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virus.:Carheart [Jester]
Virus marks the end of one of the most incisive and cult-object bands that helped create the whole “post”-black metal movement, but still maintaining strong connections to the genre. This new beginning from Ved Buens Ende main-man Carl-Michael Eide (also known as Czral) shares obvious similarities with his earlier incursions/impressions in the area, but it goes deep into the path that VBE only hinted at, in their limbo between experimentalism and “regular” metal mannerisms. Hence, and to get that out of the way pronto, the whole metal epithet just does not fit the categorization of Virus’ music. Sure, it owes a great deal to both VBE and Voïvod, but the essence of the songs is solidly implanted in rock, being that the elements withdrawn for both mentioned bands are the same elements that set those bands apart from the genre in which they were, at one time or another, pigeonholed.
* the vocals are actually rather laughable, actually theres some speak and spell bits that are cool,
but this is one of those bands where you can pretty much ignore
that shit and the other action pretty much keeps interest intact.
Virus marks the end of one of the most incisive and cult-object bands that helped create the whole “post”-black metal movement, but still maintaining strong connections to the genre. This new beginning from Ved Buens Ende main-man Carl-Michael Eide (also known as Czral) shares obvious similarities with his earlier incursions/impressions in the area, but it goes deep into the path that VBE only hinted at, in their limbo between experimentalism and “regular” metal mannerisms. Hence, and to get that out of the way pronto, the whole metal epithet just does not fit the categorization of Virus’ music. Sure, it owes a great deal to both VBE and Voïvod, but the essence of the songs is solidly implanted in rock, being that the elements withdrawn for both mentioned bands are the same elements that set those bands apart from the genre in which they were, at one time or another, pigeonholed.
* the vocals are actually rather laughable, actually theres some speak and spell bits that are cool,
but this is one of those bands where you can pretty much ignore
that shit and the other action pretty much keeps interest intact.