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 | | Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. | | | Black metal congealed in its current form through the influence of Norwegian bands such as Darkthrone, Carpathian Forest, Burzum, Mayhem, Immortal and Emperor, who began with the earlier style and introduced elements from mainstream heavy metal, classical music and hardcore punk and popularized the style to a growing underground audience. | | | Black metal enthusiasts also started to terrorize other notable "death metal" bands that were touring their country or in neighboring countries, on the basis of their lack of apparent "evilness". |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/b/bl/black_metal.html
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| | Black Metal |
| | Black Metal can be seen as the most uncompromising and limitless music genre. | | | Eighties Black Metal was performed by bands such as Venom and Mercyful Fate. | | | Black Metal bands are the most motivated, controversial and creative bands on the Earth. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/folk/lookingglass/blackmetal.html
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| | Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day |
| | Certainly, for a band like Cradle of Filth, three years is too long to wait for more symphonic black metal (I don't count most of their releases in the interim, as they were not actually new music). | | | As many times as I've listened to this album, I can't hear a single "pop single" or anything that isn't dark orchestral or symphonic black metal. | | | I apologize if I seem to be overzealous on this topic, but when I listen to "Damnation and a Day," I hear 76 minutes of music that would never, ever be played on MTV or pop radio. |
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http://www.metalcoven.com/review_cradle_damnation2.html
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| | TVANGESTE:the official website, black metal, mp3 files, photographs, news and more! |
| | The music is symphonic black metal with female vocals and I love that concept. | | | This is one of the most interesting new black metal acts out there and Iґm very curious to see what they can achieve with their next album where they will take use of a symphony orchestra and a church choir. | | | Bands have done this style of music to death, pushing the savage black metal wails as far as they can go, and it is nice to hear a band like Tvangeste collect their ideas, borrow from their chosen genre, and produce beautiful results (thanks to work from violins and keyboards). |
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http://www.tvangeste.com/reviews.html
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| | Dimmu Borgir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian melodic black metal/symphonic metal band whose music has been in the charts in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. | | | Stormblåst received high praise from many melodic black metal fans, and is often regarded a highlight of the band's career. | | | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant was a huge success for the band, and it was their first release signed to the famous German record label Nuclear Blast. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimmu_Borgir
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| | American black metal |
| | They are usually labelled a black metal band, and often referred to as one of the best American black metal bands, but though black metal tendencies are... | | | METAL SIDE: Do you think that the sound of death/black metal albums can... | | | Black metal and death metal basically came into being around 1983, a year after Discharge created a... |
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http://www.learnbagpipes.com/american+black+metal.html
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| | Sear Bliss - 'Forsaken Symphony' review @ into-obscurity.com[enter the underground] |
| | They create atmospheric, symphonic black metal, but unlike most of the standout bands of this genre, they keep the music relatively primitive, and avoid the flamboyant use of keyboard enhancement. | | | One thing I found interesting about this album is that it's almost a concept album, but not. | | | A few of the songs are interrelated and a few of the others tie in to songs from previous Sear Bliss albums, while yet others are just stand alone concepts that contain a lot of introspection into the human conciousness. |
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http://www.into-obscurity.com/reviews/reviews.asp?reviewID=636
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| | EMPEROR |
| | The majority of the symphonic parts went away for a more moderate use, the guitars make the main part, as in the “Anthems…” there is an aggressive and incredible drums performance, but there aren’t the same ingenious melodies and complex arrangements of the previous opus. | | | In the back cover of the album Ihsahn and Samoth said that “Emperor performs Sophisticated Black Metal..”, and they totally hit the point, because it’s incredible how they were able to bring their sound to a new dimension, more complex, sometimes psychotic, a deeper version of their debut with more complex arrangements. | | | A lot of symphonic keyboards choruses together with a wall of black metal guitars worked perfectly to create a majestic, mystic, occult and mysterious music, in a way that so many bands try to copy without the same success. |
