Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve (#2502)

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:20 am

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Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve
Minimalist Ambient Black Metal
Quoted: 87 / 100

Click here to see the review.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:04 am

Wow, this sounds like it's something I would really like. Though, dispite all the hearsay and rumor that might have come from all the shit they've done, I have yet to hear of them before reading the review.

[6EN6KI6] · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:52 pm

lol this band recently caused a fuss on metal-archives.
Is VC catchy?

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:06 pm

[6EN6KI6] wrote:

Is VC catchy?

Nope; not one bit.

By the way, this is one of those bands you'll love or you'll hate; many people simply don't get it and feel that there's absolutely nothing going on in their music; on the other hand, many people have this album as one of their favorites of the year.

So listen to it a lot, and decide. Not a very easy listen though, and definetly not for everyone; but give it time and you'll be rewarded.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:19 am

I downloaded the album today, trying to figure out if it was good enough for me to buy, and let me tell you, the moment I finished listening to this the first time, I put it right back in for a second run. This literally blew me away.

I need to find a place to pick up this CD. If both listenes weren't a fluke(somehow), I think I might have a new favorite album of the year.

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By the way, this is one of those bands you'll love or you'll hate; many people simply don't get it and feel that there's absolutely nothing going on in their music; on the other hand, many people have this album as one of their favorites of the year.

I definently agree with this. This is easily not for everyone.

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:03 am

Glad you liked it; the more I listen to it the more I love it; definitley one of my top 10 albums of the year.

Misha · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:43 pm

DAMN, HOW THE FUCK COULD I HAVE MISSED THIS REVIEW???
good review by the way, I'm an addict too, you forgot to mention one thing though:
the don't use normal electric guitar, they use, ecofascistic as they are, a guitar running on gasoline!! the so called dieselharp, they invented it themselves...

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:51 pm

Gast1 wrote:

DAMN, HOW THE FUCK COULD I HAVE MISSED THIS REVIEW???
good review by the way, I'm an addict too, you forgot to mention one thing though:
the don't use normal electric guitar, they use, ecofascistic as they are, a guitar running on gasoline!! the so called dieselharp, they invented it themselves...

I did:

Daniel wrote:

The music in Genevieve is a blend between minimalist ambient music and Black Metal with a lot of experimentation going on; I understand that Velvet Cacoon played a heat powered guitar-like instrument they created, called “dieselharp” in this album; this can give you an idea of the heavy experimentation going on in this album.

I know my reviews are a bit boring but try to read them and not only check the score :wink:

Misha · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:31 pm

o wheheheh, no complaints about the reviews, you know that ;) but i meant that it's a guitar on gasoline, you didn't say that

I really like it's warm and thick sound by the way... and i can't stop listening to this motherfucking, it's too damn good (well actually i just have the song on available for download on their site, but i can't stop listening to that either :()

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:00 pm

Gast1 wrote:

o wheheheh, no complaints about the reviews, you know that ;)

I know, I'm just fooling around Gast

Misha · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:21 pm

:greatreliefsmiley: heheh, is the whole album as good as this one song: avalon polo?

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:31 pm

If you loved Avalon Polo you'll be in love with this album forever. It is an excellent album; as I might have said before, one of my top 10 albums of the year; it would have gotten a 90 or more if it wasn't for the absoluteley boring and completley dissposable 17 and a half minute long closing track Bete Noir.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:15 am

I actually like the ending. Yeah, 17 and a half minutes is a bit long, but it's still a very calming and cool track. It's my least favorite on the album, but I still like it.

Lokist · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:00 am

I finally got around to listening to Avalon Polo & I'm in awe. This is fucking beautiful. I can't wait to get my grubby hands on this CD!... They almost make me want go under the influence while experiencing their music.

rio · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:50 pm

I've had several mp3s sitting on my hard drive for a while but never really listened to them in depth until now. But the heavier tracks off Genevieve are really unique and something astonishing to behold once the taste is acquired. Such a deep mesmerizing sound... It sounds so "otherwordly".

Well I have my wages now so the album will soon be mine.

Kathaarian · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:52 am

I love how they fooled everybody with that "dieselharp" thing.

"They use this contraption, called a diesel harp, which is a steel bodied guitar where the pickups run on diesel fuel flames, the sound is then transmitted through fiber-optic cables into a 70 gallon aquarium filled with ocean water, wine and blood"

Lol. Who could guess they were joking ?

I know it's old news but it still cracks me up.

Radical Cut · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:19 am **Posts:** 960

Hah, are you sure that's all they were joking about? The track on the that site was just...lame.

rio · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:27 am

Kathaarian wrote:

I love how they fooled everybody with that "dieselharp" thing.

"They use this contraption, called a diesel harp, which is a steel bodied guitar where the pickups run on diesel fuel flames, the sound is then transmitted through fiber-optic cables into a 70 gallon aquarium filled with ocean water, wine and blood"

Lol. Who could guess they were joking ?

I know it's old news but it still cracks me up.

That is pretty lolworthy. Was anybody genuinely fooled though? I hope so because that would be priceless...

OldSchool · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:51 am

Pretty much everybody...

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:10 pm

Including the label that signed them...

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