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Xasthur - To Violate The Oblivious
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8.1 | 67 votes |
Release date: July 2004
Style: Depressive black metal

Owners:
64 have it
12 want it


01. Intro
02. Xastur Within
03. Dreams Blacker Than Death
04. Screaming At Forgotten Fears
05. Consumed By A Dark Paranoia
06. Marked By Shadows
07. Apparitional Void Of Failure
08. A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
09. Walker Of Dissonant Worlds
Review

Staff review by
KwonVerge
Rating:
8.0
When terms like anti-life, nihilism and suicide become part of the atmosphere music evokes or, to say it better, when music is the outcome of anti-life, nihilistic and suicidal emotions then you really know what to expect, something extremely deep and utterly depressive that leaves scars on the listener's soul. Malefic, the one and only sullen soul behind Xasthur, knows well the art of suicide and how to present it through wailing and bleeding ambient-oriented suicidal black metal soundscapes and this is what he did, for one more time, with "To Violate the Oblivious".

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published 24.01.2006 | Comments (9)

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27.11.2012 - 03:12
!J.O.O.E.!
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Late night Xasthur session. I may actually like this record more than Telepathic With The Deceased.



Could be the best song he ever wrote.
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22.06.2013 - 17:17
!J.O.O.E.!
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Yep, defo the best Xasthur for me.
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02.07.2014 - 21:10
Rating: 9
Melkor
Havent heard the other albums but this album is so freaking awesome. should i check the others out?
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02.07.2014 - 21:13
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Melkor on 02.07.2014 at 21:10

Havent heard the other albums but this album is so freaking awesome. should i check the others out?

Might as well. Xasthur was hardly know for being varied so if you like this you'll probably appreciate all his other stuff. This remains my favourite though.
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24.08.2014 - 21:28
mz
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I have tried this a couple of times and it's not working that much for me. I can see why others love this album but for me, it actually passes without having much of impression of any kind on me. Enough to say that my most favorite track is the simplistic outro.
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09.10.2014 - 19:37
Rating: 7
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Although it's really a good album I liked his other album, Telepathic with The Deceased, more.
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The Fangirl.
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12.10.2022 - 21:13
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Have to agree with Joe in thinking this is the best Xasthur album. Great guitar layering and a bit better mixing than the previous releases.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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12.10.2022 - 21:22
RaduP
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Written by Boxcar Willy on 12.10.2022 at 21:13

Have to agree with Joe in thinking this is the best Xasthur album. Great guitar layering and a bit better mixing than the previous releases.

Rare Boxcar liking music moment
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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12.10.2022 - 21:44
A Real Mönkey
Written by RaduP on 12.10.2022 at 21:22

Written by Boxcar Willy on 12.10.2022 at 21:13

Have to agree with Joe in thinking this is the best Xasthur album. Great guitar layering and a bit better mixing than the previous releases.

Rare Boxcar liking music moment

...And it's with freaking Xasthur. Kind of a gray area.
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13.10.2022 - 15:31
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Written by RaduP on 12.10.2022 at 21:22

Rare Boxcar liking music moment

Hey my average rating here is a 7.12!

However a lot of those higher ratings were doled out when I was much younger and less cynical.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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13.10.2022 - 17:36
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
Written by Boxcar Willy on 13.10.2022 at 15:31

However a lot of those higher ratings were doled out when I was much younger and less cynical.

I do sometimes find myself stumbling upon an album page and thinking "Holy shit, I gave that a 10??"
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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13.10.2022 - 17:53
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Written by RaduP on 13.10.2022 at 17:36

I do sometimes find myself stumbling upon an album page and thinking "Holy shit, I gave that a 10??"

Yeah at some point when I’m bored I will probably go through mine and clean it out a bit. There are tons of albums I probably don’t even remember hearing
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

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