Aeon Aony - Unfold

Advantages: moody morbid motifs...
Disadvantages: ...below a gruesome patina of black metal

......whether it be heavy post punk speed riff barrage & croaked vocals (as in 'the cotton optic'), ghost ship shanties & sickened mantric melancholic murmurs wrapped in a stifling distorted guitar sound carpet (as in 'brass dogs'), hectic industrialized black metal monotony melted into dissolving acerbic throat-singing & fading pathetic chants for salvational oblivion (as in 'an enigma in brine'), bass-hollowed and blood-soaked bars of heavy blues-butchered doom metal and gothic incantations against a backdrop of rainy insanity (as in 'a cloud formed teardrop asylum'), the bitter sound of fast-paced stampeding war machines haunted by burning ghosts of madness and finally shredded into pieces during a frantic dervish dance of death (as in 'aeon in cinders'), morbidly picturesque and almost symphonic melodies of withered yet sublime song... Read review

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Advantages: Heavy as you like it, pounding drum beats, amazing riffs
Disadvantages: None unless you're a pop fan

...This is the second album from Zyklon. Tracks: 1. Psyklon Aeon 2. Core Solution 3. Subtle Manipulation 4. Two Thousand Years 5. No Names Above The Names 6. Prophetic Method, The 7. Specimen Eruption 8. Electric Current 9. Eclectic Manner The first track has become an anthem for fans of the Norwegian metallers. The apocalyptic lyrics and blast beats, as well as Destructhors impressively lightning-fast yet precise guitar work all compete for your attention, making each track interesting. The album is less of a musical landscape than the songs of Emperor (which share members with Zyklon, and Myrkskog) and has more of a death metal than a black metal feel to it. Trym as a drummer, it could be argued, is the fastest and most innovative. Whilst songs such as "Core Solution" and "Subtle Manipulation" primarily roar death metal at you... Read review

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Advantages: Cristina Scabbia, acoustic versions of great songs
Disadvantages: Andrea Ferro still sucks

...The best Lacuna Coil album available now with and extra disc of acoustic and radio tracks. The bonus CD also contains 7 of the bands wallpapers and the music videos for Heavens a Lie and Swamped Disc One 1. Swamped 2. Heaven's A Lie 3. Daylight Dancer 4. Humane 5. Self Deception 6. Aeon 7. Tight Rope 8. The Ghost Woman And The Hunter 9. Unspoken 10. Entwined 11. The Prophet Said 12. Angel's Punishment 13. Comalies Disc Two (Bonus Disc) 1. Heaven's A Lie [Radio Edit] 2. Swamped [Radio Edit] 3. Heaven's A Lie [Acoustic Version] 4 Swamped [Acoustic Version] 5. Senzafine [Acoustic Version] 6. Unspoken [Acoustic Version] 7. Heaven's A Lie [WAAF Radio Acoustic] 8. Senzafine [WAAF Radio Acoustic] 9. Aeon [WAAF Radio Acoustic] Despite being classed as heavy metal Lacuna Coil can be more accuratley described as melodic metal, they dont have... Read review

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