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Blacksoul Seraphim - Alms And Avarice

This was given to me by a fellow I met at that doom show a couple days ago. Melancholic melodic doom with somewhat "chant" style baritone clean vocals. I'm not sure if it's eventful enough for me, but the melodies are nice and the vocals are pretty alright. Gorbo would probably dig, maaaaybe True Belief as well?

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Listening to the rest of Sepultura's "Arise", since I didn't get to finish it last night. BAN, does this album drag or get too poppy for you?

I can't say that I've ever liked it as much as their prior albums, but no, Sepultura doesn't fall victim to that for me until Chaos AD. The pace is more varied and the overall result on Arise is more accessible, but without losing their punch. It hits every bit as hard as Beneath the Remains, it's just not as relentless, and I prefer that from Sepultura.

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I can't say that I've ever liked it as much as their prior albums, but no, Sepultura doesn't fall victim to that for me until Chaos AD. The pace is more varied and the overall result on Arise is more accessible, but without losing their punch. It hits every bit as hard as Beneath the Remains, it's just not as relentless, and I prefer that from Sepultura.

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Man, I loved Chaos AD when it came out, but it's aged so poorly, I can't even listen to it anymore. Just finished listening to Beneath The Remains again - as a kid I always preferred Arise to any of their older stuff, but my current mood for thrash is getting me back into all of it. I regret selling all this stuff.

First snow of the season last night, and I got to listen to most of Enslaved's "Below The Lights" while driving down a windy highway through swirling flakes. Pretty close to perfect.

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10 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said: I can't say that I've ever liked it as much as their prior albums, but no, Sepultura doesn't fall victim to that for me until Chaos AD. The pace is more varied and the overall result on Arise is more accessible, but without losing their punch. It hits every bit as hard as Beneath the Remains, it's just not as relentless, and I prefer that from Sepultura.

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Man, I loved Chaos AD when it came out, but it's aged so poorly, I can't even listen to it anymore. Just finished listening to Beneath The Remains again - as a kid I always preferred Arise to any of their older stuff, but my current mood for thrash is getting me back into all of it. I regret selling all this stuff.

First snow of the season last night, and I got to listen to most of Enslaved's "Below The Lights" while driving down a windy highway through swirling flakes. Pretty close to perfect.

That sounds awesome. I love when powerful weather combines with a powerful album, it makes for really profound listening.

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That sounds awesome. I love when powerful weather combines with a powerful album, it makes for really profound listening.

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That album in particular has a perfect vibe for the scenery I occasionally find on a good drive. It first hit me about eleven years ago when I was driving to work one day. Everything lined up with the sunrise while I was driving across a series of low bridges in the middle of some marshy flats, and I was enveloped by a feeling of mystical isolation. Then, of course, I got to work, and was reminded of how un-mystical everything else in my life was at the time.

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Khonsu - The Xun Protectorate

This kicks ass. Billed as "industrial black metal", and there are some parts that recall Thorns or "Supervillain Outcast"-era Dodheimsgard, but I'm also reminded of Devin Townsend and the more melodic tendencies of Akercocke, especially during the clean vocal sections. There's a lot going on that I don't have a definite reference for, which is cool. Varied release, deserves to be listened to in full.

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Hyperion - Seraphical Euphony

Found this mentioned in some year-end lists that have been floating around in response to Decibel's premature ejaculation. Swedish-style black/melodeath that's actually from Sweden, for that extra bit of cachet. True Belief, Fabulous Disaster, you guys might dig. It's free on Bandcamp.

I don't really get the hype around this one. For sure, it's a good album, but not very groundbreaking either. Just quite solid.

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I don't really get the hype around this one. For sure, it's a good album, but not very groundbreaking either. Just quite solid.

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Mono - Requiem for Hell

Has there been hype? I saw it on a commenter's "albums they should have included" list. I agree with you; it wasn't covering any new ground like some of this year's top-shelf releases have. I wish bands would do more original things with their melodies in that style, and the sound was a bit sterile. But it's well-done, and I think it'll have a lot of appeal for people who are into that particular style.

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Has there been hype? I saw it on a commenter's "albums they should have included" list. I agree with you; it wasn't covering any new ground like some of this year's top-shelf releases have. I wish bands would do more original things with their melodies in that style, and the sound was a bit sterile. But it's well-done, and I think it'll have a lot of appeal for people who are into that particular style.

I remember that it received quite some praise among some Dutch forums at least, earlier this year. And a couple of other friends from Europe came up with it as well. Further, I agree with you. It's a very good release for when you love that kind of style, but otherwise it's just a decent album and nothing more than that. And it's true that a lot of bands are a bit of copycats. It would be nice for sure if they did something interesting with it.

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