2010 – Best of the New Year (So Far)

2010 is getting off to one hell of a start. January was pure insanity. Here are the ones to look for (IMO):

Ihsahn – After

Mother of God. This album is amazing. Vegard Sverre Tveitan keeps getting better. Now he is on an eight string guitar and the music is just madness.

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Orden Ogan – Eastern Hope (2010) Review 7/10

Oden Ogan is a power metal outfit from Arnsberg, Germany. Their sound immediately brings to mind Wuthering Heights, Kuias, and sometimes even Machine Men.

This album is text book power metal (epic melodies, keyboards, solid clean vocals, and great harmony). The production has an extremely modern sound to it. Guitars are thick and crunchy, vocals are crisp, and the orchestrations are clean.

All in all, there is not a lot that separates this from most of the other power metal that is out. The main reason I like it is the lack of cheese. There is still some cheese, I mean, it wouldn’t be power metal without some epic cheese. Let me try to describe this “cheese”. The music has a beauty to it but not like the beauty I hear in a black metal album. When I listen to something like klabautamann I hear beauty that makes me imagine a baby animal carcass rotting into the forest as new grass grows, nourished by the decaying flesh. Orden Ogan is beautiful like shiny girl hair. Get it?

It is worth listening to and is solid all the way through. If you like it I recommend checking out Kuias or Wuthering Heights. I’m not much of a power metal guy, so feel free to let me know who else has a good sound.

7/10

Klabautamann – Der Ort (2005) Audio Review: 9.8/10

9.8/10

Klabautamann is a folk black metal band from Germany. Tim Steffens and Florian Toyka   take care of the guitars and bass on the album and Partick Schröder was their studio drummer. Listen to the audio review for more.

[podcast]http://keepitmetal.com/audio/0002_klabautamann_der_ort_review.mp3[/podcast]

Klabautamann

Genre(s)

Black Metal, Folk Black Metal

Location

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Silberbach

Genre

Black Metal

Band Members

Athanassius – Vocals, Drums (Dunkelgrafen, Nebelwald)

Malus Deus – Guitar, Bass

Discography

Inferno – Full-length, 2005
Von Blutes Stimme gereinigt / Sturm in die Anderswelt – Split, 2005
Satanic March for Victory – Split, 2007
Terror Aus Fleisch Und Blut – Full-length, 2007
Salvation Through Despair – Split, 2008
…there will be Blood – Full-length, 2009

Review of …there will be Blood coming soon (hint: best black metal of 2009).

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