Dark Music Awards 2016 - Preliminary Group 02

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Written by Tomaz

Preliminary round is over!  Final round starts on Friday 3rd February 2017!
Finalists from the Preliminary Group 2 are:

Aeon Sable - Hypaerion
The Beauty Of Gemina - Minor Sun

Enter the finals HERE!

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Check out also other preliminary groups: Group 1, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Group 7, Group 8, Group 9, Write In Vote

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Aeon Sable - Hypaerion

After four creations packed in black, the German most transcendental and genre bending dark rock masters Aeon Sable decided to make white as the new black! Aeon Sable once again only testify what lovers of dark music already knew, that they are maybe the most creative and credible force of the genre out there. Aeon Sable are bringers of a new era, this isn't anymore the third wave of gothic rock, this is something completely new, this is Hypaerion! LINK / REVIEW / LISTEN

King Dude - Sex

Following his tradition of song writing by divination from his good Lord Lucifer, King Dude challenges the listener to explore the theme of sexuality through eleven meditative parts entitled Sex. It's nothing other than dark and spiritual rock'n'roll. King Dude is out for blood and sweat and that he wants to drag you down an amphetamine and whiskey soaked joyride in a dune buggy through the darkest depths of his bizarre mind. LINK / REVIEW / LISTEN

Klimt 1918 - Sentimentale Jugend

Eight long years after their seminal album, Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again (Soundtrack For The Cassette Generation), the Italian masters of indie/atmospheric rock return with an epochal epic double album named Sentimentale Jugend. Klimt 1918 brings forth in their songs kind of soothing warmth and embraces with staggering comfort full of melancholy. Klimt 1918 posses that magical ability to let your mind go out on a trip, out of this material world into dream land. LINK / REVIEW / LISTEN

Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

The seventh full-length album by Finnish pagan metal masters Moonsorrow is a journey to the deepest North and into the darkest mythologies created in the depths of human soul. Jumalten Aika is another epic and majestic masterpiece by Moonsorrow that equally melts aural darkness with a strong fascination for ancient times, successfully avoiding the stereotypical “it's party time!” kind of folk/metal. This is pagan metal. A maelstrom of gloomy grandeur drenched in myths. LINK / LISTEN

Phelios - Human Stasis Habitat

Turning his full focus to the space ambient sound, Phelios has honed in on his true and purest talents as a dark ambient artist. Human Stasis Habitat is one of those albums that can be played in its entirety in the background, filling the room with a vast atmosphere, reflecting a dark emptiness come to us from the eternal void of space. Yet, as with any well-honed dark ambient album, when we put on the headphones and listen carefully, there is a deep and intricate set of layers, masterfully woven into one brilliantly droning soundscape. LINK / REVIEW / LISTEN

Thangorodrim - Taur-Nu-Fuin

On Taur-Nu-Fuin Thangorodrim has given us an essential dungeon synth album. All the hallmarks of the genre can be found within.  There is something to this album, something sinister, which many dungeon synth projects fail to grasp. This album shouldn't be written off as something to play in the background during your role-play game. Thangorodrim has shown the ability here to hold the listeners attention all the way through the album, giving them a lesson in the old-school sounds of dungeon synth along the way. LINK / REVIEW / LISTEN

The Beauty Of Gemina - Minor Sun

Swiss dark wave/dark rock band The Beauty Of Gemina are back with their seventh full lenght Minor Sun. The band perfectly mixes elements from dark rock, dark wave, folk and electronic music with classical elements that are integrated into many songs. Minor Sun is melancholic and the same time enlightening and heart-warming collection of songs, yet they manage to escape from the straitjacket of any genre labeling like they've always used to do by being genuine. LINK / LISTEN

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Check out also other preliminary groups: Group 1, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Group 7, Group 8, Group 9, Write In Vote

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