Ivor gonna review this or what? I haven't listened to this band since...well...2007, lol

Written by tea[m]ster on 13.04.2015 at 06:11

Ivor gonna review this or what? I haven't listened to this band since...well...2007, lol

If you're into the last Opeth album, you'll feel very at home with this one. As for reviewing, I don't know yet.

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Anekdoten's a band I have heard of but have never checked out. What's the best album for initiation?

Written by Diverge on 14.04.2015 at 00:18

Anekdoten's a band I have heard of but have never checked out. What's the best album for initiation?

try their debut album - Vemod (1993).
still my favorite from them.

Written by [user id=17278] on 14.04.2015 at 08:57

Written by Diverge on 14.04.2015 at 00:18

Anekdoten's a band I have heard of but have never checked out. What's the best album for initiation?

try their debut album - Vemod (1993).
still my favorite from them.

Awesome. Thanks, man!

Wow! Anekdoten on Metal Storm! A very welcome addition! I liked the new album, and Ivor is right, it is quite similar to the latest Opeth: the first song has a part which is almost exactly like Moon Above, Sun Below + Devil's Orchard of Heritage (if I am not mistaken). In any case, this is a good slab of proggy Nordic melancholia, both heavy and light.

^ Anekdoten sounding like Opeth? It's more like the other way around in my humble opinion. Anekdoten have been sounding like this since early 90s.

Listening to this as I speak. This is pretty dam good. Not as "folky" as I remember them being. Will try to digest this all during the rest of the week.

The vocals are out of tune far too often and don't really complement the music. I thought I would enjoy this much more after hearing a few riffs from the first track that were pretty much ripped from Heritage

I really like this album, I had no idea it was on this site. None of their other albums have really clicked with me, unfortunately. I'll keep trying.

Meanwhile, this one reminds me a lot of 2010s Opeth (yeah yeah, John Doe, it's the other way around, don't care) which I only recently started appreciating more. I think I heard or read Mikael say that both bands know each other. These guys were also involved in Morte Macabre, which released a great instrumental album that's not dissimilar sounding.