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 Dim Carcosa - Ancient Rites
 Dim Carcosa - Ancient Rites ... North Sea6 Gotterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) 7 (Ode to Ancient) Europa 8 Remembrance 9 Lindisfarne (Anno 793) 10 On Golden Fields (De Leeuwen Dansen) 11 Dim Carcosa Newest Review: ... riffs are clearly defined by the high production values, even if they make the whole thing sound even less black metal than ... more ... it was managing already, only retaining a semblance of doubt through Walter Van Cortenberg's fast drums that more often than not sound out of place and end up being one of the album's primary failings for their incompatibility to most songs. Although the general style is still as epic as 'Fatherland,' rife with sweeping orchestration and keyboards, the songs tend to be a lot shorter and more to-the-point which is also a little disappointing in light of the previous album's extended masterpieces, but it's underst...more |
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Dim Carcosa - Ancient Rites: I Still Hear the Ancient Warcry (507 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 19/01/08 (Very useful, 13 readings)
Rating:
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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