Xorn's Record Nook

Entry 1045 - intevention_ - Fauxlii

Style: Lofi hip hop

Primary Emotions/Themes: A collection of short but potent ditties

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Entry 1044 - Insomnium - Winters Gate

Style: Melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: A singular forty minute long epic - the pinnacle of their art

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Entry 1043 - Insomnium - One for Sorrow

Style: Melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The perfect combination of sorrow and beauty wrapped in an epic framework

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Entry 1042 - Inferno - Paradeigma (Phophenes of Aphotic Eternity)

Style: Experimental black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: A wave of darkness is sweeping in, slowly it engulfs me and everything I hold dear

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Entry 1041 - In the Woods... - Omino

Style: Progressive...? Metal - really I don't know, this album is unique

Primary Emotions/Themes: A glorious foray into the experimental metal realm

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Excellent choice.

Entry 1040 - In Flames - Colony

Style: Melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The final truly great album from the band

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Entry 1039 - In Flames - Subterranean

Style: Melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The moment where In Flames found their sound

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Entry 1038 - In Flames - Lunar Strain

Style: Melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: A primitive look into a promising bands future

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Entry 1037 - Impetuous Ritual - Unholy Congregation of Hypocritical Ambivalence

Style: Dissonant black/death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Utter chaos

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Entry 1036 - Imperium Dekadenz - When we are Forgotten

Style: Mid-paced black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Lifeless, boring, wasted potential

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Never heard of this before. Sounds fascinating. Will give it a listen

This album came out of no where for me and kicked my ass to the curb. Insane rage and aggression the likes that I haven’t heard since I first put in Jane Doe from Converge.

Legendary album. One of my all time favorites.

Agreed, they have become my go to for epic metal ever since Bathory is no more.

Entry 1035 - Moonsorrow - Suden Uni

Style: Viking metal/black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: A continuation of the legacy started by Bathory

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Entry 1034 - Imperium Dekadenz - Dis Menibvs

Style: Mid paced black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Hypnotic black metal

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Entry 1033 - Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness

Style: Black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The cold of winter seeps into my very being

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Entry 1032 - Immortal - At the Heart of Winter

Style: Epic black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The title says it all, this is the very heart of winter

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Entry 1031 - Immortal - Battles in the North

Style: Black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The cold of winter

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Entry 1030 - Immortal - Pure Holocaust

Style: Black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: The violence and harshness of winter in audio form

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Entry 1029 - Immortal - Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism

Style: Primitive black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Raw black metal with a flare for the epic, foundational work

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Entry 1028 - Immolation - Close to a World Below

Style: Death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Death metal in the way that only Immolation can create

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Entry 1027 - Friisk - un torügg bleev blot Sand

Style: Black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Man's fight against nature... and it's perpetual failure

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So many memories with this album. Crazy how thirty years later there’s still nothing quite like it out there. It was pivotal for my journey into harsher music genres.

Try as I may I was never able to get into this one. Very happy Mike is using harsh vocals again tho and that he sounds as good as he does.

This is my favorite album from Shining. The music matches the cover art perfectly.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality and content of YouTube music. Quality seems to be at minimum on par with Spotify and there’s so much music on YouTube that you can’t find anywhere else.

Entry 1026 - Idealism - Sit in Silence

Style: Lofi hip hop

Primary Emotions/Themes: Loss, sorrow, grieving, romanticizing the past

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Entry 1025 - Iapetus - The Body Cosmic

Style: Epic melodic death metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: Overwhelmingly powerful music, this is the pinnacle of melodic death metal

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