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The Vision Bleak - The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) - Gothic Thrash Metal - 70% (17/10/10)

The Vision Bleak - The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) - Gothic Thrash Metal - 70% (17/10/10)

After the brilliant masterpiece "Carpathia - A dramatic poem", my expectations towards this album were surely elevated. I also knew that the band would probably not be able to recreate such an intense album but I hoped that their third official output...

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The Vision Bleak - Songs Of Good Taste (2002) - Welcome to the gothic lounge - 75% (17/10/10)

The Vision Bleak - Songs Of Good Taste (2002) - Welcome to the gothic lounge - 75% (17/10/10)

As a big fan of the band, it was a sure thing for me to consider buying this demo from the shop of the band's label Prophecy Productions for 9,99 Euro. I think that this smart demo is a very interesting gimmick for the big fans of the band but maybe not...

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The Vision Bleak - The deathship has a new captain (2004) - Maybe the best debut album of all times - 96% (10/10/10)

The Vision Bleak - The deathship has a new captain (2004) - Maybe the best debut album of all times - 96% (10/10/10)

This is one of the best and most original debut albums that I have ever listened to. The Vision Bleak invent a whole new genre which they call Horror Metal. Well, many bands suppose that they are inventing something new and give weird names to their creations,...

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Moonspell - Lusitanian Metal (2008) - Gives you a very wrong and negative impression - 10% (08/10/10)

Moonspell - Lusitanian Metal (2008) - Gives you a very wrong and negative impression - 10% (08/10/10)

Don't get me wrong, I really like the studio albums of Moonspell and I have even seen them in concert and I have liked their performance very much. That's why I got so shocked when I listened to this album. This album lacks of everything that a good live...

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Mely - ...leave and enter empty rooms... (2007) - In perfect harmony and melancholy - 93% (08/10/10)

Mely - ...leave and enter empty rooms... (2007) - In perfect harmony and melancholy - 93% (08/10/10)

The first time I heard about Mely was when my father wanted to go on a concert of the German Gothic Metal band "Xandria" and those guys from Austria where opening for them. To have an idea what this band would sound like, we found "God nowhere" on a sampler...

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Crematory - Pray (2008) - Crematory's eerie and atmospheric masterpiece - 85% (06/10/10)

Crematory - Pray (2008) - Crematory's eerie and atmospheric masterpiece - 85% (06/10/10)

To me, this album is one of the best ones that Crematory had ever done in their career. It has dark vibes, a really eerie atmosphere, a very unique mood, many songs touching different styles and almost just one catchy song after the other. The listener...

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Crematory - Infinity (2010) - In the mood of a compilation album - 65% (06/10/10)

Crematory - Infinity (2010) - In the mood of a compilation album - 65% (06/10/10)

After the atmospheric and eerie masterpiece "Pray", Crematory come back with a new record not even two years after the last one. Having bought this album in its very interesting limited box set (1000 kits worldwide, just like the two previous box sets)...

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The Vision Bleak - Carpathia: A dramatic poem (2005) - The ultimate masterpiece of the Horror Metal genre - 99% (06/10/10)

The Vision Bleak - Carpathia: A dramatic poem (2005) - The ultimate masterpiece of the Horror Metal genre - 99% (06/10/10)

It is not easy to write an objective review about your favourite album of all times, but I will try to do this here. “Carpathia – A dramatic poem” is grandly arranged conceptual album about a young man who travels into the woods of Carpathia to visit...

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