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I'm not big on death metal but for Krisiun i'll gladly make an exception. These Brazilian guys really have a crushing sound and mix things up enough to keep the listeners interested. They love their blast beats but also know when to switch gears. The Great Execution is probably also the best album they releases in my opinion. I'd give it a solid 8 out of 10.

 

 

 

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I really liked the atmosphere in that song. The musical content was good, not great, but the atmosphere made up for that. My biggest problem with the song is that I'm not really sure the deep growled vocals really go with the rest of the song. The female vocals were great. I'll give it 7/10.

 

 

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The clean atmospheric passages were imo the best elements of this song. The distorted riffs where, if I'm being honest, kind of uninspired and I feel the song never really went anywhere. 5/10 because it wasn't offensive to the ear in any way just not particularly exciting.

 

Fair warning this next one is funeral doom and therefore moves at a glacial rate.

 

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Haha yeah guttural vocals, crawling tempo, minimalist instrumentation that was never gonna strike home for you Davey...

 

Hard to go wrong with Overkill, one of the more consistent groove/thrash bands out there 6/10 they've got better songs but still good fun.

 

Doubt you'll go for this one either Davey but fans of first wave BM are in for a treat

 

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I only own a best of album of Type O Negative so glad to hear one of their more obscure song for a change. Really digging the slow doomy passages which are interrupted by these almost punk-like sounding fast passages. Also nice use of some subtle synth´s here and there. I can see myself listening to this more often. A solid 8/10.

 

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On 12/19/2019 at 10:51 AM, Benjaminc81 said:

I only own a best of album of Type O Negative so glad to hear one of their more obscure song for a change. Really digging the slow doomy passages which are interrupted by these almost punk-like sounding fast passages. Also nice use of some subtle synth´s here and there. I can see myself listening to this more often. A solid 8/10.

 

What do you think of their stuff in general? I enjoy the first album but I have to say my favorite versions of these songs are on their fake "live" album Origin Of The Feces. I'm a big fan of pretty much everything they did, but they got more polished after those two recordings.

 

6.5/10 on the Khonsu track, I like the band a lot and there are plenty of cool things going on here but I've heard them write much stronger and more memorable songs.

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Well like i said i never got further then their "Best of" album which sounded okay to my ears. Although the length of their songs and albums in general are somewhat of a turn off for me. If an album runs longer then 45 min. then there is probably some filler material on their or my attention span is just very short. But to be fair like i said i never took the effort to listen to one of their albums as a whole. But judging from your comments the first two records is where i should start?!?

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On 12/20/2019 at 11:00 PM, Benjaminc81 said:

Well like i said i never got further then their "Best of" album which sounded okay to my ears. Although the length of their songs and albums in general are somewhat of a turn off for me. If an album runs longer then 45 min. then there is probably some filler material on their or my attention span is just very short. But to be fair like i said i never took the effort to listen to one of their albums as a whole. But judging from your comments the first two records is where i should start?!?

I'd say so. TON incorporated more gothic influences over time and became more polished overall. I find there's something to enjoy on all of their albums but Slow, Deep, and Hard, Origin of the Feces, and Bloody Kisses are my favourites. after that it depends on my mood as to whether I can listen to the album or not.

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