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Wigand - Adorned Brood
Description: Aritst: Adorned Brood / Genre: Hard Rock & Metal Newest Review: ... language is encouraged, as it adds to the authentic, back-to-the-roots sound the bands are trying to go for. Bizarrely, the ... more  ... album shifts to German language half-way through and the lyrics become far more substantial and detailed, even if the themes are still a little redundant, inviting the obvious question of why it wasn’t kept German all the way through; it’s not as if the vocals, which are mainly growled, are understandable anyway.
Adorned Brood’s line-up has never been quite stable, and this was the last outing for several members of the original band. Frontman Teutobot Frost plays bass guitar, which is hardly audible in the typical fuz...more |
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Wigand - Adorned Brood: If You Go Down to the Woods Today... (1286 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 27.10.07 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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‘Wigand’ is the second album from German folk metal band Adorned Brood, and seems to be generally considered by their small but loyal fan base to be their finest work. Incorporating a significant folk influence into their otherwise standard black metal sound, including prominent flutes, acoustic guitar and light percussion, listening to the album really gives the impression that it was recorded by travelling minstrels in a Rheinland forest sometime in the middle ages, convincing in all but the tell-tale electric guitars. Such a specialist and distinctive style of music is bound to be an acquired taste, and although I have listened to enough odd metal from across Europe ...
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