granitecrane
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joined Apr 2006
I find myself recommending Loreena McKennittβs album "The Visitors." It is saturated with those chilling, medieval atmospheresβfull of Celtic and Irish motifs that leave you feeling as though youβve been transported to some ancient, freezing, and somber castle in the Scottish Highlands. The track "Greensleeves" is included, which was composed by Henry VIII or some such figureβthe melody is traditional, after allβbut alongside several other folk standards, Loreena herself penned and arranged many of the pieces. It is a phenomenal record: effortless, yet deeply distinctive. You might even recognize "Bonnie Portmore," which featured in the film *Highlander* during that scene where Lambert goes sprinting through the highlands with a sword.
It is far better to listen to something possessing actual soul than those garish, overproduced, plastic hybrids offered by acts like Within Temptation. Their recent work feels incredibly cheap to me; everything is forced and amplified to an absurd degree, from the vocals to those strained metal fusions layered with quasi-orchestral sounds that, frankly, amount to nothing more than inexpensive filler... well, what am I rambling about? I suppose I am just venting.π¬