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Band
Dark Fortress
Title
Ylem
Type
LP/EP
Company
Century Media
YOR
2010
Style
Black
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5/11/2010 7:19:48 AM - Review by: David Loveless
Germany's Dark Fortress is the future of Black Metal! Any band that can pull off writing Black Metal ballads and make them sound chilling and downright evil, are setting a new standard for extreme metal. The blast beat overdubs in several songs, although strange at first, sounds absolutely killer. The vocal abilities of Morean are impeccable and the guitar work of V. Santura (also of Celtic Frost & Trypticon fame) bring an emotional heaviness to each song that I haven't heard since the early days of Hecate Enthroned. Fans of new Ulver stuff will really dig the David Lynch cover, Sycamore Tree. Ylem is already in my top 5 metal albums of 2010!
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    5 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: DARK FORTRESS
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Venereal Dawn
2014
Century Media
T. Ray Verteramo9/10/2014
4.5
Ylem
2010
Century Media
David Loveless5/11/2010
5

ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: DARK FORTRESS
INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
MoreanT. Ray Verteramo10/24/2014


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