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Band
Selcouth
Title
Heart is the Star of Chaos
Type
LP/EP
Company
I, Voidhanger
YOR
2017
Style
Black
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Strange mixture of sounds
I admittedly listen to some really bizarre metal both for reviewing purposes and in my personal collection. But as far as weird metal is concerned, Selcouth definitely holds the top spot. Jazzy, progressive music is meshed with black metal and world music in this bizarre amalgamation of sound. The vocals are clean and blackened at times and I wasn't really feeling either style, whether used separately or in tandem with one another. I listened to this one several times and just couldn't make heads or tails of it.
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