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http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francesco.matejka/emperorbio.htm
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| | RevelationZ Magazine - Album Review - Old Man´s Child - In Defiance of Existence |
| | A friend of mine who is not into black metal (not mentioning any names here) heard this album, and he told that he liked all the intros of the songs - all the songs were great until the screaming vocals came. | | | Black Seeds on Virgin Soil will have to be my favorite track on the album — it starts out with an acoustic guitar intro, and then builds up from there. | | | The style of the music is symphonic black metal a la Dimmu Borgir, which means a nice mix of moody keyboard parts with fast guitar riffs and drums. |
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http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=594
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| | Document sans titre |
| | Fast paced, melodic symphonic black metal that blends all-out nowadays black metal schemes with death metal guitar patterns and bits of doom. | | | Since the recording of this « Scourge of heaven », the band took on a female singer and a new keyborder. | | | SHADOWLORD is a real band with its own musical concept. |
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http://users.skynet.be/am028632/pages/cdreviews/32/shadowlord.htm
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| | Dimmu Borgir - Musician Forums |
| | They do still have ties to the black metal world though, as Abbath did a song with them on their last album. | | | They did indeed used to be tr00 black metal, and extremely good tr00 black metal, on their first two albums: For all Tid, and Stormblast. |
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http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=269796&styleid=17
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| | Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Cynicon - Cybernetic |
| | One of the albums I made this leap of faith on is "Cybernetic," the debut album by Norwegian band Cynicon. | | | Perhaps subsequent releases by Cynicon will be more in the realm of cyber metal; certainly, the potential exists for the band to increase their use of electronic sounds and clean vocals. | | | Nor are they anywhere near as orchestrated as any of the aforementioned black metal bands. |
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http://www.metalcoven.com/review_cynicon_cybernetic.html
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| | METAL REIGNS REVIEWS |
| | While many symphonic metal bands tend to use clean vocals alot during their song's. | | | The stunning arrangements and song writing is a step beyond your average metal band and puts them in the upper echelon of metal bands. | | | In a time when more and more metal bands are taking the more easy listening road to success. |
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http://www.metalreigns.com/reviews/165.html
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| | Symphonic black metal or traditional - Musician Forums |
| | Metal is the genre, Black metal is the sub genre, symphonic black metal is rediculous. | | | Symphonic Black is a whole other type of music, it's reasonable that we want do discuss our favourite. | | | I prefer symphonic black metal over traditional, but that doesn't mean I won't listen to traditional. |
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http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216633
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| | BNR Metal Pages -- Limbonic Art |
| | They played adventurous, symphonic black metal, clearly rooted in the tradition of Emperor and the like, but with greater dynamics and range, featuring complex arrangements and clear classical music influences to create a rich, dynamic, yet still inherently black metal style. | | | During their six-year run between 1997 and 2002 they were prolific recording-wise, releasing five albums of relatively uniform style and quality, though not without progression and maturation on the later material. | | | In particular, albums such as The Ultimate Death Worship and In Abhorrence Dementia place the band in the upper echelon of prime Norwegian symphonic black metal artists. |
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http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/liar.htm
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| | Blut Aus Nord-Nyia-Illogicist-Twilght Ophera-Cathedral-Carcass |
| | A symphonic black metal act, Twilight Ophera's albums on Cacophonous Records in the 1990's earned them a following as part of the gothic-symphonic acts that were prevelent on that label. | | | Regardless of this, The End of Halcyon Age is recommended for symphonic black metal fans for its excellent presentation in keeping this genre alive and well. | | | Italy's Illogicist just released their technical melodic death metal album through Crash Music. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/zine/jackalblaster/June_reviews2.html
