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"AngL" CD by Ihsahn

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With acustic guitar parts, strings and clean vocals. This solo album of the Emperor frontman is a real recommandation for Emperor-fans, but also for not that hard Metal fanciers.
Item no. 435622
Title AngL
Musical Genre Black Metal
Product topic Bands
Band Ihsahn
Release date 6/13/08
Product type CD
Media - Format 1-3 CD

CD 1

  • 1.
    Misanthrope
  • 2.
    Scarab
  • 3.
    Unhealer
  • 4.
    Emancipation
  • 5.
    Malediction
  • 6.
    Alchemist
  • 7.
    Elevator
  • 8.
    Threnody
  • 9.
    Monolith

by Yvonne Zymolka (10.07.2008) If Rock `n´ Roll’s a highschool, Progressive Black Metal à la Ihsahn is the top degree there.... Don’t think your past hero annoys you with bizarre "sophisticated" snobby stuff, though. Far from it - "Misanthrope" and "Malediction" should produce a happy grin on every Emperor fan’s stoical face. But not later than the emotional acoustic part with piano and vocals in "Scarab" or the moving "Threnody" you notice that breakneck tunes and the war of riffs are not Ihsan’s weapons of choice. "Unhealer", sang by Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), sets a benchmark regarding harmony and atmosphere. Comparable to light and shadow, the extremes complement one another in "AngL", generally catchier, less dissonant and less harsh than on the debut "The adversary". It’s a good mixture - now you can enjoy songs like "Elevator", you don’t have to "endure" them. The sound, enriched with some synthesizer-sounds and extra noises, but not too synthetic, also pleases the ear. Ihsan indeed is a truly progressive musician who likes to experiment here and there.