Ensiferum: Unsung Heroes (2012)

Come Back Jari

Review by Metallattorney. He is the law.

Ensiferum were kind of at the forefront of the whole folk metal wave of the 21st century. They took a sound that had been experimented with and twisted it and perfected it. Prior to Ensiferum breaking through there were very few bands that could be considered folk metal bands. Not to say that they were the first, but they definitely helped bring about the wave of bands that emerged in the years to come.

Folk metal has never been one of my favorite genres. I certainly enjoy some bands, but I typically do not go out of my way to seek out new bands unless they are doing something that interests me. Despite this, I have found that I generally enjoyed Ensiferum in their early days, but I have not liked much of their material after Jari Mäenpää left the band. He seemed to be the major element that drew me to Ensiferum's work. This is the first album I have heard from Ensiferum in quite awhile. Unfortunately it may be a while before I check them out again.

Killing Joke: MMXII (2012)

Hilarious

Killing Joke is a legendary band, hardly in need of any introductions. Nevertheless, I haven't made myself familiar with their discography. The only one of their records I've heard was 2006's Hosannas from the Basement of Hell. But I liked that record quite a bit, so when I happened across their new record MMXII, I thought I'd try it out.

And it's quite a bit different. Comparatively, Hosannas is much further into industrial metal territory, while MMXII is a lot more post-punk, with an infusion of 80's style synth-pop. I'm not ordinarily big on any kind of punk, but the synth-pop spin on heavy music--well, that's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.

Swallow the Sun: Emerald Forest and the Blackbird (2012)

Kokeellinen tarkastelu

En osannut päättää kuinka kirjoittaa tarkastelussa Emerald Forest and the Blackbird, uusimman julkaisun Swallow the Sun. Yritin kirjoittaa useita hyvin erilaisia ​​arvioita, mutta jokainen niistä löysin en voinut varmuuskopioida väitteet Halusin tehdä.

Katsos, en ole oikeastaan ​​seurannut bändin liian lähelle. Rakastan heidän debyyttinsä. Rakastan myös mielettömän mahtava käsite Plague of Butterflies, death / doom baletti, joka ei koskaan tullut olemaan. Mutta muuten en ole kuunnellut heitä. Halusin tehdä grand julistamista heidän uransa, mutta en yksinkertaisesti ole tietopohjaa.

Joten minä vain puhua suoraan. Odotin like this album. Halusin pitää. Mutta jotain on vakavasti puuttuu. Ovatko ne hyviä biisejä? Kyllä, ehdottomasti.Levy kokonaisuutena on kuitenkin overpolished ja yksinkertaisesti liian tylsää liian monessa paikassa.

En todellakaan ole hyvä tapa sanoa se, vaikka. Joten tässä se on, selvää kuin päivä. Suomen kielessä tietenkin. Ja toivottavasti, kääntäjä kääntää sen rikki Englanti.



Tuomio: Annan sille 2 out of 5 tähteä. Niin, joka tapauksessa, nauti tästä suomalainen vitsi.

Kuinka moni suomalainen kestää vaihtaa lampun?

Viisi. Yksi pitää lampun ja neljä juoda riittävästi Kosu kunnes huone alkaa pyöriä.

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Oranssi Pazuzu: Kosmonument (2011)

Review

Eighteenth century scientist Sir Henry Head was interested in the human nervous system. He became frustrated because experimental subjects were too vague in their accounts of pain. So he decided to experiment on himself. He had his left radial nerve severed, and from then he went on to use a technique he called the "negative attitude of attention." This is a deep meditative state of the mind wherein he closely examined the sensations of pain. For five years, instead of blocking out pain, like most of us do, he focused on it to the smallest detail.

Listening to Oranssi Pazuzu's Kosmonument is like that. For their sophomore effort, the Finnish psychedelic black metal band have presented us with a fully-immersive exploration of pain and fear. All of metal asks you to face the negative, but rarely has this examination been so intimate.

Shining (Swe): VII: Född Förlorare (2011)

Review

I picked up the Swedish band Shining's seventh full-length, VII: Född Förlorare, basically because almost all references to the Norwegian band take pains to clarify which Shining we're talking about. In other words, it was sheer curiosity. But I am most definitely not disappointed.

I've probably called close to half a dozen different bands a black metal version of Opeth, whether it's Kansas City's Lo-Ruhamah or Norway's Enslaved. But here again is another black metal Opeth. There are startling similarities, beginning with the basic elements of progressive extreme metal and extending to a solo here ("Tillsammans Är Vi Allt"), an acoustic guitar lick there ("Tiden Läker Inga Sår"), and many other places. Though "I Nattens Timma" is a cover of another Swedish prog band, even it sounds Opethian. But there's a lot more to it than that.