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| | Transcending the Mundane: Review of 'In Abhorrence Dementia' by Limbonic Art |
| | A raging symphonic black metal album if there ever was one, this album blows through with such ferocity it’s fairly difficult to fully comprehend. | | | Despite the flaws, this is a good album and one worthy of purchase for extreme, symphonic black metal fans. | | | They are very talented and pretty cool, however, they aren't original at all and they do nothing that most black metal fans haven't heard before. |
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http://basementbar.com/CurrSelN1.asp?Page=Archive&ID=468
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| | Triarchy of Vasconia: Iluntasunaren Itzulera--from Satan Stole My Teddybear |
| | All three bands' songs are long and complex, juxtaposing symphonic black metal elements, long instrumental breaks, and extended acoustic folk passages; yet these genre hops never sound forced, and the compositions flow very naturally. | | | Iluntasunaren Itzulera ("the return of darkness") is a split CD featuring three Basque bands playing a combination of folk music and symphonic black metal, complete with atmospheric intros, woodwinds, violins, bombastic keyboards and operatic vocals. | | | This is one of the most exciting black metal-ish discs to have come my way since Ulver's and Mortum's early albums. |
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http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/var/triarchy.htm
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| | Metal Hordes - Extreme Metal Mp3s |
| | Their sound has changed from death metal with black metal influences to a more modern symphonic neoclassical black/thrash. | | | The guitars have a speed metal quality to them as well as a heavy neoclassical influence and remind me of a blend of Children of Bodom and Blind Guardian. | | | The vocals are a mix of clean, Viking metal style singing and black metal screams. |
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| | Metal Hordes Forums - Fav Black Metal Album? |
| | It may not be strictly black metal (not that there is any Black Metal Dictionar, and if the was Emperor would definetly be part of the authours) but it is soooooooo goood, i could talk for ages abouts its power and craftsmanship, and the concept lyrics fit every riff perfectly. | | | Mine is Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. | | | Because this is not oldschoolblasphemousunholyr0x0rblackmetal, that music is much more, with punk and heavy metal influences, incorporating best there is in other genres, they know how to play and do it great. |
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| | Siebenbürgen - Satan Stole My Teddybear |
| | Apparently it takes a lot of extraneous bands to flesh out a scene and Siebenbürgen is simply yet another melodic and symphonic black metal tinged band who utilizes a trollish, death metal male singer with light soprano female vocals for dash and spice. | | | I suppose if you absolutely must have yet another symphonic black metal album with those haunting female backing vocals and growly boy lead rasping, don't let me stop you on the way to the record store. | | | Nevertheless, the band plods onwards musically and continues down their very safe path of symphonic black metal with Delictum. |
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http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/db/searchrev.php?artistID=1014&showReview=true
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| | Rough Edge: Grand Alchemist CD Reviews |
| | Hailing from Norway, Grand Alchemist are a symphonic black metal band that incorporate a healthy dose of 'progression' into their music. | | | While the guitars are not prominent they are definitely there and take their place as a driving force behind the music. | | | It is so keyboard heavy it seems at times to draw equally from gothic metal and dark wave styles as it does from its black metal sources. |
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http://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/g/grandalchemist.htm
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| | BNR Metal Pages -- Tyrant |
| | This Tyrant is a Japanese black metal band, who on their debut album (1997's Under A Dark Mystic Sky) nails the early Norwegian symphonic black metal style (think early Dimmu Borgir as one reference point) to a T -- indeed, it's probably one of the most Norwegian-sounding albums from a band not from Norway. | | | Tyrant has yet to truly branch out and discover their own style, (perhaps their new Grimoires, released in 2005, will establish a unique identity), but for traditional symphonic black metal, both Legend and Mystic Sky are accomplished and recommended listens. | | | By the time of Legend, released five years later, the band had matured and developed a bit -- still very much rooted in symphonic black metal, but with a less harsh style, with the more dominating keyboards giving the band a more melodic edge. |
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| | The Gathering MP3 Downloads - The Gathering Music Downloads - The Gathering Music Videos |
