Melodic Black Metal

• Dimmu Borgir “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia”

  Hey! Nick Barker looks like a more portly version of Rob Halford in that gay Two band. The intro to this fecal monstrosity is performed by a Norwegian orchestra, which is just plain gay. If you’re going to utilize an actual orchestra, don’t have them play something that sounds like the shitty [...]
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• Dimmu Borgir “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia”

  Pisspooritanical Euphaggoty Mismanagement-of-Nicholas’-drumming-talent. While American black metal acts wow you with their talentless nein-production efforts, equally bad Euro trash like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle Of Filth wow you with jarringly over-produced talentless albums. The only person worth a fuck here is good old St. Nick. Why he fucks around with terrible bands is beyond [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/dimmuborgir-puritanicaleuphoricmisanthropia_2/

• Siebenbürgen “Delictum”

  Apparently Siebenbürgen is the best selling merchandise band on Napalm… let’s hope Napalm is proud… I mean fuck, with bands like Abigor and Setherial on the label, it’s gotta be thrilling to announce this as a selling point. Although Siebenbürgen maintain a darker edge and can play their instruments quite well, there is nothing [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/siebenburgen-delictum/

• Old Man’s Child “Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion”

  This album should be called "Kind-Natured Spiritual Walk-Through", for nothing about this is harsh or violent, mostly it comes off as sounding silly. I have never been a fan of Old Man’s Child and this album just drives my disdain for them deeper. What I was interested in, however, was that drum king [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/oldmanschild-illnaturedspiritualinvasion/

• Naglfar “Pariah”

  Melodic black metal is sort of a bastard child. When you think melodic black metal, a good amount of imagery comes up, usually ranging from the more queer antics of Children of Bodom and its clones (with their blackened take on melodic death metal mixed with power metal and a festering mound of beer-enema induced [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/naglfar-pariah/

• Naglfar “Sheol”

  Naglar’s latest album Sheol has been receiving favorable and sometimes outstanding reviews from distinguished metal journalists all over. Many are claiming this is one of the top ten albums of 2003. Well, I am definitely not distinguished and this album is horrendous. Every single track runs together to provide a nice and [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/naglfar-sheol/

• La Rumeur des Chaînes “La Rumeur des Chaînes”

  For a French black metal band, this is not quite what I was expecting. Normally when I listen to French black metal, I’m usually thinking of Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega, Antaeus, or other more orthodox, suicidal, and harsher acts. La Rumeur des Chaînes sound nothing like that. In fact, La Rumeur des Chaînes have [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/larumeurdeschaines-larumeurdeschaines/

• Hecate Enthroned “Dark Requiems…”

  My first taste of Hecate Enthroned’s music was when I received the Blackend 3 compilation which featured "Danse Macabre" and "The Spell Of The Winter Forest" from the band’s ‘97 release The Slaughter Of Innocence, A Requiem For The Mighty. The two tracks were quite different, "Danse Macabre" was more of a typical Cradle [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/hecateenthroned-darkrequiems/

• Forlorn “Opus III: Ad Caelestis Res”

  More decent second rate viking metal, whatever value that holds. Track 4 ("Shadow Cult") reminds me a lot of Novembre, if anyone remembers them. Some clean vocals, keyboards and melodic rhythms do well to capture a strong cultural feel, and one could likely find themselves dancing to track 2 ("Legions Of The Empire"). [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/forlorn-opusiiiadcaelestisres/

• Dismal Euphony “Lady Ablaze”

  Here we go again - video game music gone metal. If you have no education, or if you enjoy cruising around in a red or silver corvette acting like an insanely rich major super terrorist villain from any given James Bond movie out for a Sunday stroll, put this CD on, especially track 2 [...]
  http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/dismaleuphony-ladyablaze/

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