Jul 7 2010

Limbonic Art – Phantasmagoria Review

Steel Druhm

Limbonic Art // Phantasmagoria
Rating: 3.0/5.0 — One man and his drum machine.
Label: Nocturnal Art / Candlelight
Website: myspace.com/officiallimbonicart
Release Dates: EU: 19.07.2010 | US: ?

I loved Bathory growing up. I mean, I REALLY loved me some Bathory! That crazy Quorthon and his one man band really tore it up while basically giving birth to the black, folk and viking metal genres all by his lonesome. However, A.B. (After Bathory), many one man bands rose up in the frozen, gloomy black metal basements of the world, some good, many not. Therefore, when I heard that long running Norwegian black metal act Limbonic Art was now essentially reduced to a one man project for co-founder Daemon, I was more than slightly uneasy about the release of this, their seventh album, Phantasmagoria. Further enhancing my unease was the advance word that the album would again feature a drum machine (a long running negative for this band). With unease and hesitation upon all our minds (or at least mine), here we go. Continue reading

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