Customer Reviews
2008-05-21
Part two of Dimmu's trilogy of destructive mastery....
An orchestra?
Brilliant!!!
Just as good as Puritanical.
Start to finish, amazing,unique,brutal.
If your new to Dimmu, this is a great place to start.
A classic.
Vortex's vocals? So good, it hurts.
Barker's drums? Unreal!!!
The rest of the band?
Unequaled by thier peers!
2008-02-29
Harmonic Black Metal...
Dimmu Borgir Pumps Out An Extremely Heavy Song When They Made "Progenies Of The Appocalypse" They Use A Whole Orchestra Rather Than Just The Classic Electric Bass And Guitar, Drums Etc. Etc. From Begining To End This Album Makes New To Old Metal Heads Band Their Heads All Day Long. Highly Addictive, A Must Have.
2007-08-30
One of the best albums ever!...
If you dont own this album you're too poor! Get a job ya boke arse!
2007-07-11
Not Bad...
I like this type of music, so I can't give it a bad rating just on that fact alone. However, this particular CD is not up to the five star rating. There is no question these guys have a good thing going, but there is just something lacking.
When I listen to this CD, a lot of the time I am reminded of Cradle of Filth, and even some Borknagar in spots. The playing is excellent and the vocals are not bad. However, after several listens, I cannot dig out any specific melody or riff that sticks with me. Another reviewer said the lyrics sucked so I read some of them. The lyrics are almost incomprehensible, the English ones anyway, but that is not a bad thing as I could care less. I love Finntroll and their lyrics are all in Swedish.
What it boils down to is that this is excellent music but the songs are not that memorable. What stands out is the musicianship, especially my favorite black metal drummer, Nicky Barker. The other musicians are super too, but they can only do so much to rise above the material they have to work with.
Overall, this is still a good CD, just not the best. I like it enough to try another one of their CD's one day, just to see if they can write more memorable stuff. I recommend this for symphonic black metal fans.
2007-04-16
Here's the problem....
This to me is a "The Silent Force" ordeal (If any of you listen to Within Temptation you'll know what I mean. If not, here's a brief background: Within Temptation started off as a goth-esque, female fronted, metal band with some very rough beauty and the beastly vocals. Their second release, they cut the rough vocals and went solely with the angelic female vocals. This release was still far out of the mainstream block, though, and incorrporated a lot of unique material. Was it the best material? No. But unique nonetheless. Anyway, 4 years later, their 3rd release strolled along. It was entitled "The Silent Force". This time Within Temptation hired choirs and added more mainstream attributes, symphonic layouts, and entwined lots of orchestral effects. It was more mainstream than anything they did- and ironically one of their songs ended up in a movie trailer. Some people complained, some didnt. But in the end you're left with a beautiful sounding album that really is empty.)
So I relate "The Silent Force" to this album because Dimmu Borgir seemed to do almost the same thing. The vocals are far different from anything like "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" and they added choirs and more symphonic sounds to create a great, yet more mainstream album. Unfortunately, this LP too, despite its incredible sound, doesnt have much personality. The lyrics, the choirs, the layouts- they're all meant to sound good but in this case are only for credibility.
Personally I can listen to it over and over without having much of a problem (besides getting a little bored) but I know some people have more of a problem with that than I do.
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