Category: Atmospheric

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Goblin Rebirth (self-titled)

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 The term “atmospherically creepy” does not even begin to describe Goblin Rebirth’s debut. This instrumental band is a reincarnation of the another band named (guessed what) Goblin, but Goblin Rebirth only consists of two original members while everyone else fills in the blanks. Each track helps depicts a unique tale: the tale of an imaginary film about the birth of an evil dwarf-like monster that sits confidently next to the classic Goblin scores like “Suspiria”, “Profondo Rosso” and “Tenebre”. Only fans of the original Goblin will get those names but that’s besides the point. Every sound and effect of this … Continue reading Goblin Rebirth (self-titled)

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Ende – The God’s Rejects

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 The essence of the sound of black metal is purely raw and unrestrained, as we all should know I assume. Back in the 90’s this was something else entirely with bands coming with all sorts of different types of shit to make their black metal sound more raw and more unrestrained than what bands before them had already done a thousand times over and over again. Nowadays, some bands are returning back to those times with coming up with albums that while sounding raw on record they sound just as if not more so raw when played live. One such … Continue reading Ende – The God’s Rejects

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Sojourner – Heritage of the Natural Realm (single)

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 I’m an absolute sucker for epic (or folk) metal and atmospheric black metal when they’re both done right, but I’ve never imagined how good they might sound if someone smashed them together into one song with both parts being done extremely well. That’s exactly what Sojourner’s debut single has done for me! A 9 and a half minute track with elements of atmospheric black metal along with epic metal elements like a flute worked amazingly well together and only because Sojourner knew exactly the kind of sound they wanted and they fucking knew exactly how to get that sound perfectly. … Continue reading Sojourner – Heritage of the Natural Realm (single)

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Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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 The last time an album with doom elements truly had me glued to the seat in awe and shock was Inter Arma’s “The Cavern”, and now “Pathway” from atmospheric doom metal act Secrets of the Sky have done that same exact thing for me. I’ve never thought that atmospheric doom metal would be like, but this worked so fucking well that it blew my mind to bits only for me to reassemble them and have them blown apart again! This album is without a fucking doubt the best doom metal album of 2015 so far and is tied for my … Continue reading Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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Orbseven – .ismos.

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 It’s weird whenever I go to listen to the album and I try to listen to what the vocalist is saying, and I can barely even hear what he’s saying. I get that atmospheric black metal relies on the atmospheric element (shocker), but you know sometimes you can hear the vocals and they have a presence. But with Orbseven’s newest album, “.ismos.”, that’s taken to a completely different level and brings the vocals to the background so they provide an ambiance to the album along with the rhythmic guitars and drums that are a very good combo for this style … Continue reading Orbseven – .ismos.

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Sisters Of… – The Serpent, the Angel, and the Adversary

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 An instrumental album is one thing. An instrumental post metal album is something else entirely. Sisters Of… have created an awesome album with their post metal that brings a whole new meaning to the word “atmospheric” with all 8 tracks having very well done riffs and sounds to them that only a post metal band could do, but Sisters Of… have taken that and increased the awesomeness ten fold and thensome! The album does start out a little slow but then the remainder of the album is great to say in the least as you are taken on a journey … Continue reading Sisters Of… – The Serpent, the Angel, and the Adversary

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Midnight Odyssey – Shards of Silver Fade

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 The longest album I’ve ever heard in my entire life was only about an hour and ten minutes, and that was with over 13 tracks on that album at about 5 minutes a piece. But as if to show me that I don’t know shit the universe sent me Midnight Odyssey’s upcoming album “Shards of Silver Fade” which is a whopping, motherfucking 2 hours and 22 minutes long! Holy fuck! I sat there and just listened to the whole thing back to front to get the full experience of this literal mammoth of an album. The ambiance and atmosphere that’s … Continue reading Midnight Odyssey – Shards of Silver Fade

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Feanor Omega – Anima

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 Apparently Feanor Omega is the name of one of the musicians who makes up the band of the same name. I just thought that it was a reference to a character from the “Lord of the Rings” universe whose name is Feanor and that’s what caught my eye. Guess I was wrong, but I digress. “Anima” is an atmospheric black metal album that focuses more on the black metal aspect of the genre rather than the atmospheric part even though it’s still very detectable throughout the album. Some parts are more fast paced with vocals that are very distant in … Continue reading Feanor Omega – Anima

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Downfall of Nur – Umbras de Barbagia

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 I’ve never thought of the wonder that could come out of combining folk metal with atmospheric black metal before because it sounds so different to me that I never thought someone would have the balls to attempt it, but Downfall of Nur have done just that they’ve done it in such a way that I cannot even begin to fathom! “Umbras de Barbagia” is more atmospheric in the beginning than anything with instruments such as guitars, the flute, and even a fucking bagpipe being used in the second track, which is 17 minutes, and all of them create a truly … Continue reading Downfall of Nur – Umbras de Barbagia

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Let Them Fall – Of Kings & Heroes

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 If you were to say to me that metalcore mixed with a medieval theme to it a few weeks ago, I would’ve laughed in your goddamn face and said that that’d never work in a thousand years. Well, son of a goddamn bitch, it must’ve been a thousand years already because medieval themed metalcore is exactly what Let Them Fall’s brand new album “Of Kings and Heroes” is. It is a very nice mix of atmospheric sounds combined with metalcore that I will say wasn’t absolutely fantastic, it was dynamic in its own way and it brought a whole new … Continue reading Let Them Fall – Of Kings & Heroes