Senmuth - Ra Dhi (2007) - Holy Indian cows play didgeridoo in space - 86% (19/08/11)

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This album is one of Senmuth's weirdest works. He mixes female Indian folk chants, acoustic guitar passages, didgeridoo jams, spacey synthesizer experiments and intense electric guitar solos into one album. Just take a look on his stunning artwork here...

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Ayreon - Actual Fantasy (1996) - A band project with many weak lengths - 70% (18/08/11)

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Ayreon's second full length output is a quite unique piece of music from this project. For the first and last time, the Dutch mastermind Arjen Lucassen decided to not invite a high number of guest musicians but did something like a solo project where...

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Senmuth - RXG-242-11 (2005) - Senmuth's dystopian breakthrough - 85% (18/08/11)

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RXG-242-11 is one of the heavier albums of our Russian mastermind Senmuth. It has a dystopian sound and is mostly straight forward without forgetting to include weird industrial samples. The album may be less majestic and coherent than some of his other...

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Senmuth - Morning Depth Sunlight & Emptiness Inside Reason (2007) - Little Senmuth got an acoustic guitar... - 75% (18/08/11)

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Yes, Senmuth got an acoustic guitar and a dutar and he just wanted to test his two new instruments on this calm, meditative and insightful record for us. In fact, he plays both instruments quite well and his skills remind me a little bit of Cat Stevens,...

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Senmuth - Evolution: Exodus (2007) - On the eighth day God was sleepy... - 77% (16/08/11)

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Senmuth offers us what seems to be one of his most progressive, experimental and diversified albums. Let's just take a look at the inspiring and epic cover artwork, the length of the six songs and the topic about the creation of the world. Well, Senmuth...

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Senmuth - Swadhisthana (2004) - Your score for curry cook nights in candlelight - 94% (15/08/11)

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Swadhisthana is one of Senmuth's earliest masterpieces. It's a great electronic folk album about Hindu religion, Indian culture and Central Asian lifestyle. Senmuth was influenced by some Indian movies he saw and this album uses some film samples and...

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Senmuth - Со(знание)бытия (2006) - Unpredictable extremes - 83% (14/08/11)

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Со(знание)бытия is not only a strange album title that can't really be accurately translated into any other language than Russian, it's also one of the weirdest releases in the whole Senmuth discography. This album is at first hand somehow a great overall...

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Senmuth - Sacral Land (2007) - Leading one's fetish topic to musical perfection - 90% (12/08/11)

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One really feels that one of Senmuth's biggest passions is Egypt culture and history. "Sacral Land" is one of his strongest releases devoted to this topic. The album has a meditative folk feeling that makes this old and forgotten culture live again in...

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Amorphis - Far From The Sun (2003) - The greatness is in the bonus material - 76% (10/08/11)

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Far From The Sun is the weakest album in the strong discography of Amorphis. One can hear that singer Pasi Koskinen lacked passion and emotion and was about to split with the band. It's clear that the band didn't develop any further in the first time...

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Amorphis - Far From The Sun (2003) - The greatness is in the bonus material - 76% (10/08/11)

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Far From The Sun is the weakest album in the strong discography of Amorphis. One can hear that singer Pasi Koskinen lacked passion and emotion and was about to split with the band. It's clear that the band didn't develop any further in the first time...

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