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Narsilion - Elenna Nórë [Ars Musica Diffundere, 2011]
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Um es vorweg zu nehmen, die Vorgängeralben haben mir besser gefallen.
Nicht, daß es ein schlechtes Werk ist, es ist mir einfach zu glatt und gefällig produziert. „ethereal“ - „heavenly voices“ dominieren, Flötentöne im Überfluß.
Bisher war ich immer der Meinung daß das Duo, welches auch unter dem dark ambient/apocalyptic folk Bandprojekt: „Der Blaue Reiter“ veröffentlicht, hier die etwas rauhere Schiene fährt. Aber wohl nicht mehr.
„Fantasy Medieval Folk“ nennen sie es.

Als ich sie auf der Freilichtbühne im „Heidnischen Dorf“ beim Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2011 gesehen habe, war ich baff. Was sie da geboten haben, war beeindruckend. Mittelalterklänge mit percussivem Folk gekonnt dargeboten. Das gehörte für mich zu den besten Auftritten des Festivals.
Vielleicht waren deshalb meine Erwartungen zu groß.

Wo früher Ecken und Kanten waren, ist nun alles weichgespült.
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AA. VV. - Alfa Matrix Re:covered vol. 2 - A Tribute to Depeche Mode
Alio Die - Honeysuckle
Alio Die & Aglaia - Vayu Rouah
Azam Ali - From Night to the Edge of Day
Blutengel - Über den Horizont
Clan of Xymox - Darkest Hour
Collection d'Arnell~Andréa - Vernes-monde
Corde Oblique - A Hail of Bitter Almonds
Diary of Dreams - Ego:X
Draconian - A Rose for the Apocalypse
Faun - Eden
Five Thousand Spirits - Towards Edentea
In The Nursery - Blind Sound
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer
Mephisto Walz - IIIrd Incarnation
Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra - My Match Is A Makin'
Narsilion - Elenna Nórë
:Of the Wand & the Moon: - Shine Black Algiz
Omnia - Musick and Poëtree
The Birthday Massacre - Imaginary Monsters
Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
Trance to the Sun - The Blue Obscurities
Trance to the Sun - All The Covers (1995-2001)
Týr - The Lay of Thrym
浜崎あゆみ - FIVE
志方あきこ - 白夢の繭 ~Ricordando il passato~
黒色すみれ - ALICE IN THE UNDERGROUND

First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 7 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.


1. Elane
2. Nightwish
3. Tarja Turunen / Tarja
4. Nemesea
5. Within Temptation
6. Autumn
7. Epica
8. Loreena McKennitt
9. Deep Trip
10.Lunatica
11. Edenbridge
12. Sirenia
13. Delain
14.Lacrimas Profundere
15. Eluveitie
16. Apocalyptica
17. Visions of Atlantis
18.Elis
19. Serenity
20. Stream of Passion

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1. Elane

Narsilion
Trobar de Morte
Dunkelschön
Ordo Funebris
Artesia
The Moon and the Nightspirit
Daemonia Nymphe
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2. Nightwish

Sonata Arctica
Leave's Eyes
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Мой альбом октября
Октябрь побил все мыслимые рекорды по количеству отмененных интересных мне концертов. Такого на моей памяти не было никогда. Тем больше надежды на декабрьский Синтетический снег. У одного человека подсмотрел идею оценивать альбомы не по десятибалльной шкале, а по количеству понравившихся песен. На мой взгляд, очень правильная и интересная мысль, так что впредь так и буду делать. В октябре за звание альбома месяца поборолись два моих любимых one-man-проекта, но раз уж выбирать следует именно альбом, а не ЕР, то фаворитом стал :W:, развенчавший все мифы о творческом кризисе :Wumpscut:

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:Wumpscut: - Fuckit (2009) [Darkwave/ Electro-Industrial]
9/10
Музыкант с поразительной работоспособностью, Руди Ратцингер, выпускает релизы быстрее, чем и без того перегруженный информацией современный слушатель успевает их воспринимать. …

My music discoveries have been few and far between for May, mainly due to my being at university and it coming to the end of the academic year. As such there is not much worth talking about here, many of my new additions to my Last.fm library have only a few plays to their name, hardly a discovery so I'll just list them at the end of this journal for completion's sake, but maybe talk about them more in the future. So without further ado let's discuss the lore meaningful finds.

Okera is a fairly new band, having just released their first demo. This band plays a combo of death metal, doom metal and progressive metal. At times they remind me of Opeth, especially with the growled vocals they use. The three songs on their demo The Black Rain are very diverse and I look forward to hearing more from them in the future. In the meantime I am planning a review of The Black Rain for my forum, Heavy Metal Haven, which I'll probably post here on Last.fm also as a journal entry. The Black Rain is available as a free download from Last.fm.
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What are the four tracks recently added to your library?
1. Qntal - Introitus
2. Qntal - Virgo Splendens
3. Qntal - Sine Nomine
4. Elysion - Killing My Dreams


What four artists is Last.fm currently recommending to you?
Coronatus
James Newton Howard
Alan Silvestri
Thomas Newman

Have you listened/heard of any of them before?
I've heard stuff from Coronatus and some of Newman's work.

Last loved track?
L'Âme Immortelle - Auf Deinen Schwingen

Last five recently listened tracks?
John Powell - The Cove
L'Âme Immortelle - Destiny
Azam Ali - Spring Arrives
Tarja - Damned Vampires & Gothic Divine (bonus)
Qntal - Flamma

Last person you left a shout to?
carachan

Last person who left you a shout?
opa58

Closest event?
May 18 - We Are the Fallen

How long have you been a member?
11 May 2006

How many overall plays do you have?
74135

How many loved tracks?
98

What are your top 10 overall artists?
1. Within Temptation - 4 920
2. Emilie Autumn - 3 503
3. Lyriel - 3 468
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