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World Exclusive Hall of Fame: The Shape of Punk to Come
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Kingdom of Sorrow, Anathema, Call & Response with Soilwork, Decrepit Birth, Xasthur, The Sword, Norma Jean, Q&A with Aaron Turner, Streetwise: San Francisco, the making of Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come
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Theatre of Tragedy
Forever Is the World
You see this ear, Mahoney? It’s a finely tuned crap detector. | AFM
You can thank Norway’s Theatre of Tragedy for cashing in on Paradise Lost’s “beast and beauty” trade-off vocals back in 1995. You can also thank the sextet for writing a spectacularly boring gothic metal album in Forever Is the World. Whereas previous albums—save Musique and Assembly—featured substantive songwriting with a fey bent, the second album with “new” vocalist Nell Sigland just flops. From opener “Hide and Seek” through midpoint semi-highlight “Hollow” to the closing title track, it’s as if Theatre of Tragedy simply forgot how to write a goddamned song. That’s right, there’s nothing even close to “A Hamlet for a Slothful Vassal,” “Der Tanz der Schatten” or “Lorelei.” —Chris Dick
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