CD-Charts Position 1

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American Music - Gershwin, Adams, Bernstein, Ives, Carter, Ellington

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by: Sir Simon Rattle

Release Date August 04, 2008

CD-Charts Position 2
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The Black Opera

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by: Opera IX

Release Date June 12, 2000
I've been after a copy of this for ages and finally got it, but I am very disappointed. It's not bad, just nothing special that I haven't heard done better by other groups in the genre (Try Abyssos). The vocals are especially poor considering the reviews below. It's not that she growls, that's fine in the right context and I have no problem with that (I love My Dying Bride and Abyssos, for example), it's just that's all she does and it doesn't fit, in my opinion. It would be better sung in Italian as well. The English pronunciation is very poor. Many groups can get away with that because the music is so special (Without Face spring to mind) but it doesn't work here, especially as the lyrics, like so many of the genre, are cheesy. A real shame, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Lauden Tenebrarum

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by: Opera Ix

Release Date August 22, 2000
I've been after a copy of this for ages and finally got it, but I am very disappointed. It's not bad, just nothing special that I haven't heard done better by other groups in the genre (Try Abyssos). The vocals are especially poor considering the reviews below. It's not that she growls, that's fine in the right context and I have no problem with that (I love My Dying Bride and Abyssos, for example), it's just that's all she does and it doesn't fit, in my opinion. It would be better sung in Italian as well. The English pronunciation is very poor. Many groups can get away with that because the music is so special (Without Face spring to mind) but it doesn't work here, especially as the lyrics, like so many of the genre, are cheesy. A real shame, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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Urban Revolt Vol.1

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by: Various Artists

Release Date August 29, 2005
I've been after a copy of this for ages and finally got it, but I am very disappointed. It's not bad, just nothing special that I haven't heard done better by other groups in the genre (Try Abyssos). The vocals are especially poor considering the reviews below. It's not that she growls, that's fine in the right context and I have no problem with that (I love My Dying Bride and Abyssos, for example), it's just that's all she does and it doesn't fit, in my opinion. It would be better sung in Italian as well. The English pronunciation is very poor. Many groups can get away with that because the music is so special (Without Face spring to mind) but it doesn't work here, especially as the lyrics, like so many of the genre, are cheesy. A real shame, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Starfire Burning upon Ice Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule

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by: Bal-Sagoth

Release Date February 29, 2000
I've been after a copy of this for ages and finally got it, but I am very disappointed. It's not bad, just nothing special that I haven't heard done better by other groups in the genre (Try Abyssos). The vocals are especially poor considering the reviews below. It's not that she growls, that's fine in the right context and I have no problem with that (I love My Dying Bride and Abyssos, for example), it's just that's all she does and it doesn't fit, in my opinion. It would be better sung in Italian as well. The English pronunciation is very poor. Many groups can get away with that because the music is so special (Without Face spring to mind) but it doesn't work here, especially as the lyrics, like so many of the genre, are cheesy. A real shame, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Starfire Burning Upon The Ice Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule

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by: Bal Sagoth

Release Date May 08, 2006
There truly is NONE like Bal-Sagoth; cooler than Industrial, more melodic than Ambience, more grandiose than the most pompous of Classical epics and more original than the most pretentious of conceptual artists - indeed the byronic hero's concepts utterly impoverishes prog-billionaires like Pink Floyd and The Who! Even with so called fellow symphonic metal bands such as Rhapsody and Kamelot prove to be a little bit too Iron Maiden to match the unique and individual entity, that is Bal Sagoth!
This unique entity being... the use of legitimate mythology, history and literate knowledge, the adoption of cinematic ambience in creating an ethereal atmosphere only experienced when watching certain epic films (Star Wars, Conan) for the first time ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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The First Tale

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by: Borah Bergman with Evan Parker

Release Date October 01, 1999
There truly is NONE like Bal-Sagoth; cooler than Industrial, more melodic than Ambience, more grandiose than the most pompous of Classical epics and more original than the most pretentious of conceptual artists - indeed the byronic hero's concepts utterly impoverishes prog-billionaires like Pink Floyd and The Who! Even with so called fellow symphonic metal bands such as Rhapsody and Kamelot prove to be a little bit too Iron Maiden to match the unique and individual entity, that is Bal Sagoth!
This unique entity being... the use of legitimate mythology, history and literate knowledge, the adoption of cinematic ambience in creating an ethereal atmosphere only experienced when watching certain epic films (Star Wars, Conan) for the first time ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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At the Vortex

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by: Evan Parker

Release Date June 08, 1998
There truly is NONE like Bal-Sagoth; cooler than Industrial, more melodic than Ambience, more grandiose than the most pompous of Classical epics and more original than the most pretentious of conceptual artists - indeed the byronic hero's concepts utterly impoverishes prog-billionaires like Pink Floyd and The Who! Even with so called fellow symphonic metal bands such as Rhapsody and Kamelot prove to be a little bit too Iron Maiden to match the unique and individual entity, that is Bal Sagoth!
This unique entity being... the use of legitimate mythology, history and literate knowledge, the adoption of cinematic ambience in creating an ethereal atmosphere only experienced when watching certain epic films (Star Wars, Conan) for the first time ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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A Night at the Vortex Jazz Bar

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by: Brian Shaw

Release Date November 25, 2002
There truly is NONE like Bal-Sagoth; cooler than Industrial, more melodic than Ambience, more grandiose than the most pompous of Classical epics and more original than the most pretentious of conceptual artists - indeed the byronic hero's concepts utterly impoverishes prog-billionaires like Pink Floyd and The Who! Even with so called fellow symphonic metal bands such as Rhapsody and Kamelot prove to be a little bit too Iron Maiden to match the unique and individual entity, that is Bal Sagoth!
This unique entity being... the use of legitimate mythology, history and literate knowledge, the adoption of cinematic ambience in creating an ethereal atmosphere only experienced when watching certain epic films (Star Wars, Conan) for the first time ... Read More: