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I have absolutely no idea where to begin when
writing this review. I have listened to this album several times in a row and
I still don't know what to think of it. On one hand it is emotional and very
beautiful but on the other hand it is also extremely intense, almost to the
point of annoying. Korova is now known under the name KorovaKill and have
signed to the American extreme metal label Red Stream since Napalm dropped
them because of their incommerciality (= poor sales). The band formed as early
as 1990 and this is their second album. The brain behind the band is called
Christof Niederwieser and he has also helped out his native Austrian friends
Angizia with vocals on a couple of their releases. Guess who is handling the
drum sticks? Not surprisingly it's Moritz Neuner who has been drumming for
most of the Austrian metal bands it seems. These guys are producing some very
intense music on this album which sounds like a weird mix of jazz music,
classical orchestration, chaotic samples and black metal. There is no way I
could describe what Korova sounds like and make you understand. The songs are
a little too chaotic and unstructured to be completely oustanding and Korova
is no doubt one of the weirdest metal bands I've ever heard. One of the
highlights of the album is the female vocals done by Martina Hornbacher
(Dreams Of Sanity, Therion, Alas). Psychedelic, dark, chaotic metal with
theatrical and often off-key vocals. Recommended to all of you who are looking
for something out of the ordinary but beware, this is definitely not for
everyone. Stand-out tracks: "Our Reality
Dissolves).
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1. Europa In Flammen 2. |
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Strangulation Alpha 3. Our Reality Dissolves 4. Trip To The |
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Bleeding Planets 5. Dead Like An Angel 6. Echoworld Caravans |
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7. Der schlafmann Kommt 8. Tantra-Nove-HyperCannibalism |
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: 52.11
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