Comments on: Limbonic Art – Phantasmagoria

By: ...

... — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:51:50 +0000

Negakinu: Where exactly does Daemon exclaims “Alright”? Iv’e heard this album a thousands of times, and never heard it. Also iv’e read the lyrics.

Also i don’t think he sings about cosmos as much as about the astral plane. You can see it in the last album.

Daemon grammer is far better then to be expected of a norwegian! I Realized this when i transled his lyrics to my own native language. a lot of the wordes are so rare and old, they were barly translatable.

I love Phantasmagoria!

Now to the main review:
1. I love Morfeuses howles.
2. I love Phantasmagoria. In order to understande it, you musn’t be distracted by something else. Limbonic Art’s music must sweap you fully, or not take you at all.
3. What is “burbling Danny Elfman-esque” ?

By: emperorjvl

emperorjvl — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:54:34 +0000

Best thing about the new album is the cover. I disagree wholeheartedly with the reviewer, IAD is still the best album IMO. I NEVER listen to Dynasty, Ad Noctum, or even Legacy.

By: Negakinu

Negakinu — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:01:12 +0000

Not a member, just the photographer/artwork designer. I used to play keyboards for years in a band called Inger Indolia. That was before Carach Angren, together with Seregor, their current vocalist. Seregor founded Carach after Inger fell apart due to musical differences. I started drifting more to experimental, electronic and ambient music back then.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:38:21 +0000

great comments and imagery (cosmic octopus = win) – and from a member of Carach Angren no less! makes a lot of sense that you’d be a Limbonic Art fan. ;)

By: Negakinu

Negakinu — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:10:30 +0000

Limbonic Art. I grew up listening to “In Abhorrence Dementia”. For me, it was the Epitome (no pun intended) of orchestral black metal and inspired me significantly during my own musical endeavors. I also believe that album is their best work ever. They never quite recaptured the absurdity (sometimes unintentionally) and otherworldyness that made that album the masterpiece that it is. The “caterwauling” only contributed to that feeling if you ask me. They never quite achieved that on their later releases. Or maybe they did but I couldn’t hear it because of the godawful production of those releases (Dynasty of Death, anyone?).

Now “Phantasmagoria”, it lacks everything I loved about Limbonic Art. It all sounds sterile, like some guy midi’ed (is that a word?) it all together, humming along to the clicktrack of his copy of Fruityloops. I think age plays a role as well. How old is Daemon now? 30-something right? His lyrics were always pretty interesting in a Lavey-in-space kinda way but now they seems lacklustre and childish. After all these years at least his grammatical skills should’ve improved right? He even exclaims “Alright!” in the beginning of a track. “Alright”!? That’s not cosmic-black-metal-speak! To my observation, there is no progress. It sounds like he’s trying to recapture that feeling of old but ends up sounding desperate. In a bad way. Not good-desperate like all those suicidal black metal guys. Well some of ’em anyway. Right.

Another thing, the drums! Limbonic used to be about the crazy drumcomputer. They used these insane drumsamples (probably unintentionally as well, there was no Drumkit from Hell/ Addictive Drums back then) that gave them a sound that was utterly unique. It was this barrage of thunder and whips and chains that sounded like it was being played by a cosmic octupus on LSD. Gone! :(

Thing is, I am disappointed. Limbonic Art used to be way up there with, for example, Emperor, Morgul and Arcturus! They’re not supposed to be mediocre. They’re supposed to suck me into the void and make me buy another one of their godawful tshirts.

Anyway, nice WoW reference. I hate that game. :)

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:45:42 +0000

Ooh, WoW reference…now I must hear it

By: Clauricaune

Clauricaune — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:05:30 +0000

Music to slaughter voidwalkers and razorfangs. Sounds good, gonna try that.