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Please do! It's the only one I have. It's been on my computer for years' date=' and I just never put it on. I never got around to it... really happy I finally did.[/quote'] Okay, I'll start at the start. Ultima Thulee is a 2nd wave masterpiece, which sounds a bit like early Burzum, Emperor, and maybe Enslaved. The similarities come in the vast feelings that the somewhat simple parts and structures paint, but the direction of that vast scope is decidedly darker on Ultima Thulee, despite the catchy folk-flavored melodies. Memoria Vetusta I comes next, expanding on those themes, but with a more riff based flair and a less folky/more occult feeling, while still maintaining their grand scope. This is my favorite album of theirs, but their brilliance didn't even begin to wane. The Mystical Beast of Rebellion saw them breaking new ground, in a way that most people give DSO credit for, but BAN have always felt more atmospheric and less technical, despite the similarly dissonant sounds on display. They followed it up with The Work Which Transforms God, my 2nd favorite of their albums. The sound is similar to The Mystical Beast of Rebellion, but they have stepped up the industrial elements in their sound, which occasionally reminds me of prime Godflesh and Swans, but with a more curious, crawling/murky character. They chose to develop that element of their sound on MoRT, which is more of an ambient album than a black metal album, but it is creepy as shit, the repetitious dirges sounding like a bizarre drug-addled trip to some decrepit abandoned psych ward. They followed this up with Odinist, which is more along the lines of The Work Which Transforms God than MoRT, but a bit shorter, more modern sounding, and not quite as good, though definitely still worthy of your time. They would then abandon most modern influence altogether to release Memoria Vetusta II, which does sound like the genuine successor to the first installment of that album, but it will still occasionally remind you of their more modern work. Drawn out, melodic, and beautiful songs, one of their best. They would then push their modern sound further down the rabbit hole with the 777 trilogy, the first of which sounding a bit like a more dissonant and industrial influenced The Work Which Transforms God or Odinist, almost like a culmination of everywhere they had been thus far, but pushing forward their development. The 2nd and 3rd installments sound like the first, but are progressively more ambient and industrial sounding, dialing back the dissonance, sounding no less cerebral, but maybe a bit less involved and engrossing. Also in their canon are the EPs, Thematic Emanations of Archetypal Multiplicity providing a nice transition between The Work Which Transforms God and MoRT, and the Liber series are much more ravenous, almost throwback sounding black metal recordings. Hope that helps. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Re: What Are You Listening To? Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn Fuck, this is excellent. Imagine the warm sounds and palm-muted 16th notes of Rotting Christ, the beautiful melodies and doomy riffs of Paradise Lost's Gothic, over a brutal, yet adventurous death metal base. I've liked everything I've heard from this band, but this is the best thing they've done IMO. So glad I scored and original. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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Thanks :^] I've been missing the forum' date=' but my computer time has been pretty limited so I typically have to use my time to tab out guitar riffs! Anyway, how's everyone doing? Father, I'll email you in a minute![/quote'] Welcome back mate :D I'm fine, I don't post as often as I used to but i'm starting to post more again. :)
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