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Originally Posted by Gigantic Debaser
Klabautamann - Merkur (2009)
(Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal) |
I really enjoyed this! The band has an interesting style mixing Black Metal with elements of Jazz and Prog, with mainly successful and interesting results; it's not everyday you hear Maj7 harmonies in a black metal song.
Most of the tracks have mellower interludes in between the harsher, more metally sections; on certain tracks, like the title track, delving into full-on Jazz Fusion. Also, in some of their proggier moments they reminded a bit of Can, which is definitely not a bad thing.
One criticism that I have is that I tend to find Black Metal vocals like the ones displayed on this album kinda cheesy, but it wasn't extremely distracting and didn't lessen my enjoyment of the album to any considerable degree.
Probably the best album to come out of this thing yet. This equates to a very high
7/10