Virus - The Black Flux
| Release date: | 10 November 2008 |
| Style: | Avantgarde metal |
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01. Stalkers Of The Drift
02. As Virulent As You
03. Archives
04. The Black Flux
05. Intermission: The Ocean Highway
06. Inward Bound
07. Lost Peacocks
08. Shame Eclipse
09. Strange Calm
02. As Virulent As You
03. Archives
04. The Black Flux
05. Intermission: The Ocean Highway
06. Inward Bound
07. Lost Peacocks
08. Shame Eclipse
09. Strange Calm
Lyrics Produced by Bård Ingebrigtsen & Virus.
Recorded and mixed at Amper Tone Studios, Oslo, June 2007 - July 2008.
Mastered at Strype Audio by Tom Kvålsvoll.
Layout, logo and band pictures by Trine + Kim Design Studio in cooperation with Virus.
Front cover photography by Sapfo Stavrides. Edited by Einz.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2676  |
Virus needs a couple of guitars a bass and drums to make Avantgarde Metal... learn kids.
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Written by InnerSelf on 10.01.2013 at 22:21 Well, actually, they used more instruments: piano, violin, keyboards and various effects samples, but the main instruments are just guitar, bass and drums - you are right.  As for the album... It's a great example of avant-garde metal. Not akin to aggressive kind of avant-garde like Unexpect that makes you lose your mind quickly but rather a kind that gradually rids you of your sanity. 
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2676 |
Written by NocturnalStalker on 23.05.2013 at 17:25 What i meant was that the avantegarde aspect of their music lies within the guitar/bass/drum work and that they didn't need to overload the album with weird instrumentation to make it sound authentic and fresh. And i too am not on the unexpect side of the genre
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889 |
Written by InnerSelf on 23.05.2013 at 22:25 I know, and you are surely right. Personally I like Unexpect and I like Virus as well as Sigh, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Ephel Duath, Atrox and tons of various avant-garde bands because there is plenty of diversity inside the genre, and I'm never bored.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2676 |
Written by NocturnalStalker on 24.05.2013 at 16:54 Yeah, I too enjoy DSO, Sigh, Arcturus (which are one of my absolute favorite bands) amongst many others in the genre ... like you said, it's never boring
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| mz Posts: 4824  |
The darkest, most difficult Virus album in my opinion. Does this band ever cease to produce excellent music?
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| Diverge Posts: 1334 |
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| solar Posts: 160  |
Pretty nice avantgarde. Sounds like a softer version (both on vocals and instruments) of DSO
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| mz Posts: 4824 |
Tbh I consider DsO to be the more extreme version of virus and not vice versa
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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