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3 minutes ago, True Belief said:

Drudkh- “They Often See Dreams....” really liked this from the start. First track in particular is great. Best album in a long time imo.

Wardruna - 'Runaljod - gap va Ginnunga'

although now I feel compelled to check the new Drudkh out. Also I still need to listen to that other band you mentioned the other day. 

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11 minutes ago, True Belief said:

 


Also check out their Microcosmos album.

What other band? Ocean of Grief? Spellcaster?

 

Ocean of Grief. I just checked the new album out then. Pretty cool stuff. I've now put Eldamar - 'The Force of the Ancient Land' back on because I just can't stop listening to the beauty and painful glory of it all. 

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On 12/03/2018 at 11:50 AM, MacabreEternal said:

Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik "Skuggsjá"

Hmmm, listening to this again.  Still sounds too much like Enslaved which seems a good thing in essence but I was expecting something a bit more diverse from that sound.  It isn't bad as such, just not what I expected and a tad disappointing.

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25 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Hmmm, listening to this again.  Still sounds too much like Enslaved which seems a good thing in essence but I was expecting something a bit more diverse from that sound.  It isn't bad as such, just not what I expected and a tad disappointing.

I’ll have to check it out! I didn’t realise that Einar was the Einar who drummed in Gorgoroth for a short time, immortalised in the photography of Peter Beste. 

My interest in his project with Bjornson has been piqued by my recent Wardruna listening (although I gather the two projects aren’t all that similar from what you’ve said).

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1 hour ago, MacabreEternal said:

Hmmm, listening to this again.  Still sounds too much like Enslaved which seems a good thing in essence but I was expecting something a bit more diverse from that sound.  It isn't bad as such, just not what I expected and a tad disappointing.

I had to let go of my expectations to fully appreciate that album. I initially wanted it to be more like Enslaved in terms of progressive songwriting, but I guess I see what you're saying, the overall vibe is more "rock" than "folk". Keep in mind that it was commissioned as a live performance to mark the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution and wasn't really intended as an album to begin with. The upcoming album might be more varied.

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Since Judas Priest released Firepower I've been listening to lots of Priest since I was so far behind. That was after a long NWOBHM phase. In the last few days I've been listnening to thrash mostly, especially Over Kill. Never was big into thrash, but I've been listening to Grinding Wheel on CD in my car for a month now and love it, it hasn't left to CD Player once since I stuck it in there. No other decent CD in that particular car, but still.

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14 hours ago, True Belief said:

Drudkh- “They Often See Dreams....” really liked this from the start. First track in particular is great. Best album in a long time imo.

The first song was one of the best on it in my opinion too.

I have been listening to a bunch of random Absurd songs.  I am liking their music much more than I anticipated that I would.

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Since Judas Priest released Firepower I've been listening to lots of Priest since I was so far behind. That was after a long NWOBHM phase. In the last few days I've been listnening to thrash mostly, especially Over Kill. Never was big into thrash, but I've been listening to Grinding Wheel on CD in my car for a month now and love it, it hasn't left to CD Player once since I stuck it in there. No other decent CD in that particular car, but still.


I can relate to all of this. There is a considerable goldfield of Overkill joy to be ploughed through too.... especially the early decade and the Ironbound album onwards.
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1 hour ago, Balor said:

The first song was one of the best on it in my opinion too.

I have been listening to a bunch of random Absurd songs.  I am liking their music much more than I anticipated that I would.

Some of those Absurd songs are great. I think I had 'Thurungian Pagan Madness' on mp3 back in the pre youtube era. I would love to track down a hard copy of that or the following album. I seem to remember really liking the track 'Werewolf', although that was a long time ago now....

Incredible to think that those guys got out of prison just five years after the murder. To think that you can end someone's existence forever and then just get on with regular life after a few years... It feels really wrong. 

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20 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I had to let go of my expectations to fully appreciate that album. I initially wanted it to be more like Enslaved in terms of progressive songwriting, but I guess I see what you're saying, the overall vibe is more "rock" than "folk". Keep in mind that it was commissioned as a live performance to mark the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution and wasn't really intended as an album to begin with. The upcoming album might be more varied.

This puts some context on things, the record doesn’t feel structured.  It flirts with its own potential throughout but does feel still like the more traditional Enslaved sound acts more as gap-filler than an actual marriage with the folk aspects of the sound.

I will be interested to hear new material, especially if there’s some real planning involved.

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2 hours ago, deathstorm said:

Drudkh they often see the dreams my first drudkh album it’s awesome

First one that you bought, or the first that you have listened to?

16 hours ago, Requiem said:

Some of those Absurd songs are great. I think I had 'Thurungian Pagan Madness' on mp3 back in the pre youtube era. I would love to track down a hard copy of that or the following album. I seem to remember really liking the track 'Werewolf', although that was a long time ago now....

Incredible to think that those guys got out of prison just five years after the murder. To think that you can end someone's existence forever and then just get on with regular life after a few years... It feels really wrong. 

The murder kept me away from them for a while, but I am now trying to explore their music.  It seems to me that the murder sort of conflicts with the image of an NSBM band.  Feeling so threatened by a kid that you decide to kill him does not exactly make them seem strong.  Then again, it might just mean that they are extremely callous.

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2 hours ago, Balor said:

First one that you bought, or the first that you have listened to?

The murder kept me away from them for a while, but I am now trying to explore their music.  It seems to me that the murder sort of conflicts with the image of an NSBM band.  Feeling so threatened by a kid that you decide to kill him does not exactly make them seem strong.  Then again, it might just mean that they are extremely callous.

Balor on the drudkh both

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20 hours ago, Balor said:

The first song was one of the best on it in my opinion too.

I have been listening to a bunch of random Absurd songs.  I am liking their music much more than I anticipated that I would.

I enjoy them doing 'Schwarzer haufen'.

np. Satanic Warmaster/ Archgoat - Lux Satanae

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Some of those Absurd songs are great. I think I had 'Thurungian Pagan Madness' on mp3 back in the pre youtube era. I would love to track down a hard copy of that or the following album. I seem to remember really liking the track 'Werewolf', although that was a long time ago now....
Incredible to think that those guys got out of prison just five years after the murder. To think that you can end someone's existence forever and then just get on with regular life after a few years... It feels really wrong. 
JFN has been in and out of prison since then for a number of things, so maybe it is time to put him away for a bit longer and keep him out of society. The band went on without him, but I'm sure they probably don't stay squeaky clean in his absence. Racists have a way of getting themselves into trouble with the law for violent crimes, among other things.

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