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Emeritus
Reviews 199
Approval 96%
Soundoffs 33
News Articles 41
Band Edits + Tags 35
Album Edits 279
Album Ratings 1668
Objectivity 86%
Last Active 10-29-22 11:48 am
Joined 11-26-06
Review Comments 17,624
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Another dig list. Woohoo. | | 1 |  | Catamenia
Location:COLD
Melodic black metal from Finland. Pretty amazing in the amount of riffs they pack into these songs, and nearly all of them are amazing. Everything from a kind of punch in the face heaviness to slow ballads are here. Seriously, listen to "The Day When The Sun Faded Away" and tell me that isn't an amazing song. | | 2 |  | Diablo
Mimic 47
Melodic death metal from Finland. A big thanks to last.fm for showing me this pretty sick band. It's pretty unique in the way they choose simple, but effective, riffs to make each song melodic in its own sense. A perfect album to jump up and headbang to, songs like "Kathryn" just make you smile. | | 3 |  | Carcharoth
From The Cavern Come
If you can find it, this is one gem which you don't want to miss. It's best described as Progressive Melodic Death/Black metal, sounds pretty dumb but when you listen to the music you'll be amazed in its maturity. Deep growls, majestic (but not overbearing in the least bit) keyboards, raspy screeches, sweeping guitar leads, it has everything. Fans of Ikuinen Kaamos and Moonsorrow should look into this album. | | 4 |  | In The Woods...
Heart Of The Ages
I first heard of In The Woods... through their astounding album Omino, so I couldn't help myself when I found their earlier (and fairly surprising) album Heart Of The Ages. It combines the best elements of Omino and adds in some black metal vocals. Epic in that sort of non-cheesy and depressing way, it's pretty damn captivating when it gets going. Toss in some sweet guitar solos for good measure and you get a big thumbs up dig from me. | | 5 |  | Olafur Arnalds
Eulogy For Evolution
Neo-classical from the same Icelandic gentleman who brought us the instrumentals for Heaven Shall Burn. Genius in its simplicity, the emotion flowing through the songs here is as thick as blood. This is music which anyone can listen to, appreciate, and be impacted by. I don't care who you are. This album is a must-listen, with it's masterful piano work and incorporation of drums, violin, and even a bit of guitar toward the end. | | 6 |  | Barathrum
Eerie
This is strange, but slightly relieving. In this black metal album from Barathrum, they actually use a heavy amount of bass to guide some of the album's best melodies. It works nearly flawlessly, making this album a bass lover's dream. The scream at the beginning of "The Twilight" never fails to put a huge smile across my face, and that goes for the rest of the amazing vocal performance. Produced just right to still have that black metal feel to it, but to put all the instruments in their place. | | 7 |  | Equilibrium
Sagas
Cheesy, epic, glorious, and wonderful music to watch the lord of the rings to. It's got everything that you would want and more. Sweeping leads, awesome vocals, and an overall upbeat, kickass attitude which you would want to spread to your bloodthirsty armies as you charge across a giant field in some distant land. It's like Ensiferum on crack. Oh ya, the 16 and a half minute instrumental "Mana" is pure genius. | | 8 |  | Summoning
Minas Morgul
By and far the best Summoning album I've heard. After nearly making me throw up during the course of Oath Bound, Summoning fully redeemed themselves and then some with this album. It's heavier, darker, and (thank god) puts the guitars more up-front. Every song is amazing and the lyrics tell a brilliant story inspired by Tolkien and weave their way through Middle Earth like nothing I've ever heard. | | 9 |  | Cryptic Wintermoon
Of Shadows...And The Dark Things You Fear
Melodic black metal which moves at an amazing pace. With songs like the (stupidly titled) "Thrashomatic Overdrive" this is a seriously heavy, but refreshingly melodic album which will surely appeal to a wide range of metal fans. Lots of excellent guitar melodies and good vocals spread themselves throughout the playing time of this album, and every song is easy to listen to and unique in its own way, something I really want to see more of with melodic black metal bands. | | 10 |  | Children Of Bodom
Hatebreeder
What happened? What happened?!?! COB went from the absolutely classic (Warheart, Silent Night, Bodom Night) to...... to...... to....... LoBodomy............ what the hell? | |
BallsToTheWall
07.14.08 | Another awesome list, 5,7,8, and 9 are amazing. I have 1, it's pretty good as well as having Vargtimmen pt.I from Wyrd but their vocals i'm not too much of a fan of. 2 and 3 in particular sounds amazing. If you'r a fan of Ikuinen Kaamos and Mirrorthrone, check out the new Cor Scorpii album, features the old keyboardist of Windir. | McP3000
07.14.08 | i REALLY REALLY want 8
and i completely agree with the consent towards CoB. Their first two were great...the rest? Not so much | masscows
07.14.08 | Crysis did you see At the Gates on Friday? | Crysis
07.14.08 | Balls I know that 2 is right up your alley, check it out ASAP. | Crysis
07.14.08 | No but I sure as hell wanted to >. | BallsToTheWall
07.14.08 | I agree Crysis. 2 sounds like a cross between Sentenced, Poisonblack, and Stabbing The Drama era Soilwork, maybe some STYE In Flames too . God damn, the singer sounds really like Ville Laihiala. | SynGates
07.14.08 | definitely agree on 10. | PayneTiger777
07.14.08 | Definitely BM. Definitely definitely BM. | Poet
07.14.08 | Everything I am hearing about 7 wants me to listen to it more and more. 10 rules obviously. 5 sounds interesting as well.
Listening to The Day When the Sun Faded Away from 1 and the chorus is awesome. | Pebster49
07.14.08 | #8 has always been something I wanted to check out or get into. | Crimson
07.14.08 | Diablo have a new album out this year, check it out. 3 really sounds interesting | jrowa001
07.14.08 | i need 5 since i love his other album. 7,8 are sick. 2 was ok from what i heard. ive seen 3 on a lot of blogs but wasnt sure if id like it, but not i want to check it out. ill look into the other albums as well. | Crysis
07.14.08 | Sweet I'll look into that Crimson. And yeah Jrowa you would love Eulogy For Evolution. | FenderUsa
07.14.08 | Completely agree on 10, i miss the old CoB, so much better live aswell, i will be getting 7 shortly |
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