Mit Fester Hand/Allerseelenlieder/Ahnstern/2011 CD Compilation Review

  This is a review of a tirbute album to Allerseelen a Martial Industrial/Neo_Classical band from Switzerland called "Mit Fester Hand-Allerseeleneder" which was released by Ahnstern in 2011 and we will review the songs one by one.

Ernte brings us "Santa Sangre" a very dark martial industrial song.

Next up is Tyr-Keis with Ernting" a martial industrial song that also utilizes neo-folk elements, noise effects and heavy guitars.

Next up is Haberfeild with "Olle Lust wui Ewigkeit" a militant neo-folk song that has a dark gothic rock feeling to it.

Next up is Die Weisse Rose with "Flamme" a very dark sounding militant martial industrial song.

Next up is Fanes with "Sonne Golthi-Ade" a very dark neo-folk song that utilizes some electric guitars and distortion.

Next up is Sagittarius with "Musa" a very dark sounding neo-folk/gothic rock hybrid song with some whispered vocals.

Next up is Scivias with "Idun" a very dark and heavy martail industrial song that has neo-folk music elements in it.

Next up is Frakmundt with "Firnfouskamerad" a very dark sounding neo-folk song that utilizes a variety of many different instruments.

Next up is Hrefnesholt with "Herbstlied" a very dark martial industrial song that utilizes some heavy and distorted guitars.

Next up is O Paradis with Marques de Pubol" a very dark experimental gothic rock sounding with a good amount of spoken word parts to it.

Next up is Blood Axis and Sangre Cavallum with their take on "Sonne Golthi-Ade" and they add more instruments and martial parts to this dark neo-folk song.

Next up is Sturmpercht with "Sturmlied" a very dark neo folk song with some aggressive whispered vocals and tribal percussion.

Next up is Larnakh with "Knistern" a very dark sounding avant garde ambient/experimental music song that also utilizes alot of neo-folk elements.

Next up is Arnica with "Foc de Salamandara" a very dark sounding martial neo-folk music song that has a shaman like ritualistic feeling and harsh whispered vocals.

Next up is Klammheim with "Allerseelen" a song that mixes neo-folk with martial industrial, in addition there are some heavy and distorted guitars along with some female vocals.

Next up is Der Arbeiter with "Flama" a song that mixes neo-folk with some dark sounding avant garde effects.

Next up is Der Feuerkreiner with "Feuersalamander" a very heavy martial industrial song that mixes in elements of neo-classical music and gothic rock.

Next up is Cawatana with "Heliges Blut" a very dark sounding neo-folk music song with a great amount of acoustic guitars.

Next up is Svarrogh with "Heliges Blut" a dark sounding folk/metal song that also has a black metal influence to it.

Closing the album is Allerseelen with "Mit fester Hand" a very dark and heavy sounding martial industrial song that is probably more dark than most of the songs on this compilation.

In my opinion this is a great compilation and if you are a fan of Allerseelen, martial industrial, dark ambient and neo-folk, you should add this recording to your collection. RECOMMENDED BUY.

https://ahnstern.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-mit-fester-hand-allerseelenlieder-2011

Allerseelen/Rauche Schale/Ahnstern/2010 CD Review

  Allerseelen are a band from Austria that is a supergroup of some sorts with members from Svarrog, Eluviette, and Blood Axis that plays a musical style that combines industrial, metal, folklore, and pop and this is a review of their 2010 album "Rauche Schale" which was released by Ahnstern.

Drums are mostly slow beats with no fast playing with some industrial drum programming being used at times, while the violins have an European folk music feel to them, as for the bass playing it is mixed down low in the mix with slow riffs and has a powerful sound at times.

Rhythm guitars are mostly industrial style riffs that are very simplistic and have some metal influences, while the acoustic guitars bring an apocalyptic folk music feel to the music, as for the noise effects they have an avant garde feel to them mixed in with pianos that have a classical music edge.

Vocals are all clean singing vocals with some female singing being used at times, while the lyrics are written in German and cover nature and the philosophical/alchemical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ernst Jünger, Carl Jung, Julius Evola with the lyrics being mostly influenced by Gerhard Hallstatt, as for the production it still sounds very dark while retaining a professional feel and you can hear all of the instruments that are on the album.

In my opinion Allerseelen are a very good band that should appeal too anybody that likes a combination of industrial, folk, and metal. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Die Klange" Herbsttlied" "Rauchnachtsalz" and "Niemandsland". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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