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AETERNUS
...AND SO THE NIGHT BECAME |
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| | Reviews: 8 |
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| Average Rating: 9.50 |
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Folk dark metal
by "bluurgh" Philadelphia, Pa United States
Reviewed on June 12th, 2001
Aeternus shows more mature songwriting from Beyond the Wandering Moon on this album. Folk/classical guitar melodies often introduce the incredibly death metal-like riffs that become fairly predictable but still enjoyable after a few songs. The riffs used seem to rely upon folk/celtic phrasing that resolve into a death metal style violence sometimes. However, most of these songs do not intend to slam the listener upside the head with brutality. Instead, melody and a droning atmosphere is developed with Vrdrok pounding away in the background. One word to describe this atmosphere would be "spiritual." Technicality nor image are not the aims of this band. That in itself is unique considering the world black metal scene. The message of Aeternus matches quite strongly with the feeling that this album conveys. It's somewhat surprising that a band so focused on developing such atmosphere moved onto death metal. All in all, a very rewarding listen provided that one is not anticipating total melodic or straightforward black metal.
More "...And So The Night Became" reviews:
[2003-05-05] DARK METAL WITH ATMOSPHERE (6)
[2001-06-12] Folk dark metal (10)
[2001-03-02] The Best Aeternus Album! (10)
[2001-02-24] One of the best CDs I have in my collection (10)
[2000-12-29] Totally blows away any of these "popular" bands.. (10)
[2000-12-16] This Album is Incredible (10)
[2000-10-23] Wow.... (10)
[2000-04-10] Excellent black/doom (10)
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