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Mother North
I'm listening to the Frail demo right now. It's very interesting. I'm not sure how much I like it yet since I'm only at the first song but this is a rather unique approach to black metal.
Yes. It's easily the best thing Mayhem has done since DMDS. Atilla's vocals on that album are excellent.
Plague Angel is better than Panzer Division, and the two albums are similar. The latter has better vocals (Mortuus), a heavier production and a handful of songs that have non-blast drumming parts!
Rom 5:12 is much more mature than those two, though.
I vastly prefer Wolf's Lair Abyss over ordo ad chaos.
Just listened to Enslaved - Vertebrae. Hmm.. i really like this album. It's a lot better than RUUN. Anyone else agree?
I was listening to the Blood of Kingu (project of Roman Saenko (Drudkh, Hate Forest)) album tonight, and it's rather meh. There are at times riffs that would fit in with either of his more esteemed bands, and the vocal approach is okay with me, but the songs seem to start and stop at random, and that's the most disappointing aspect. Composition seems very poor, even though the guy is certainly able to play some very solid riffs. Every song feels like a random progression of things. This could have been way better, and the short songs/album length do not help. If there's a second album, I'm hopeful it's better. I even liked the direction of the last Hate Forest album. It wasn't much for composition, but it brought some catchy riffs and a great bass sound, and it didn't mess around. I liked the oppressive drum machine sound with the deep vocals and near-mechanical feel of the whole thing. Something like Blood of Kingu should have felt much more organic. The drums and vocals certainly worked, but the start/stop songs found in Hate Forest really compromised the album here. Not a good fit.
I don't think it's better than Ruun but it's still enjoyable. Vertabrae didn't grab me right away like the last few Enslaved albums but I totally love it now.
Great stuff, but I still prefer Ruun as well.
My favourite among their last albums is Below the Lights, though.