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Tristania Widow's Weeds

26 jan 07

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To claim that divine nemesis is symphonic black metal means not to know symphonic black metal at all, which at that time was better represented by the Emperor of "In the Nightside Eclipse." More importantly, the symphonic black metal scene features groups that are philosophically quite distant from Satyricon, such as Dimmu Borgir and their peers. I repeat, you can't act like a know-it-all if you haven't been listening to the genre for years. A little humility doesn't hurt.

Tristania Widow's Weeds

26 jan 07

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Until less than two years ago, I was a metalhead, so my music collection is still mostly metal, and knowing more metal bands than anything else, it’s normal that I go to concerts that are almost always metal. To be honest, I only see 2 or 3 concerts a year, unfortunately, and among those concerts, one was jazz, so you can figure that out, heron. I repeat, in your comments you are rude and disrespectful. Tone it down a bit.

Tristania Widow's Weeds

25 jan 07

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I’m not a metalhead either, but I find Airone's comments presumptuous as well as offensive, because he doesn’t just say that he hates a certain music (and there’s nothing wrong with that, even though his tone is offensive in this case too), but he also insults those who listen to it.

Zion Zion

24 jan 07

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Zion, your reasoning is, in my opinion, flawed. I don't know these zion and I'm not really interested in them, but one doesn't necessarily have to propose sounds like, say, post-rock in the 2000s and must be careful about the musical evolutions that followed. AOR has come back into fashion after the oblivion of much of the '90s, and probably these musicians are nostalgic who love this genre; I don’t see anything wrong with that. Maybe for me, Darwinism and evolutionary theories are, let's say, incorrect, and therefore in music too, sometimes it's good to stop and dust off the past rather than forcefully and improbably create innovations.

Dissection Starless Aeon

13 jan 07

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In my opinion, the dissection are quite overrated; sure, "storm of..." is a nice album, but nothing that makes you tear your clothes or scream masterpiece. Given the praising comments about "storm of...", I was expecting something extraordinary. It's certainly a nice CD with some beautiful songs, but far from being the best Scandinavian album. That said, I don’t think I’ll ever listen to this latest album. Anyway, good review, even if, based on how you talk about it, the three-star rating seems almost too generous!

Kreator Outcast

8 jan 07

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This was probably the turning point album for Kreator, as for a brief but intense period, it led them to move away from thrash metal to explore less extreme sounds. Certainly, the peak of this change is Endorama, heavily influenced by rock metal, where thrash elements are almost non-existent. Here, something survives! You captured the essence of this album, Bartleboom: linear, simple songs, yet written and performed flawlessly. A truly impeccable album. This means knowing how to do your job well! I recommend Sfascia Carrozze listen to Endorama; he will find a band light-years away from "Pleasure to Kill," and perhaps he will understand the enthusiasm many of us feel for Mille Petrozza, who may not be a genius, but manages to be an excellent songwriter capable of reinventing himself and spanning multiple genres!

Incubus Serpent Temptation

8 jan 07

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I also knew two groups named Incubus, both from the United States: one rock (the most famous) and one death metal (never listened to, but I’ve heard of it). You might have gotten this CD by mistake, tepes, anyway, it’s definitely a small piece of history!

Darkthrone Soulside Journey

6 jan 07

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I agree too, Transylvanian Hunger, along with In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor, is for me the absolute pinnacle of black metal!

Darkthrone Soulside Journey

5 jan 07

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I listened to this album distractedly, while I am very familiar with the following "a blaze..." and the minimal masterpiece "transylvanian hunger." It's true that what Darkthrone has done can be called an involution, both in terms of technique and production; the zenith of this involution is precisely Transylvanian, a work light-years away from Soulside Journey, both for the driven riffs and the minimal melodies, as well as for the production (it was recorded with a four-track and you can hear background noise at the end of each track). A courageous involution that betrays a very particular philosophy of music. Great tepes, excellent review as always!

Opeth Live @ Alpheus, Roma, 17.12.2006

30 dec 06

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The acoustic songs played before the Opeth concert were the unplugged set of the immense Alice In Chains! When they played "Down in a Hole," the anxiety of waiting for Opeth eased. I have to say that Akerfeldt is really funny; I didn't expect him to be so ironic. In the DVD of the English concert, the band was almost completely still on stage without saying a word for most of the night, while Akerfeldt in Rome engaged a lot with the audience, cracking really funny jokes and showing himself to be friendly and even understanding (towards the various demos that were thrown on stage, eh!)