Obsidian Shell « Angelic Asylum »

I have presented you so far mostly with electronic music of ambient or psychedelic varieties, only once with a bit of swing metal. So here comes some gothic metal.

Obsidian Shell was created out of the ashes of Hungarian gothic metal band Restart which split after one five-track demo in 2006. Restart’s vocalist, bassist and guitarist formed Obsidian Shell (sans drummer and keyboarder) and released their first album 2009.

1. My Arrival 1:07
2. Orphanage 4:19
3. Fear 5:00
4. Dream 4:17
5. Endsequence 3:34
6. Starfall 3:27
7. Summoner of the Wind 4:34
8. Second Birth 4:33
9. Wings of Cruelty 3:53
10. Farewell 5:49
11. Misanthropia 2: Eternal Darkness 10:10

Angelic Asylum was published on 3^rd of October 2010 via Jamendo.

Gothic metal with female vocals seems to have been quite popular and probably still is - I just did not found most of it convincing. My interest rather lies with progressive and technical death metal or - as might be expected - crossover with various electronic styles. Gothic just doesn’t fit my bill and frankly sounds quite a lot like a caricature.

Now, Obsidian Shell is classified gothic but except for the fact that it is sung by a woman I just don’t see it much. It has some electro metal and otherwise a drum set and guitar playing that I would place with industrial extreme metal but is neither. Mostly engaging and appealing. The lyrics appear to be rather of a gothic nature though…

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Angelic Asylum ℗ 2010 Obsidian Shell ℅ Henrik Csató

Angelic Asylum by Obsidian Shell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.jamendo.com/album/76571.

Kalila wa Dimna // Liquid Frequency

Kalila wa Dimna is a compilation of dark and forest psytrance from India which in itself is fascinating with Goa being the father of psytrance and all. It was compiled by LiquidNoize and released by Liquid Frequency.

1. Fuzulu - Kharaki 7:45
2. BloodClot - Multiverse 6:40
3. Silent Horror - Kalilax 7:31
4. Farebi Jalebi - Anasazi 7:42
5. BrainDrop - Sample Based Bug 8:00
6. LiquidNoize - Weeping Willow 6:34
7. Hydropanic - Apocalyptic Vision 7:28
8. Triamera - Kaha (Silent Horror Remix) 7:28
9. Devic - Naruto 8:10
10. Cacofonix & Alien Trancesistor - Vantara Vichitra 5:49

Kalila wa Dimna was released on 21^st of December in 2010 via Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons license. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a compilation of Indian psytrance, primary source of my initial fascination. The artwork by Arnab Basu helped too. But the overall effect was less awe-inspiring than I had hoped for. Still, not a bad track to be found. Best tracks are Anasazi by Farebi Jalebi, Sample Based Bug by BrainDrop and Apocalyptic Vision by Hydropanic.

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Kalila wa Dimna ℗ 2010 Liquid Frequency

Epic Soul Factory « Volume One »

Nothing enhances a moving picture more than sound, especially if it is as emotional as a good film score. Good film music has become so popular that now there's even music movie-style without the million dollar movie to go with.
Some artists now have specialized to provide us with good music that plays to the ear without the limitations that film techniques require. Epic Soul Factory, made up of four film composers from Spain, is one of them.

1. Rising Legends 1:52
2. Titan 2:32
3. Iron 1:52
4. Poltergeist Attack 2:07
5. Amazona 1:44
6. El prendimiento 3:06
7. Dusty Universe 1:58
8. La búsqueda de Ianna 2:39
9. Creo en ti 4:06
10. The Fall of Gilead 3:32
11. Sugiriendo u crimen 1:04
12. The End 3:31

Epic Soul Factory - Volume One, their first album, was originally released 15 August 2010. Only on 17 February 2011 they released it in a downloadable format through Jamendo but with an altered tracklist.

Here you can listen to the originally released version in streaming only.

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Epic Soul Factory - Volume One ℗ 2010,2011 Epic Soul Factory ℅ Eduardo Jiménez, David de la Morena, Fran Soto, and Francesc Vilà