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Keep Of Kalessin - Katharsis



7.7 | 117 votes |
Release date: 24 March 2023
Style: Melodic black metal, Progressive black metal

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01. Katharsis
02. Hellride
03. The Omni
04. War Of The Wyrm
05. From The Stars And Beyond
06. Journey's End
07. The Obsidian Expanse
08. Throne Of Execration
09. The Eternal Swarm (Outro)

Additional info
Released via Back On Black Records

Staff review by
AndyMetalFreak
Rating:
7.9
Are you ready for some adventurously epic symphonic meloblack from the former Eurovision contestant Keep Of Kalessin?

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published 28.03.2023 | Comments (9)

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24.03.2023 - 10:57
Rating: 9
Muinaiset
I thoroughly enjoy this. On first listen I have nothing negative to say about this album other than I wish it could have kept going for another hour.

I am really glad this band is back, and that they seem to be better than ever.
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24.03.2023 - 11:32
Rating: 8
Nice, but why is Billy Butcher on the cover?
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"We are blind to the world within us, waiting to be born"
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24.03.2023 - 12:25
Rating: 7
Anghellic67
Pretty good and entertaining though I think the tempo is a bit too fast in most parts. Vocals remind me of Maurizio Iacono from Kataklysm and Ex Deo.
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24.03.2023 - 15:47
Rating: 8
Charlotbk
Really suprise by this album loose interest after Thebon left, but this is a great album love the track Journey’s End.
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24.03.2023 - 19:04
Rating: 7
Vellichor
The cleans in The Journey’s End sound kind of strange like they don’t fit very well at times, but overall this was pretty good. Didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as Origins or Armada, but still pretty good release.
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27.03.2023 - 11:01
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
It was long since this band was on the edge, last year's non talks about. New album came as snow in a summer day , so I forgot old albums, but it's well done well top level song writing, decent album, can be higher as it actually are, but then if it gets there it well deserve.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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27.03.2023 - 18:00
Rating: 6
Nightmare^
Nothing extraordinary, nothing standing out, but also nothing bad here. Played it a couple of times, it doesn't interest me to play it again. Not even close to Armada or any of the older albums.

I think this band lost its edge some time ago. I remember listening to their songs and discovering layer-upon-layer riffs and felt amazing. Now it feels like generic BM with melody and VERY repetitive drumming.
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30.03.2023 - 00:52
Rating: 10
mikeprado30
Sorry but in this case I must praise the work done with this album. Really epic and entertaining, with many distinctive songs. Best BM album I've enjoyed in a whole lot of time.
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BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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12.06.2023 - 04:39
Rating: 7
tintinb
Decent melodic black metal. Nothing new, none of the songs sticks out, but good performance nonetheless.
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Leeches everywhere.
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18.06.2023 - 01:00
Rating: 9
datfish
I fail to see how anyone could think this album was average. I'm not hearing what they are, but that's okay. To me, Keep of Kalessin have channeled some Dimmu Borgir and infused it with their own unique brand of epic and melodic musical expression, and produced one of my favorite albums of the year. I got chills several times throughout this album, something that doesn't happen to me often. Maybe this is just the kind of music that resonates with my soul the most.
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