| | First album (Always, 1993) was a fairly straightforward death metal album, although heavy use of keyboards made it stand out a bit from other such albums at the time. | | | Following in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish was formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas... | | | Originally named Phlebotomy, Greece's On Thorns I Lay started out in 1992, recording a demo and a 7" EP under that name before making the name-switch in time for their 1995 debut album, Sound of... |
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| | Epinions.com - Progressive Metal Mania, Greatest Albums of 2001, A Great Year for Metal |
| | Now, Progressive Metal is pretty all encompassing and consists of several sub-genres, the best known of which, are; Progressive Metal, Gothique Metal, Epic Power Metal, Doom Metal/Darkwave, Black Metal, Symphonic Metal and Death Metal. | | | Italian Prog style Gothique Metal band is also making inroads in America with their 2003 release Comalies. | | | I understand that the title song is featured as a bumper song on the Matt Drudge Show and numerous people have bought the album from hearing that one song. |
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| | Chaotic Goat - Supporting the underground for over a decade - www.chaoticgoat.com |
| | Thier 2004 demo really caught me by surprise, as most black metal bands hailing from the U.S. are dominantly pure, raw, apocalyptic blasphemy, or one of the hundreds of "kvlt" bands flooding the scene. | | | The band definitely seems to be influenced by atmospheric European black metal. | | | This demo is a definitely worth a listen, especially for those of you into symphonic black metal like Dimmu Borgir, Samael, Old Man's Child, Hecate Enthroned, old Cradle of Filth, old Covenant, etc. |
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| | Gorgoroth - Demonic Black Metal |
| | At its base remaining the same the music is trancelike repetitive black metal with blasting beats, a screeching dementia on vocals, and pulsing guitar working deliberately simple riffs into evolving motifs in a masterpiece. | | | Review: To express further the romanticized moribundity of previous efforts Gorgoroth created an EP of monstrous proportions that despite its brevity expresses a viewfinder into the aging world of black metal, expanding the scope of its composition through complex tracks building conventional music pieces out of unconventional Gorgoroth musical language. | | | A relatively unknown member of the cabal of old-school black metal, Gorgoroth make simple but searing melodic blast metal with epic structures and symphonic narration. |
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http://www.anus.com/metal/gorgoroth.html
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| | Symphonic black metal - definition of Symphonic black metal in Encyclopedia |
| | Symphonic black metal has the same components as melodic black metal but a lot more orchestral pieces, mostly during the entire length of the song, mixed with the black metal element. | | | Symphonic black metal often can be confused with Norwegian Gothic Metal and there are some bands who are classified as both (Cradle of Filth or Summoning for instance). | | | This sub-genre of black metal has gained much criticism from black metal purists who argue that it is a watered down version of the real thing. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Symphonic_black_metal
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| | L'Édition Métallique |
| | Unfortunately, there is a mix of normal voice and a Black voice, with a guitar that doesn't give much to the music already leaded by drums. | | | As with all the albums evolving in this style, a little prologue (the first song is in fact entitled "Prologue") is placed to set the general mood of the album and to encourage us getting prepared for an intensive listening. | | | In this way, Magni Nominis Umbra is another album to classify in the "I have it but I don't want to listen it 'till the end because it is so similar and not impressive" category. |
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http://www.metalzine.com/critiques/vimpatior_eng.html
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| | Metal-Rules.com |
| | There is a symphonic influence in the songwriting, but the orchestration and keys are less prominent (and more tasteful) than in most bands of this sort. | | | With four albums under their belt—and still little more than a series of pricey catalog listings in the states—Alghazanth are, simply put, one of the most underrated modern Black Metal bands on the planet. | | | There are other highlights here, but lets cut to the chase: if you like melodic death, symphonic or melodic black metal, or Scandinavian black/death in general, this album merits your hard-earned cash; and I don’t take that lightly. |
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http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?band=&album=&post_by=&rating=&month=&letter=A&year=&pos=88&PHPSESSID=c1c3586732686ec4b7263d4964d8eb6f
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| | DigitalMetal.com |
| | Despite the star ward leanings and song titles, the album rarely fully indulges a full on space metal atmosphere, instead brief samples and snippets of celestial grandeur grace the generally traditional symphonic black metal visage. | | | The album definitely peaks early and levels out, though it is never dull, but 15 minute instrumental closer “Reflections Collapse” never saw got finished upon anything past the first listen. | | | The synths/programming is the force of the music, and I’d by lying if I didn’t say Enthrone Darkness Triumphant era Dimmu Borgir didn’t come across as a major influence, just listen to the opening of “Existential Stellar Palette”, for an example of true Norwegian atmospherics. |
