Borgne - Royaume Des Ombres - review
Borgne - Royaume Des Ombres - review
Tracklist
01. Fall Of The Lost Souls02. Suffer As I Paid My Grave
03. In The Realm Of The Living I'm Dead
04. Only The Dead Can Be Heard
05. All These Screams Through Me
06. The Last Thing You Will See
A review by
Doc G. June 30, 2012
FYI - They sound almost nothing like Agruss. To clarify this nonsense, you'd have to pop this in to understand the similar feel - and that is the sound of an overwhelming sense of suffocation. A cram-packed atmosphere with not a square inch of breathing room.
Picture this; for some conceivable reason, you're sitting there listening to Dimmu Borgir, and you think to yourself; this dark orchestral aspect would be put to a lot better use if they shoved it into a more atmospheric direction, and threw some grit back into it. That's what Borgne is like. A crushing, mostly plodding atmospheric black metal band.
It's great when that's what's happening with the music. To promise that Royaume des Ombres is an entirely atmospheric, or entirely original sounding album would be a pretty hefty lie. They have a tendency to speed up into some really generic sounding black metal occasionally. While this offer of variety should normally be lauded, here it only pronounces their strengths, and that is the brooding, atmospheric sound.
Setting aside a few missteps into territory too frequently explored, Borgne definitely have a strong enough sound otherwise to make Royaume des Ombres a worthwhile listen.
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A bit disappointed this isn't a Darkspace/Sun of the Blind/Paysage d'Hiver-related project. Will listen asap nonetheless.
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Quite enjoyed this one, although nothing out of the ordinary... rating is spot on!
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Posts: 1941 Written by [user id=109376] on 01.07.2012 at 16:12 I can understand the comparison to Nehemah. I like Nehemah and what I heard of Borgne doesn't sound bad at all.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Can't find this on amazon, but there's 2 others from a band with the same name, Entraves De L'ame and IV. Is it the same band? The covers look like black metal.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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Posts: 1941 Written by M C Vice on 03.07.2012 at 13:30 It's the same band.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Posts: 3469 Written by RavenKing on 04.07.2012 at 00:43 Which one would you recommend?
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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