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Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve



7.1 | 19 votes |
Release date: 30 March 2004
Style: Black metal

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Additional info
2LP version released by Southern Lord in June 2007 with what they call "Velvet Jacket", the jacket made of Velvet with the logo in black foil for Northsuite and silver foil for Genevieve. Limited to 1500 copies, 500 being marble-purple.

Staff review by
Lucas
Rating:
7.4
Black Metal is a genre that, despite popular belief, is not completely impervious to trends. One of the bands that painfully proved that is the American Velvet Cacoon. Within very little time, they became one of the most controversial and notorious Black Metal bands in the scene. An endless amount of rumours about drug-abuse, the "diesel harp" guitar, the stolen music and their political ideas turned almost every forum in a playground for giddy little kids, expressing their love or disgust for the band. And about a year later, it all turned out to be one big hoax. But what a brilliantly played, painfully reflective hoax it was.

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published 29.03.2008 | Comments (3)

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Comments: 3   [ 1 ignored ]   Visited by: 78 users
19.08.2012 - 17:29
!J.O.O.E.!
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Such a low rating... makes me cry every time.
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27.01.2015 - 16:45
!J.O.O.E.!
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I miss the good old days when Velvet Cacoon span their web of bullshit and fakery. Also discovered this band thanks to them "ripping" off their music (bit of a coincidence they're both from Portland, eh).

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27.01.2015 - 16:51
Rating: 6
Karlabos
I miss more Clair Cassis than I miss Velvet Cacoon
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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