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Tenebrous
Opus Magnum (2009)
Album

Reviewed: 1/18/2014

The wild and icy winds of black metal started to blow from Scandinavia back at the end of 1980s. They reached USA soon, thanks to the virile tape-trading scene. Tenebrous are one of those US bands, who were influenced by this second wave black metal. The perpetrators behind the band is VJS, also known from his work with Kult ov Azazel and Nightbringer, as well as his own projects such as Incursus, and Armanen (also ex-Kult ov Azazel). And fuck it, they come from Florida! Tenebrous were formed already in 1998, but it took years until they got their debut release out, the 2005 EP 'Arias toward the Black Sun'. Again, many years passed before this, the band's first full-length album, and their latest release to date, was spewed out. This is influenced by such Norwegian legends as Burzum, Empe...

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