ASTARTE - Rise From Within LP (Black Vinyl)
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ASTARTE - Rise From Within LP (Black Vinyl)

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With the second full-length, the band discarded the traditional corpse-like appearing, and switched in a more peculiar, fascinating imagery: beautiful, mysterious amazons, arriving straight from an epic and forgotten past, when witchcraft and warcraft walked side by side. Way more interesting and appealing than another band in black and white make-up, am I right? Music wise, the style adopted this time is more of a symphonic black metal, always in the orbit of Norwegian stylistic canons, but way better, in my opinion, than everything ever done by Dimmu Borgir, before and after the Nuclear Blast signing! In 2000 the keyboards-driven black metal was a huge phenomenon, in part due to the cult status of Emperor, on the other hand, because of the commercial success of the aforementioned Dimmu Borgir. Astarte's choice to follow the steps of those acts didn't lead to a flaw: there's nothing easy-listening or commercial-appealing in this record!