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/:: Artist :: The Great Old Ones ::\
:: Album :: Cosmicism ::
:: Year :: 2019 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Season of Mist R.date :: 2019.11.11 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: SOM518D Size :: 95,72 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.thegreatoldonesband.com/
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:: 01. Cosmic Depths 01:47 ::
:: 02. The Omniscient 09:27 ::
:: 03. Of Dementia 06:16 ::
:: 04. Lost Carcosa 08:56 ::
:: 05. A Thousand Young 11:44 ::
:: 06. Dreams of the Nuclear Chaos 04:27 ::
:: 07. Nyarlathotep 07:25 ::
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:: The Great Old Ones are a French black metal band dedicated ::
:: to the propagation of cosmic themes once advanced by the ::
:: legendary American writer H.P. Lovecraft and by his literary ::
:: descendants. For those that don't know, Lovecraft is/was the ::
:: writer that created the "cosmic horror" genre that ::
:: associates itself both with humanity's insignificance on the ::
:: existential plan of the Universe as well as with the ::
:: existence of alien beings represented as evilly neutral gods ::
:: - The Cthulhu Mythos (the name of the band itself derives ::
:: from a more restrict group of these entities). With many ::
:: releases since the year of their formation, The Great Old ::
:: Ones now present their most recent project (and 4th album), ::
:: Cosmicism. ::
:: ::
:: There is a noticeable growth of the band since their (also ::
:: good) last album, "EOD". In this 8-tracked album, the band, ::
:: once again, distances itself from the conventional roots of ::
:: black metal themes (demonology and overall gore) and ::
:: ventures in the fields of scientific horror and unreligious ::
:: evil with tracks dedicated to the individual promotion of ::
:: several of the entities I mention previously ("Yog-Sothoth" ::
:: and "Nyarlathotep", for example). As a follower of ::
:: Lovecraftian fiction, I must say that it would be very hard ::
:: to make a better dedication to his memory, in the way that ::
:: both the lyrics and the environment that this band creates ::
:: are a true embodiment of the horrors once described by the ::
:: American Genius. ::
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:: Instrumental wise, the band achieves the great feat of ::
:: combining both the "heavy destruction" that one would expect ::
:: of a black metal band and also the ambient that comes from ::
:: contemplating the depths of existential horror alongside ::
:: monstrous beings (some might even call this fusion of genres ::
:: as post-black metal). Regarding the lyrics, you must be on ::
:: the look at out as this album is riddled with very ::
:: interesting works of fiction that really deserve the seal of ::
:: approval by any Lovecraft fan, and who knows, maybe this one ::
:: will be a case of new readers of Lovecraft because of the ::
:: "depressive enjoyment" that they'll find in this album. ::
:: Overall, there are many different rhythms and sounds in the ::
:: album and you actually feel different personalities in every ::
:: track, as if they would represent different traits of each ::
:: of these monstrous deities, so you'll never feel bored over ::
:: the course of the full album. ::
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