Melodic death metal fans probably die in dozens every day here and no one cares but the community gets less interesting when someone with a bit more experimental taste leaves.
Halfway through the year.... Dissonant black is the winner for me so far. A bit surprised that those albums have so few votes despite being much better than what DsO put out the last 15 years.
01. The Unveiling 02. Interdimensional Summit 03. Ætheric 04. Council Of Wolves And Snakes 05. The Empyrean Phoenix 06. Lightbringer 07. I Am Sovereign 08. Archaic Correspondence 09. Alpha Aeon Omega 10. Rite Of Passage
It took 8 years to release a new record. So it must be the feather in black metal music's cap; something to throw at a true black metaller's face. These are the things that initially come to anyone's mind, regardless of how successful Eonian is in making fans' desires come true.
The record doesn't carry any instrumental track for a starter as a typical Dimmu Borgir thing, instead a shocking industrial intro and not comforting at all. "Interdimensional Summit", being the first song I listened to from this record, still stuck to Abrahadabra values. The keyboard theme is quite heartwarming and Galder's solo is one of the band's best. After that, "Council Of Wolves And Snakes" starts as something you may need in Dimmu Borgir's albums, but gets tedious and kills the buzz in the listener.
Seen a few comparisons to Nightwish and Therion here, but I'm hearing a fair bit of Epica in this. The choir work especially.
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"Another day, another Doug."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
As a lover of catchy music, this reminds me of other catchy tunes from Paramore, Avril Lavigne and Nickelback that i could not help but sing along to. The fact that this debuted at number 142 on the Billboard Top 200 is testament of how catchy it is. This is just as sweet sounding as Melissa . Council of wolves and snakes and the rites of passage make Dimmu Borgir the forefront band in attracting new listeners to heavy metal. Buy this album and don't forget to get your granny a copy. Shagrath and co with their satanic outfits and image now look as scary as the band Lordi which is the best thing that could happen to Dimmu in terms of their commercial appeal.
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You are not metal enough until you visit Kenya. The cradle of mankind, where man learnt first to work with stones and first enjoyed the sounds produced by banging stones which later influenced metal in all its sounds and genres.
At first I didn't like this album very much, but after several listening I started to love it. It must be said that regarding darkness and hardness, it's the softest album comparing to other previous albums, however it doesn't mean it's bad. They definitely are talented musicians and and they definitely proved it when making this different, but still great album.
As a metal album, this is super catchy and accessible and fun and uplifting.
As a black metal album... well, it's not a black metal album. And that's fine. But you really need to know that ahead of time if you're hoping for some kvlt shit. Even the guitars are tuned to "radio friendly" from a non-elitist standpoint. Aside from the vocals, most hints and traces of legitimate black metal influence are incredibly difficult to ascertain, aside from maybe arpeggio notes and scattered blastbeats. I assume they still wear corpse paint and gimmicky outfits to portray themselves as black metal musicians as well, although that doesn't actually have any bearing on the sound.
It sucks for them because this is actually a really well-crafted album and it obviously required lots of effort, collaboration, and ingenuity. But it's so soft and watered down, even for a Dimmu Borgir album, that the majority of metal fans will laugh in its face or cringe in response to at least half of what's presented here.
Replace Thoresen with some generic goth rock vocalist or even some half-assed falsetto "pro" and release it as a debut under a different band name (one that never gets admitted to Metal-Archives for being "non-metal") and I guarantee the reactions to this album would be significantly weighted on the positive, if not adoring side of the rating spectrum.
As for me, I think with it trying to be too many things at once and clearly reaching for something it can't be, despite putting forth a high quality effort... it's gonna be a naw from me.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
Not bad. I really liked "Interdimensional Summit" which reminded me a lot of Epica. Overall there's this hard rock vibe which doesn't always work, but the songs are solid enough. It's certainly not overly symphonic, no more than their previous albums. I definitely don't see the Nightwish comparison - that seems like a very effortless and easy thing to say just because they're symphonic - Epica is a much closer comparison.
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend
It's not bad per se but it doesn't hold a candle to the classic Dimmu records. Not in composition, in arrangement, not in production or performances. The production especially, how can it sound so flat...
Re listen this again, question is if we can call it metal, yes, but its more they turn softer somehow gothic, symphonic direcetions
To me this is their best after re recorded album,.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.
Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing