Reviews

*M* · August 1st, 2002, 01:22 AM

Lee has started posting some reviews of "...the infinite" here:
Lunaris reviews

Morgana · August 5th, 2002, 05:19 AM

A link of an interview:
http://www.tartareandesire.net/interviews/lunaris.html

Eldzik · August 5th, 2002, 05:29 AM

very nice interview. thx Morg

*M* · August 15th, 2002, 06:11 AM

new review up on the elitist forum and our site btw

Morgana · August 16th, 2002, 11:22 AM

yeap...read them

Russell · August 16th, 2002, 03:12 PM

I finally got my arse in gear having been away for a week

Lunaris - …the infinite

Morgana · August 17th, 2002, 09:23 AM

Great... *Morg is on her way to read it*

Morgana · September 19th, 2002, 08:47 AM

Auf der Lohnliste der Norweger LUNARIS stehen Musiker von Satyricon und Borknagar, sowie Spiral Architect. Das spricht zwar für das handwerkliche Niveau der Scheibe, ist aber noch lange keine Garantie für einen Klassiker. Achließlich wurde Bayern München trotz seines Megakaders letztes Jahr auch nicht Meister...
Erfreulicherweise klingt die CD jedoch tatsächlich toll: zeitgenössischer (Black-) Metal mit vielen progressiven bis avantgardistischen Elementen, schönen eingestreuten Melodien sowie einem kleinem Spritzer Industrial. Zudem wechseln "normale" Metal-Vocals mit Black Metal-Gekreische, und die manchmal eingestreuten, irrwitzigen Synthie-Samplers runden das Klangbild noch zusätzlich ab. Perfektes Beispiel dafür ist der Song "Growth Denied" - ein kleines Meisterwerk -, der das gesamte musikalische Kaleidoskop von LUNARIS beinhaltet. Dabei vergessen LUNARIS trotz so mancher Frickelei nicht, die Headbanger ab und an mit fetten Riffs und Grooves sowie einigen richtig stimmungsvollen Gitarrenharmonien zu bedienen. Wer heutzutage noch etwas Geduld für mehrere Durchläufe aufbringt, wird an diesem Kleinod aus Spielwitz und Musikalität seine helle Freude haben. Klasse!

Bruder Cle................... 8,5

Ray · September 19th, 2002, 05:28 PM

...the infinite is "Platte der Woche", and an interview with me is posted on the site.

http://www.music-scan.de/infos/stori...ails.php?id=86

Ray

Morgana · September 20th, 2002, 03:57 AM

I like this review:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/s...305#post820305

Morgana · September 24th, 2002, 11:47 AM

http://www.rancid-news.co.uk/cdreviews.htm
http://www.vampire-magazine.com/revi...on=view&id=819

Morgana · November 23rd, 2002, 10:47 AM

Gaunerin found this one:

http://www.atraktos.gr/intro_metal.t...=detail&aa=422

Gaunerin · November 23rd, 2002, 11:39 AM

hehehe....yeah, but it's a secret what it says (for me at least

)

Eldzik · November 27th, 2002, 07:09 AM

WTF?????????? read this shit from Brave Words...! http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares.html?id=1000448

LUNARIS ...the infinite (Elitist/Earache)
As a few of us have muttered over the last few years, futuristic black metal is really the new progressive rock if the inherent spirit of the term is given muse-worthy attention. Lunaris are a gathering of Borknagar, Spiral Architect and Satyricon people and the results are predictably predictable in terms of composite, macro effect, wildly unimaginable in terms of the 175 micro components. Like Arcturus, Rakoth, Ephel Duath, Limbonic Art or Alex Lifeson, Lunaris search almost too laboriously for sounds untried, as if accomplishing that feat must without question result in music. And I guess it does, if you are looking to be tickled in your art rock centres, or pushed to think, or prompted to suppose the theoretical limits of man's math-into-ear aspirations. I for one lament the thin, bass-less recording, the endless, pointless exercises in calculus rock, and above all, the powerless blast beats, which, with this poor mix, don't so much blast, as scratch. To say this has all been done before is a testimony to the genre's towering ambitions, not so much a dismissal of Lunaris' efforts. But yes, it has been done before, and its usefulness... man, I wonder how many people out there are gonna internalize all the stops and starts in this thing, and holler along live in beer-sloshing recognition to 'Growth Denied' or 'Mother Of Storms'.

6.0 Martin Popoff

*M* · November 27th, 2002, 09:08 AM

I really really don't understand why people think Lunaris is so progressive and "out there". It's far less technical than say Emperor and bands like that. And comparing us with Spiral Architect, as a lot of reviewers have done, is just moronic... there is NO comparison. A song like Mother of Storms, as he mentions here, is about as simple as can be. There is a little twiddly bit in the middle, but apart from that, there is nothing odd or hard to understand about it at all. Obviously I can't be objective here, but I think a LOT of the "journalists" writing these negative reviews based on our "technicality" are paying a lot more attention to who is playing in the band than the music itself.

Lee_B · December 3rd, 2002, 05:35 AM

Luckily a different review made it to the printed version of Bravewords. It got 9/10 there, the same review that's on www.digitalmetal.com

Lee

*M* · December 3rd, 2002, 01:19 PM

eeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent..... our mind control drugs are taking effect Number 1!

Eldzik · December 4th, 2002, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee_B
Luckily a different review made it to the printed version of Bravewords. It got 9/10 there, the same review that's on www.digitalmetal.com

Lee

really? because i'm courious what Brave Words gave EC. on digitalmetal is nice review, so i hope at BW is also good review

Lee_B · December 5th, 2002, 03:21 PM

This is the first time I've seen the same review twice I have to say. Maybe the writer is a freelance and he writes for both?

Eldzik · December 5th, 2002, 03:36 PM

we'll see... our webmaster send to BW e-mail with question about EC review...

Eldzik · December 18th, 2002, 06:02 AM

we got in BW&BK 8/10... reviews better than points

Morgana · December 18th, 2002, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee_B
This is the first time I've seen the same review twice I have to say. Maybe the writer is a freelance and he writes for both?

Could be... I was writing for several mags, so it happens now and then...

Papa Josh · June 1st, 2003, 02:28 AM

www.royalcarnage.com

We have a review of LUNARIS ... The Infinite online. Just click on our logo below!

Be sure and visit our forum board here on Ultimate Metal!

Mocika · June 25th, 2003, 10:28 AM

http://www.heavymetal.hu/default.asp?t=kritika&id=364

and im not gonna translate it... no way

*M* · June 27th, 2003, 08:48 AM

the score speaks for it self

August 1st, 2002, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
M something witty & clever Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 533	Reviews Lee has started posting some reviews of "...the infinite" here: Lunaris reviews __________________ "Hey! It's that guy you are!!" - Fry M www.lunarisweb.com Official Lunaris Forum

August 5th, 2002, 05:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	A link of an interview: http://www.tartareandesire.net/interviews/lunaris.html __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

August 15th, 2002, 06:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
M something witty & clever Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 533	new review up on the elitist forum and our site btw __________________ "Hey! It's that guy you are!!" - Fry M www.lunarisweb.com Official Lunaris Forum

August 16th, 2002, 11:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	yeap...read them __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

August 16th, 2002, 03:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Russell __ Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The starry attic Posts: 11,440	I finally got my arse in gear having been away for a week Lunaris - …the infinite __________________ Editor - UM \| News/Reviews/Lives Editor - Zero Tolerance Magazine My Website \| Music, Journalism, Photography

August 5th, 2002, 05:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Eldzik Anastasia's Minion Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,789	very nice interview. thx Morg

August 17th, 2002, 09:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	Great... Morg is on her way to read it __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

September 19th, 2002, 08:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	RockHard review Auf der Lohnliste der Norweger LUNARIS stehen Musiker von Satyricon und Borknagar, sowie Spiral Architect. Das spricht zwar für das handwerkliche Niveau der Scheibe, ist aber noch lange keine Garantie für einen Klassiker. Achließlich wurde Bayern München trotz seines Megakaders letztes Jahr auch nicht Meister... Erfreulicherweise klingt die CD jedoch tatsächlich toll: zeitgenössischer (Black-) Metal mit vielen progressiven bis avantgardistischen Elementen, schönen eingestreuten Melodien sowie einem kleinem Spritzer Industrial. Zudem wechseln "normale" Metal-Vocals mit Black Metal-Gekreische, und die manchmal eingestreuten, irrwitzigen Synthie-Samplers runden das Klangbild noch zusätzlich ab. Perfektes Beispiel dafür ist der Song "Growth Denied" - ein kleines Meisterwerk -, der das gesamte musikalische Kaleidoskop von LUNARIS beinhaltet. Dabei vergessen LUNARIS trotz so mancher Frickelei nicht, die Headbanger ab und an mit fetten Riffs und Grooves sowie einigen richtig stimmungsvollen Gitarrenharmonien zu bedienen. Wer heutzutage noch etwas Geduld für mehrere Durchläufe aufbringt, wird an diesem Kleinod aus Spielwitz und Musikalität seine helle Freude haben. Klasse! Bruder Cle................... 8,5 __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

September 19th, 2002, 05:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ray Casualty of Peace Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 101	Another Interview ...the infinite is "Platte der Woche", and an interview with me is posted on the site. http://www.music-scan.de/infos/stori...ails.php?id=86 Ray __________________ Did you know that they have the Internet on computers these days?

