Agrypnie - Exit - review
Agrypnie - Exit - review
Tracklist
01. Mauern02. Die Last Der Erinnerung
03. Zivilisation
04. 0545
05. Fenster Zum Hof
06. Wohin
07. Während Du Schläfst
08. Schwarz
09. R40.2
10. In Den Weiten
11. Exit
A review by
Lucas February 14, 2009
But now, on to Agrypnie. Their style of Black metal isn't exactly progressive, but it's still far removed from "Dark Funeral aesthetics". Don't expect non-stop high-speed blast beats. Instead, this album is filled with balanced, well-written songs, ranging from three minutes to a whopping eleven. Predictability is surely not one of the keywords here.
Torsten's vocals are quite expressive; he has that rough-but-understandable, harsh yet sad tone in his voice. Unfortunately his vocal style is marked by very short, abrupt shouts whereas lengthier, longer screams would have fitted better. He does that as well though, reminding me a little of one of Germany's best Black metal bands ever, Nagelfar. Riffwise there are is also plenty to enjoy. "Exit" has a fresh touch to it, that feeling that a few surprises are ready to jump out of the corner. That's mainly due to the riffs, which carefully crawl their way through fast and slow tempi, tremolos and parts of the chugged, meatier kind. There's also a legion of guitar driven atmospheric interludes on the album, which adds to the variety of an already diverse and interesting album.
To summarize: Agrypnie is good. For the German (Pagan) Black metal fan this is a killer album. If heroic screams, dark yet energetic riffs and a bit of epicness/drama are your keywords for success, surely give this a spin.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 8 |
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Read your review but I think they're exactly Progressive Metal and there is no Black at all. Their music label even called them Avantgarde Black Metal...too far-fetched. The cover actually showed very clear signal ...pure progressive stuff, no Black.
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Posts: 684 Written by Dr. Strawberry on 23.09.2014 at 09:29 I think the proper term is post black metal, german style to be precisely for the french scene (Alcest, Les Discrets ...) has some very different approach on that. And this german post bm is in my view indeed a mix of bm (old school but mostly attitude) and post-metal elements, which themselves feature progressive, atmospheric, avantgarde or industrial sounds. Lyrics are a whole new world ranging from hate and anger to despair. It's a nice melting pot and I really dig it, just like I like my "real bm". So yes, there are progressive elements of course, but they are just a part of this whole post-stuff.
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Posts: 698 Written by Windrider on 21.10.2014 at 21:23 Are you saying that Opeth's Black Waterpark is Post Death Metal ?
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Posts: 684 Written by Dr. Strawberry on 23.10.2014 at 10:56 Umm... Wut? Read carefully.
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