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by Frankingsteins - written on 19/01/08 (Very useful, 13 readings)
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The successor to 'Fatherland' sees Ancient Rites pretty much abandon their origins altogether, in favour of fully embracing a folk metal style with elements of melodic death metal and even more light-hearted power metal. I had quite a shock when I remembered at a late point in this album that this was the band that recorded 'The Diabolic Serenades,' and although the arguments in favour of either of those two, vastly different releases would realistically favour this one, it's still a shame that the band has deviated so far and couldn't maintain the perfect harmony of 'Fatherland.' The real stars of 'Dim Carcosa' are guitar duo Erik Sprooten and Jan Yrlund, who ...
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