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Botanist - IV: Mandragora
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6.7 | 26 votes |
Release date: 19 February 2013
Style: Experimental black metal

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2 want it


01. Arboreal Gallows (Mandragora I)
02. Nightshade (Mandragora II)
03. To Amass An Army (Mandragora III)
04. Nourishing The Fetus (Mandragora IV)
05. Mandrake Legion (Mandragora V)
06. Sophora Tetraptera
07. Rhyncholaelia Glauca
Review Lyrics (7)

Line-up
Otrebor - drums, hammered dulcimer, vocals

Session musicians
A. Lindo - harmonium, vocals
R. Chiang - hammered dulcimer

Staff review by
Auntie Sahar
Rating:
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Botanist: self-proclaimed by its sole mind, Roberto "Otrebor" Martinelli, otherwise known as "The Botanist," as "eco-terrorist black metal." His first effort, I: The Suicide Tree/II: A Rose From The Dead appeared back in 2011 like a gargantuan banyan tree falling over onto the roof of a multimillion-dollar mansion. All of a sudden there appeared in the black metal scene a bizarre, hyper-environmentalist mixture of vocals, drums, and hammered dulcimer? notably quite a lot of that last one, actually. Otrebor would go on to refine the spontaneous and dulcimer-laden sound of his debut with last year's III: Doom In Bloom, which as the title suggests, had a lot more of a doom-ish vibe to it, with a more cohesive sense of composition as well. And now, in 2013, Otrebor is back, ready to assault your senses once more with his bizarre form of one man black metal and joyous songs of mutant plant creatures crawling into your eardrums.

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published 05.04.2013 | Comments (10)

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Comments: 8   [ 1 ignored ]   Visited by: 168 users
27.01.2013 - 19:01
Rating: 7
Alex F
The track they've already released was great. Looking forward to this very much
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13.02.2013 - 14:31
Rating: 7
Alex F
Botanist have done it again. A fantastic album
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14.02.2013 - 18:58
Paz
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Elite
Listen here. I wasn't a huge fan of his previous achievements, mainly because of their length and vocal style. We'll see.
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14.02.2013 - 23:37
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Paz on 14.02.2013 at 18:58

Listen here. I wasn't a huge fan of his previous achievements, mainly because of their length and vocal style. We'll see.

So far I'm enjoying everything he has done but I'm happy that he changed the vocals, the ones here are just fit better imo.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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Album Release day (February 19, 2013)
08.04.2013 - 05:16
Rating: 7
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Meh, not as cool as his first efforts.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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03.12.2013 - 22:51
MechanisT
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Pretty horrendous. Somehow I got the premonition beforehand that a MechanisT-Botanist symbiotic relationship's never to be, but it turned out worse than expected. Almost made me go completely carnivorous on my diet, but ah whatevs.
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19.12.2013 - 07:03
Rating: 8
Diverge
Really not as bad as some people have suggested. I rounded up to an 8. It's pretty interesting, even if the mix is not something I appreciate on certain tracks.
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23.02.2014 - 05:02
no one
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Started off good, but i was very bored by the end. i must hear the others
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