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7 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Seen these guys come up a lot on your posts.  Checking this out now.

They're one of my favorites, hope you enjoy. "Ravendusk" is a great debut, but very silly; "Nightwork" is a collection of solid songs, and "Death's Design" is an interesting take on the concept album format. I'm not as big on "The Phantom Lodge" as I am on the others.

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4 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

They're one of my favorites, hope you enjoy. "Ravendusk" is a great debut, but very silly; "Nightwork" is a collection of solid songs, and "Death's Design" is an interesting take on the concept album format. I'm not as big on "The Phantom Lodge" as I am on the others.

Yeah there are some strong bits on "Ravendusk" but the theatrics in the vocal department aren't really necessary but I like the dark feel to proceedings on the whole. 

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8 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Yeah there are some strong bits on "Ravendusk" but the theatrics in the vocal department aren't really necessary but I like the dark feel to proceedings on the whole. 

All of the albums have a bit of that tongue-in-cheek feel, but it was more overt on the first two than it was on "Nightwork" and "Death's Design". Give those two a chance, they're some really enjoyable music, and better realized than the debut.

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8 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

All of the albums have a bit of that tongue-in-cheek feel, but it was more overt on the first two than it was on "Nightwork" and "Death's Design". Give those two a chance, they're some really enjoyable music, and better realized than the debut.

Will check em out this week as should be at home most of the week.

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6 minutes ago, True Belief said:

A friend gave me this 2 weeks ago (comes with bonus DVDs). Much heavier than I expected.

I'm a huge fan of their new stuff, they turned out really well. "Communion" is great, and "Titan" might be my favorite. I just ordered the 2CD set. I love the orchestral bits. You a fan of the older material?

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6 minutes ago, True Belief said: A friend gave me this 2 weeks ago (comes with bonus DVDs). Much heavier than I expected.

I'm a huge fan of their new stuff, they turned out really well. "Communion" is great, and "Titan" might be my favorite. I just ordered the 2CD set. I love the orchestral bits. You a fan of the older material?

To be honest I'd not really heard a whole lot from them at all. Earlier work much different from current style?any recommendations??

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19 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I'm a huge fan of their new stuff, they turned out really well. "Communion" is great, and "Titan" might be my favorite. I just ordered the 2CD set. I love the orchestral bits. You a fan of the older material?

I found Titan quite the cheesy disappointment tbh.

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To be honest I'd not really heard a whole lot from them at all. Earlier work much different from current style?any recommendations??

Ah dude, I bet you'd love the old stuff. I recently got heavily into the debut, "Mystic Places Of Dawn", which has a great sort of old-school Paradise Lost vibe to the riffs, and that fuzzy "Greek warmth" even with programmed drums. It's a bit dated, with all the keyboards, but there's something classic about it. "Esoptron" is similar, but more gothic and less heavy overall. The first one I heard was "The Ophidian Wheel", which doesn't really do it for me lately, but it's worth checking out. I haven't listened to everything they've done yet, I'm working my way through it slowly. But if you like "The Great Mass", then "Communion" and "Titan" should definitely appeal as well.

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I found Titan quite the cheesy disappointment tbh.

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Did you like the other new stuff? Personally I think Titan is the best of it, I love how well everything is integrated, and the riffs and vocals are beastly. No more cheesy than any of their other albums - you have to know what you're getting with them, to begin with. It clicked for me straight away.

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Did you like the other new stuff? Personally I think Titan is the best of it, I love how well everything is integrated, and the riffs and vocals are beastly. No more cheesy than any of their other albums - you have to know what you're getting with them, to begin with. It clicked for me straight away.

I don't feel personally entitled to judge their newer works due to the fact I'm not too familiar with those albums, but as with most symphonic-influenced metal albums nowadays, it seems -to me- such albums seem to only use orchestral elements to enforce a certain atmosphere without really adding a beneficial perspective them. Now, I don't necessairily disapprove of such elements, for I love their earlier works and stuff like Beyond Sanctorum, but in this case, I feel a bit thrown off by what I feel is 'integration' of symphonic aspects.

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I don't feel personally entitled to judge their newer works due to the fact I'm not too familiar with those albums, but as with most symphonic-influenced metal albums nowadays, it seems -to me- such albums seem to only use orchestral elements to enforce a certain atmosphere without really adding a beneficial perspective them. Now, I don't necessairily disapprove of such elements, for I love their earlier works and stuff like Beyond Sanctorum, but in this case, I feel a bit thrown off by what I feel is 'integration' of symphonic aspects.

I don't agree. What I mean by "integration" is that the symphonic parts are integral to the sound, both in writing and in the mix. I've heard plenty of bands that only seem to use orchestral instruments (or keyboards) as window dressing, which is what I think you're talking about, but Septic Flesh isn't one of them.

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