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http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=5673
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| | Dimmu Borgir - Black Metal |
| | With most other albums in metal being better than this one, it is impossible to imagine buying it. | | | Veering away from the neoclassical orchestration that made Stormblåst brilliant, Dimmu Borgir instead fill a pop album with heavy metal riffs and bouncy melodies trailing happily irrelevant keyboards and black metal trappings behind. | | | On this EP of mostly rehashed material Dimmu Borgir merge raw versions of their older music with stripped down takes from their newer style, coming up with a handy method of ripping off black metal in sound without discovering any of the musicality it once had. |
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http://www.anus.com/metal/dimmuborgir.html
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| | Burial Place - Damnation (demo) - review @ Tartareandesire.com |
| | The band claim to be playing operatic black metal but the female vocals are a little too weak to sound real good but I think that is partly due to the production which is still very good for a demo recording. | | | Burial Place is a symphonic black metal band from Venice, Italy, that was formed in 1994. | | | Anyway, if you are into melodic and symphonic black metal with female vocals you might want to check out Burial Place because I don't think it's impossible to see this band signing with a label sometime in the near future. |
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http://www.tartareandesire.com/reviews/burialplace.html
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| | Damned In Black |
| | The band would, from this release onwards become the most popular Black Metal band in the world. | | | The band also decided to continue towards the road of commercialisation, altering their style and allowing their music to 'weaken' (according to many of their original fans and listeners) in order to become more accessible to the masses, stressing on the 'symphonic' element, totally forgetting what made them a Black Metal band in the beginning. | | | The band played a heavily Thrash influenced Death Metal which didn't really shine with originality, as the feedback for the band's first demo, the primitive "Invoking The Unclean", seemed to display. |
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| | The music on this disc is cleanly produced, excellently played, and manages to be both scathing and awe-inspiring at the same time. | | | Hailing from Norway and playing an odd blend of black metal on its debut
the Infinite, Lunaris is the first group signed to Elitist Records that has caught my attention. | | | Lunaris stylishly runs the gamut of contemporary black metal, showing us all that diversity and experimentation can in fact make for coherent compositions. |
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http://www.deadtide.com/content/reviews/albums/page.php?review_id=854
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| | The Australian Metal Guide -- Lord Kaos |
| | Their Metal for the Brain 2000 line-up included Beau Dyer from Elysium on bass and Yuri Ward and Glen Blazejak from Psychrist on guitar and drums. | | | Lord Kaos cancelled two key performances during 2001, including Metal for the Brain, and it came as no surprise when the band announced it had split up in December. | | | The style of their one and only album is quite similar to that currently popularised by the likes of Dimmu Borgir, but Lord Kaos was playing it earlier. |
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| | DigitalMetal.com |
| | Opener, "Origin in Vain" sets this album into a full-tilt roll, blasting forward and sounding not unlike earlier Dimmu Borgir, but personally I think the instruments are utilized more proficiently than said band's. | | | Try and imagine a more tortured Mikael Akerfeldt-yes, that's right, the vocals are more akin to death metal; no wimpy black metal shrieking here. | | | However, I think that it might be the vocals that will leave the greatest impression upon listeners. |
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http://www.digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=245
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| | Amazon.com: Wildhoney/Gaia [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]: Music |
| | The more times I hear this album the finer it sounds. | | | There are 3 other instrumentals which are really cool for atmosphere and overall help the tone of the album, but they definately aren't as developed as the vocal songs. | | | In my many years of musical influence I have never heard the term "Symphonic Black Metal" until I read a critical review of this album. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005HM2?v=glance
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| | TYRMORD Rockdetector |
