Opera IX - The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum In Laudem Tenebrarum - guest review
Opera IX - The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum In Laudem Tenebrarum - guest review
Tracklist
01. Act I: The First Seal02. Act II: Beyond The Black Diamond Gates
03. Act III: Carnal Delight In The Vortex Of Evil
04. Act IV: Congressus Cum Daemone
05. Act V: The Magic Temple
06. Act VI: The Sixth Seal
07. Bela Lugosi's Dead [Bauhaus cover] [bonus]
Guest review by
Dark Cornatus June 08, 2006
The first six songs are all brilliant, they contain no faults and (I'm not exaggerating) there is simply nothing wrong with them. So why is the review rated 9.5/10? That lies ahead with the cover song "Bela Lugosi's Dead"; its a good song, just nowhere near as good as the previous ones. It's very slow and is more of a Doom style song.
Production wise it is not the clearest album, but not in a bad way, for some Black Metal acts often like this style because it fits the music. It is still quite clear sounding though. The cover is quite odd, but cool.
All in all I put this album in my top ten favourites of all time. It is consistant and unique, which I think is very important for a masterpiece album, and most fans know it is their masterpiece of their time in the Metal scene.
There are two sample links on their site, unfortunatly not of the greatest quality, but here they are:
http://www.operaix.it/media/Track02.ra
http://www.operaix.it/media/Track04.ra
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Dark Cornatus | June 08, 2006
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Good review! I always wanted to check Opera IX but i never had the chance or was forgetting about it, this is the album i will check when the urge to listen to them arrives! I am curious though how they made the cover of Bela Lugosi's Dead of the cult goth influencial dark/new wave act Bauhaus, i'm highly curious! 
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Thanks mate This album they definatly show their gothic side morseo than on other albums, at the same time though, they still cary their Black metal elements through. I never heard of Bauhaus prior to picking up this album, so i dont know what the original sounds like. Its quite a good song, just i think the rest of the album is perfect, so its hard to beat.
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Great group I think that the cover of Bela Lugosi's Dead is almost as good as allthe other songs but if we talk about covers the one they did to iron maiden ( rime of the ancient marineer) its just a masterpiece 13 minutes of magnificense
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@Death: It is a fantastic cover, likewise their cover to One Rode To Asa Bay by Bathory
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Great album, one of the best in the genre, so thick atmosphere. I'm allways looking forward for female vocals in the extreme genre, and Cadaveria is very good.
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They deserve that ranking, this album is a fucking masterpiece it even hurts to express how much I LURVE it >.< lol
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Great disc and review. There isn't anything in the metal world that sounds like this CD. It's difficult music, but always accessible enough to keep the listener interested and curious. And the vocals are masterful, Cadaveria's best performance IMO.
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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i have to say.. i didnt like the two previous albuns at all.. but this one gets better. Its just that the kinda ''raw'' sound doesnt fit with this style... like epic and very long songs. Cadaveria vocals doesnt help at all, her screams are horrible. The great problem with Opera IX is that they almost doesnt use their Folk metal ''face'', it is very concentrade on the heavy riffs. And by this.. they just get too similar to another 100000 bands. The best song in this album is the Bauhaus cover.
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Those sample don't work, someone must delete those
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Wow, this review sucks. Who wrote this garba.... oh. It's funny because my tastes have changed so much since writing it. Having said that, i still call it a masterpiece to this day.
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Posts: 85 Written by DeathChrushed666 on 15.06.2006 at 05:53 Masterpiece? The worst Iron Maiden cover ever. The woman singer is just shouting out of tune most of the time, horrible.
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