September 20th, 2002, 03:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	I like this review: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/s...305#post820305 __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

September 24th, 2002, 11:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	http://www.rancid-news.co.uk/cdreviews.htm http://www.vampire-magazine.com/revi...on=view&id=819 __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

November 23rd, 2002, 10:47 AM	#12 (permalink)
Morgana Vintermagi Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Universe / Empire Of Hel / tent # 3 Posts: 6,242	Gaunerin found this one: http://www.atraktos.gr/intro_metal.t...=detail&aa=422 __________________ Wishes do come true... if you know how to wish... Norwegian Metal Forum Official Lunaris Forum

November 23rd, 2002, 11:39 AM	#13 (permalink)
Gaunerin vanquish the pain Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ensamhetens vildmark Posts: 6,366	hehehe....yeah, but it's a secret what it says (for me at least )

November 27th, 2002, 07:09 AM	#14 (permalink)
Eldzik Anastasia's Minion Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,789	WTF?????????? read this shit from Brave Words...! http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares.html?id=1000448 LUNARIS ...the infinite (Elitist/Earache) As a few of us have muttered over the last few years, futuristic black metal is really the new progressive rock if the inherent spirit of the term is given muse-worthy attention. Lunaris are a gathering of Borknagar, Spiral Architect and Satyricon people and the results are predictably predictable in terms of composite, macro effect, wildly unimaginable in terms of the 175 micro components. Like Arcturus, Rakoth, Ephel Duath, Limbonic Art or Alex Lifeson, Lunaris search almost too laboriously for sounds untried, as if accomplishing that feat must without question result in music. And I guess it does, if you are looking to be tickled in your art rock centres, or pushed to think, or prompted to suppose the theoretical limits of man's math-into-ear aspirations. I for one lament the thin, bass-less recording, the endless, pointless exercises in calculus rock, and above all, the powerless blast beats, which, with this poor mix, don't so much blast, as scratch. To say this has all been done before is a testimony to the genre's towering ambitions, not so much a dismissal of Lunaris' efforts. But yes, it has been done before, and its usefulness... man, I wonder how many people out there are gonna internalize all the stops and starts in this thing, and holler along live in beer-sloshing recognition to 'Growth Denied' or 'Mother Of Storms'. 6.0 Martin Popoff

November 27th, 2002, 09:08 AM	#15 (permalink)
M something witty & clever Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 533	I really really don't understand why people think Lunaris is so progressive and "out there". It's far less technical than say Emperor and bands like that. And comparing us with Spiral Architect, as a lot of reviewers have done, is just moronic... there is NO comparison. A song like Mother of Storms, as he mentions here, is about as simple as can be. There is a little twiddly bit in the middle, but apart from that, there is nothing odd or hard to understand about it at all. Obviously I can't be objective here, but I think a LOT of the "journalists" writing these negative reviews based on our "technicality" are paying a lot more attention to who is playing in the band than the music itself. __________________ "Hey! It's that guy you are!!" - Fry M www.lunarisweb.com Official Lunaris Forum

December 3rd, 2002, 05:35 AM	#16 (permalink)
Lee_B Readin' me posts are ya? Join Date: May 2001 Location: Surbiton. The Posh bit Posts: 4,981	Luckily a different review made it to the printed version of Bravewords. It got 9/10 there, the same review that's on www.digitalmetal.com Lee __________________

December 3rd, 2002, 01:19 PM	#17 (permalink)
M something witty & clever Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 533	eeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent..... our mind control drugs are taking effect Number 1! __________________ "Hey! It's that guy you are!!" - Fry M www.lunarisweb.com Official Lunaris Forum

December 5th, 2002, 03:21 PM	#19 (permalink)
Lee_B Readin' me posts are ya? Join Date: May 2001 Location: Surbiton. The Posh bit Posts: 4,981	This is the first time I've seen the same review twice I have to say. Maybe the writer is a freelance and he writes for both? __________________

December 5th, 2002, 03:36 PM	#20 (permalink)
Eldzik Anastasia's Minion Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,789	we'll see... our webmaster send to BW e-mail with question about EC review...

December 18th, 2002, 06:02 AM	#21 (permalink)
Eldzik Anastasia's Minion Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,789	we got in BW&BK 8/10... reviews better than points

June 1st, 2003, 02:28 AM	#23 (permalink)
Papa Josh Minister of Propaganda Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston, TX (helltown) Posts: 6,015	Review of Lunaris on Royal Carnage www.royalcarnage.com We have a review of LUNARIS ... The Infinite online. Just click on our logo below! Be sure and visit our forum board here on Ultimate Metal! __________________ MSRCAST, brought to you by Metal Injection Radio, http://www.metalinjection.net/ Also, on myspace, visit us at http://www.myspace.com/msrcast www.msrcast.com and our forum here on UM, at Click here

June 25th, 2003, 10:28 AM	#24 (permalink)
Mocika Root Of All Evil Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tent No. 1 Posts: 2,697	http://www.heavymetal.hu/default.asp?t=kritika&id=364 and im not gonna translate it... no way __________________ Sol tibi luceat mihique luna.

June 27th, 2003, 08:48 AM	#25 (permalink)
M something witty & clever Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 533	the score speaks for it self __________________ "Hey! It's that guy you are!!" - Fry M www.lunarisweb.com Official Lunaris Forum