| | TYRMORD is a Symphonic Black Metal band based out of the northern Italian town of Modena and conceived by guitarist Lord Astharoth in the Summer of 2002. | | | First to be invited into the fold would be ex-HATE MOOR vocalist / guitarist Prometheus, followed by drummer Thanathos. |
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| | Sites Recommended by The Black Project |
| | Rhapsody is probably the biggest Symphonic Metal (sorry - "Symphony Hollywood Epic Metal") band in the world. | | | Their music is in an intriguing fantasy epic, conveyed by music instead of by book or film. | | | They make wonderful melodic metal, which often tends towards Goth. |
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| | Black MeTaL |
| | Black metal tends to be more atmospheric - a lot of bands use keyboards, occasionally you can hear clean vocals or even female vocals. | | | Style: Black metal Similar bands: suggest a band | | | Label: Century Media Similar bands: suggest a band |
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| | . : Manifest Distribution : . |
| | Fusing rock, metal and jazz together to create some of the most original and inspiring material heard in a long time. | | | Dark Lay Still takes the most raw elements from old school black metal and combines them with the more atmospheric elemts of symphonic black metal to create a sound that will punish your ears until they bleed. | | | As we see in their bold first demo, Venia puts forward a decent mix of emotion and technicality. With female fronted vocals and amazingly melodic guitar work Venia shows us that they have more than just potential...they are destined to become a powerful metal machine. |
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| | The Tuesday dweeb metal Report for 4/17/01 |
| | Most of these bands also throw in at least some symphonic / acoustic interludes to break up the pandemonium, but some are just pure dual guitar black thrash attacks. | | | Though I'm trying to play a sensible mix of things, recent shows have featured a lot of symphonic black metal, and this one will be a bit more of the same. | | | I'm really enjoying what I once saw described as "black and roll", which is melodic black metal with a strong dose of power metal / true metal / thrash guitars. |
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http://home.carolina.rr.com/dweeb/TDMR041701.html
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| | Tvangeste - Dark Valley Records |
| | Tvangeste are an impressive Symphonic Black Metal band hailing from Russia. | | | This album definatly raises the standards of Symphonic Black Metal a notch. | | | They are a blend of Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir and Therion all in one. |
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| | --== METALREVIEWS ==-- |
| | They use "Gothic" as a qualifier (in the same way "symphonic" or "epic" is used) but certainly do not belong to any of the aforementioned Goth-Metal gernes. | | | My opinion is that it is just gothic metal with extreme vocals. | | | If you ommit Symphonic Black and instead include some Dark and/or Progressive influences, you'll end up with Atmospheric Metal. |
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| | The Austin Chronicle |
| | Austin-based symphonic black/death metal band Vesperian Sorrow are considered one of the few American bands worthy of the genre. | | | Having released two albums on Holland's Displeased Records and played shows and festivals in four countries and half the United States, they are proud to represent Texas, proving that southern music can be extreme and brutal! |
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http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/annual/musicreg/register.php?display=bandpage&ident=3402
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| | ON LOVE is probably the most bizarre metal album you'll hear this year. | | | that the vocals are not too varied (just using typical "black metal" vocals). | | | For those who are new to Scholomance, the best way to describe them would be neo-Classical, Black Metal influenced, Metal. |
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| | BLACKMETAL.COM - Your Extreme Metal Source - black metal |
| | Self-financed, self-released debut recording by the band; released in January 18, 2005. | | | The challenge was taken up by Drogoth, frontman for San Diego-based Symphonic Black Metal band NOCTURNAL DEMISE in July of 2002. | | | SOTHIS are poised to achieve the heights of the Extreme Metal Scene; do not overlook this killer album! |
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http://www.blackmetal.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=search&item=SOTHIS01DIGIPAKCD&type=store
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| | HMAS.org Metal Community - i need 5 brilliant symphonic bm bands please!! |
| | they are a Norwegian black metal band that uses a lot of keyboards and fantastic guitars. | | | ok, so now u know what sort of bands i like...so if u could please give me 5 or so bands that are very melodic black metal i'd be grateful (btw my fav. | | | Surius, i think i spelled it wrong but they are big with keyboards, they are on samoths record label, nocturnal art productions. |
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http://www.hmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=671
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