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Khold - Til Ende This is even more stripped down than their old stuff, so far. Honestly it's way too simplistic for me. Sounds exactly like Khold, but without the quirky choices that made them interesting in days gone by. Maybe the rest of the album will pick up...
I'm digging back into this record today along with the new Behemoth.
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I love how creepy and dreary that album is' date=' especially My Weary Eyes.[/quote'] Indeed. I revisited both Unholy and Dolorian recently only to see if I could appreciate them, as I had a hard time doing that the first time I had heard them. On this second listen, When All The Laughter Has Gone certainly succeeded in becoming on of my favorite black/doom if not doom albums. My weary Eyes is great, although With Scorn/Perish ties with it for me.
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Indeed. I revisited both Unholy and Dolorian recently only to see if I could appreciate them' date=' as I had a hard time doing that the first time I had heard them. On this second listen, When All The Laughter Has Gone certainly succeeded in becoming on of my favorite black/doom if not doom albums. My weary Eyes is great, although With Scorn/Perish ties with it for me.[/quote'] I have a feeling that Unholy's later work would suit your tastes more than their early work. It's cleaner sounding, with female vocals and more keyboards, but it retains their weird, dark, and unsettling sound. Try Rapture if you haven't yet, there are some killer songs on that one.
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So do Jonas Renkse' date=' Peter Tagtgren, and Martin Axenrot. Makes the album even more disappointing, considering the sheer amount of filler on it, and if that's the best LP they did, I'll stick to Breeding Death.[/quote'] I quite enjoy the Fathomless Mastery, but everyone else says it's just "ok" or that they went "deathcore". I just hear a more prominent Morbid Angel influence, so if that's your thing more than Swedeath then give that album a listen.
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I quite enjoy the Fathomless Mastery' date=' but everyone else says it's just "ok" or that they went "deathcore". I just hear a more prominent Morbid Angel influence, so if that's your thing more than Swedeath then give that album a listen.[/quote'] The Swedeath was part of the problem, too many uninspired Entombed-style riffs for my taste. Not that I like Morbid Angel much better. But, I'll check it out, thanks!
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Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery Ok, I only got a few songs in on YouTube, but I like this way, way better so far. Cheers to KSMASH for the recommendation. It sounds like a different band. The riffs are well thought-out, the songs are better constructed, and Åkerfeldt's vocals sound great. BAN, I have to say, I don't hear the lack of vocal power that you were talking about. I prefer his sound on this album to Tagtgren's on Nightmares.

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I'm digging back into this record today along with the new Behemoth.
Are you familiar with Khold in general? I really like their other albums, and I'd recommend any of them over this one. If you dig that sound, you may like the Tulus album Biography Obscene, as well. The new Behemoth CD, by contrast, is actually the first of theirs that I've enjoyed.
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Are you familiar with Khold in general? I really like their other albums' date=' and I'd recommend any of them over this one. If you dig that sound, you may like the Tulus album Biography Obscene, as well. The new Behemoth CD, by contrast, is actually the first of theirs that I've enjoyed.[/quote'] Actually this is the first record of theirs I've heard. Not bad. The Behemoth record is the first of theirs I've liked too.
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You might dig mid-period MA. If you haven't heard "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" or "Gateways to Annihilation", they can be quite experimental. "Gateways..." is just otherworldly.

The Swedeath was part of the problem' date=' too many uninspired Entombed-style riffs for my taste. Not that I like Morbid Angel much better. But, I'll check it out, thanks![/quote']
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Actually this is the first record of theirs I've heard. Not bad. The Behemoth record is the first of theirs I've liked too.
I feel like Khold lost something on this one, though it gets a bit better after the first few songs. Check out their other stuff if you have a chance, they had a unique take on black'n roll with some surprisingly interesting chord choices.
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You might dig mid-period MA. If you haven't heard "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" or "Gateways to Annihilation"' date=' they can be quite experimental. "Gateways..." is just otherworldly.[/quote'] Gateways was the most tolerable of their albums that I've heard, but it dragged a bit too much for my taste. I haven't heard Formulas. I'll check it out sometime, though, thanks!
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