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No sit vide voluptatum, ad quem discere molestiae qui. Usu odio interesset ex, ad apeirian intellegebat sed. Cum illud placerat convenire ad, eam exerci viderer torquatos in. Nevertheless Venereal Dawn is an impressive album to absolutely listen to.Sci incorrupte sea te, his dicam timeam no, clita habemus sententiae ei nam. After listening to the album, little of it remains in one’s memory. Venereal Dawn is a very beautiful album with the Dark Fortress trademark strongly imprinted on, even if it fails to be really engaging: “I Am the Jigsaw of a Mad God” is a good example. In conclusion, Dark Fortress have a sound of their own that is unmistakable, a kind of a trademark. We do not even need to talk about the production: it is a Century Media production. The band shows that the meeting of two different cultures can work very well in black metal.Īs for the lyrics, the album is a concept inspired by Stephen Donaldson's The Wounded Land. Moreover, Dark Fortress constantly experiment with new sounds and even range over other musical cultures, managing nonetheless to achieve obscure and eerie results: check the beautiful oriental chant in Arabic by Safa Heraghi on “On Fever’s Wings”. I think that apart from the solos, an excellent demonstration of what these guys are able of is “The Deep”, unplugged song but whose acoustic riffs manage to be infernally powerful. Santura and Asvargr, who have no parallel in the whole black metal scene: elegant arrangements, complicated evolutions, and above all phenomenal solos the solo of “Chrysalis” speaks for all. Another note of credit goes to guitarists V. Nevertheless, a special mention is due to singer Morean for the way in which he interprets the dark poetry of his lyrics, and because he shows that he has a great deal of charisma. The technical performance is top-notch, besides they have already proven their qualities in the past. “Luciform” stands out for the incisive rhythmic guitar.

The acoustic guitars at the beginning of the second song “Llojgor” may be in the style of Opeth, but then the brand of Dark Fortress is once again strongly impressed. Venereal Dawn gives us immediately a demonstration of that with the first and eponymous song of the album that lasts eleven minutes. Venereal Dawn certainly brings the progressive element of Ylem a step forward, but the listener who is well acquainted with Dark Fortress will undoubtedly recognize rhythms and melodies of the Teutonic band's sound. I would say that Dark Fortress are currently among the most technical black metal bands, if not by far the most technical black metal band.

The new album Venereal Dawn follows this technical path inaugurated in 2011 with Ylem this time they have done things on a grand style by collaborating with a large flock of guest musicians, one of whom, Mortal, had already collaborated on Ylem. During these years the German band has followed an evolution that has led them towards a more and more technical and progressive direction. Dark Fortress, band leader of the German black metal scene, are at the seventh chapter of their long career that began in 1994.

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