim - Nachruf (2013) - An intellectual record about two-sided vanity - 90% (15/07/14)

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Ewigheim is a German band composed of members from the atmospheric gothic metal outfit The Vision Bleak, the controversial, explicit, and grisly extreme metal band Eisregen, and the modern groove and industrial metal group Hämatom, among others. Ewigheim...

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Kingfisher Sky - Hallway of Dreams (2007) - A big lullaby for depressive babies - 42% (15/07/14)

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Kingfisher Sky is yet another female fronted symphonic metal band from the Netherlands with a calm and somewhat progressive approach. The band was founded by Ivar de Graaf, who had been the drummer of Within Temptation. It doesn’t come as a surprise then...

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Kingfisher Sky - Skin of the Earth (2010) - A big step in the right direction - 76% (15/07/14)

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After the drudging debut, Dutch symphonic metal band Kingfisher Sky took three years to work on its own approach and came back with the much improved Skin Of The Earth. The first track, “Multitude”, is already better than anything on the predecessor....

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寂静的幽怨 / Silent Resentment - Death is Utopia (2009) - Fluffy symphonic gothic metal with a few hits - 62% (15/07/14)

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By now readers should know about my addiction to exotic metal bands from all around the world, and today I would like to introduce you to a group called Silent Resentment. The four men on guitars, bass, and drums, and the two women on keyboards and vocals...

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The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (2013) - A dark ride with organ sounds and folk elements - 76% (29/03/14)

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The Vision Bleak is one of my favourite bands. They mix dark Lovecraftian lyrics with epic gothic metal, basing their music beautiful melodic vocals and a few occasional blackened shrieks, great guitar play varying between melodic mid-tempo riffs and...

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The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (2013) - A dark ride with organ sounds and folk elements - 76% (29/03/14)

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The Vision Bleak is one of my favourite bands. They mix dark Lovecraftian lyrics with epic gothic metal, basing their music beautiful melodic vocals and a few occasional blackened shrieks, great guitar play varying between melodic mid-tempo riffs and...

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The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (2013) - A dark ride with organ sounds and folk elements - 76% (29/03/14)

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The Vision Bleak is one of my favourite bands. They mix dark Lovecraftian lyrics with epic gothic metal, basing their music beautiful melodic vocals and a few occasional blackened shrieks, great guitar play varying between melodic mid-tempo riffs and...

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The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour (2013) - A dark ride with organ sounds and folk elements - 76% (29/03/14)

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The Vision Bleak is one of my favourite bands. They mix dark Lovecraftian lyrics with epic gothic metal, basing their music beautiful melodic vocals and a few occasional blackened shrieks, great guitar play varying between melodic mid-tempo riffs and...

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