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(record review)BLACK WINE ORDER-“Folklore”

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The people that are following this webzine for a while will remember that we already featured Black Wine Order on this pages when we reviewed their last album.

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The mystery surrounding this band/project continues on, the new album arrived on our e-mail address. This band has no Fb page, no official page, and the information about it is scarce on the web. All I dug out is that they are from France and that it is pretty much one man project. Believe it or not, this third album is darker than its predecessor and more scary and fitting to be soundtrack to a horror movie. 9 featured tracks are a the collection of dark ambient music, almost ritualistic in some simplistic elements. We can also find a lot of dungeon synth influences. The tracks where vocals exist are mainly some weird singing, spoken word, some whispering, moaning and the vocals add to the disturbing factor in the music of Black Wine Order. As I said last year, this music is not for everyone, but I love to awaken the darkness within me, so if you have similar taste and you crave for an indulgence in such music, be my guest, get this one!

8/10

Bandcamp: https://blackwineorder.bandcamp.com/album/folklore

 

 

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(record review)TALOG-“Ukleta kotlina”

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Long awaited new album by Talog is out! I was eager to listen to this one, so here is my opinion about the album.

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There was a time in the beginning of 2000s when I discovered dark ambient and dungeon synth music through none other than Mortiis. I used to listen to Stargate album by Mortiis a lot and thought I knew everything about that kind of music. Then I discovered there is a whole beautiful undeground dark ambient and dungeon synth scene in the world and combining that with my love for horror music it became one of my favourite music for a long time.

Now, 15 years later I still love that kind of music, and I love Talog. Hailing from the town of Požega, in Slavonian grey eastern fields that are poor and barren now, with little or no hope for prosperity and survival, this one man dark ambient/dungeon synth band by Kktz, the veteran and legendary character from the Croatian and world underground scene perfectly pictures the bleakness and hopelessness of the area where it is made. The title of the album means Haunted Valley in Croatian language. The album consists of three tracks with titles in Croatian language. Two being longer and one shorter song. There is a minimalistic almost ritual spirit in some melodies but there is also some epic fullness to the song structures, which doesnt surprise me knowing that Kktz has a profound appetite for epic but raw underground black metal emotions. This dark art that Talog creates is definitely not for everyone because if you are not into that kind of emotions you will not like this music. I love it.

This is by far the most mature and complex Talog release yet.

9/10

Follow Talog on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Talog-353449861484137/

You can get the album for free on Talog Bandcamp, but if you respect Kktz and his work you can also drop some dime or two here: https://talog.bandcamp.com/