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Review from Forgotten Path Magazine; Issue 5

Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, June 17, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Forgotten Path Magazine; Issue 5
Published:
November 2013
Magazine Website

Most of the time when I have an encounter with bands from Russia, they have some specific vibe to their music. Probably, the usage of their native language might partly have something to do with that, though this is not the main factor probably. It’s hard to describe it in words. Not that it is very fascinating or appealing, but it’s different. This is especially felt in Black Metal coming from Eastern Europe. I...

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Review from Violent Solutions Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Violent Solutions Webzine
Published
: May 15, 2013
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*Google translation of French review

Epitimia is Russian, he practices a BM air quality, let us input. Hosted by the Hypnotic Dirge Records, Faces of insanity is their Third full-length in five years of existence. Upon intro, the foundations are laid. The sound is excellent (for a Russian group ...), deep, hot über organic to wish all the instruments off perfectly, the voice sounds far away in echo, as if carried by the wind. ...

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Review from Pitchline Zine

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, April 11, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Pitchline Zine
Published: April 11, 2013
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*Google translation of Spanish review


The adventures of this trio russian dating back to 2008, the year from which epitimia has continued to edit and publish new material, made ​​the other, has been pass bill. With three studio albums as relevant material, is with the latter, especially, with whom the band has fallen squarely on the topics and even in the field of emulation. While not a bad album, 'Faces of Insanity' did not get my ...

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Review from Necromance Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, March 29, 2013, In : Album Reviews 
From: Necromance Webzine
Published: March 27, 2013
*Google translation of Spanish review
 
The music that the Russians epitimia offer us in this "Faces of Insanity" is not black metal, or Doom, or post-rock ... but it also has features of all these styles in his compositions groupedso this is a work that will be difficult to digest input, I recommend you listen if you have the chance because you end up going. 9 are the cuts that compose it and that has been released through Hypnotic ...

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Review from Don't count on it Reviews

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, December 27, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Don't count on it Reviews
Published:
December 25, 2012
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My relationship with Russian bands has really decreased in the last year. When I first started this blog, I remember that I covered a lot of really bad Russian one-man groups and last year I covered a handful as well, this year I don't think I've covered all that many. With Hypnotic Dirge releasing this album though, I did have faith that this would be worth hearing though.
Honestly, I wasn't quite sold on this album wh...


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Review from Pest Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, December 22, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Pest Webzine/Slowly We Rot Issue 3
Published: December 20, 2012
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I remember 2 years ago I have reviewed Epitimia's debut album but this is already their third full-length so the Russian trio seems pretty productive. And luckily enough in their case productive doesn't mean lack of quality, in fact this third album is much better than their debut, they have developed from a Depressive Black Metal with good potential to an almost mature Ambient Black Metal outfit with solid compo...
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Review from Ave Noctum

Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Ave Noctum 
Published: November 6, 2012
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Epitimia is an odd boundary-testing band but one which is also strangely accessible. Nothing I’ve read so far has been quite able to place a finger on their sound. It mixes together elements of the black metal spectrum, particularly the vocals and tremolo guitars, with a bit of catchy doom guitar soloing spliced in and the obligatory use of the word ‘post’ in there somewhere to explain the more free flipping between genres and mor...

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Review from Metal Delirium

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Metal Delirium
Published: November 1, 2012
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Epitimia’s Faces Of Insanity is just the kind of music I enjoy listening to as the seasons change and the weather begins to get colder. It’s dark, atmospheric black metal that just fits it well. The first track, the instrumental “Reminiscentia,” sets the tone for the album. It features frenzied screams behind ice cold melody that carries a somber tone. Although the lyrics aren’t in English, the mood and atmosphere help conv...

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Review from Midwinter Fires Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Midwinter Fires Webzine
Published: October 25, 2012
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Epitimia managed to capture immediately my full attention, since the first time I approached “Faces of Insanity”. When I started listening to the first notes of “Reminescentia” I felt instantaneously took away towards a black hole of profound, emotional tunes. Before going on I preferred to enjoy that beautiful sensation several times, to fully enter Epitimia’s universe. A good idea, I must say. I crossed the black...

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Review from Nocturnal Cult Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Nocturnal Cult Webzine
Published: October 23, 2012
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Black doom sweeping across your eardrums with strokes of forlorn atmosphere draws you under like the icy waters of the windswept sea. Those are the images and feelings that I am immersed in as a drink in fully the new album from Russia's Epitimia. A late night chill lingers in the air over the stark instrumentation of Reminiscentia. A solitary guitar melody and tormented shrieks work in unison to create a desolate, nostalgic ...

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Review from Black Belle Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Black Belle Webzine
Published: October 11, 2012
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 Russian trio Epitimia deliver their third full length album 'Faces Of Insanity' for the prolific and always interesting Canadian label Hypnotic Dirge Records which for an outfit birthed only four years ago in 2008 makes them relatively prolific themselves as well, almost putting out an opus for each year of existence. 

The band, comprised of Alexander Machtakov (going as A. here) on guitar and bass with the obscurely monikered K...

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Review from Aristocrazia Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Aristocrazia Webzine
Published: October 7, 2012
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*Google translation of Italian review

 The Russians epitimia passed recently on our site, we interviewed them in the expectation that was published the third act of their discography "Faces Of Insanity". The album was released through Hypnotic Dirge Records and contains nine tracks that move in different territories drawing on a view that seems to collimate the feelings expressed over the years by such act Katatonia, Drudkh, Burz...
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Review from Les Eternals

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Les Eternal
Published: September 19, 2012
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*Google translation of French review

According to a recent survey conducted by the Institute for the Study winter, Extreme Metal's favorite subject matters are: 1) death and hell (54.66%) , 2) depression, loneliness and madness (44.24%), 3) matches the France national football team (1.1%). The Russian trio epitimia has not opted for the latter theme is by far the most terrifying, but for the second. The name of their third album, Faces...

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Review from Headbang Magazine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Headbang Magazine
Published: September 10, 2012
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*Google translation of Italian review

It 'the perfect opener instrumental Reminiscentia to do the math with some thought. In this case, to make a mea culpa interior because they never knew before this valid entities Russian by the name of epitimia. Ours are around since 2008 (first album in 2009) and come with Faces Of Insanity third effort in the long run (supported by the ever attentive to the "underground movement" Hypnotic Di...

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Review from Deaf Sparrow Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Deaf Sparrow Webzine
Published: September 10, 2012
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Essentially, this is post-rock with black metal vocals and that’s that. Key word being ’essentially’ and not post-rock, nor black metal. Obviously, the weight of the music balances everything out to that mopey (post-rock) genre and the vocals, largely the only black metal element, do not really balance the record to the metallic camp, but offset the overall result. The reason for this being the rawness of the vocalist...

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Review from Nocturne Magazine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Nocturne Magazine
Published: September 4, 2012
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*Google translation of Serbian review

Trio Epitimia of Saint Petersburg has released its third studio album "Faces Of Insanity", more complex and darker than its predecessor. Release Panel composed of nine songs with an excellent mix of atmospheric post-rock-and depressive black metal, it is ideal for those who want to experiment with new sounds. Since our opening instrumental "Reminiscentia" create a bit creepy atmosphere and pre...

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Review from Lords of Metal Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Lords of Metal Webzine
Published: September 1, 2012
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There is a school of thought that says that black metal has to be mean, grim, depressing, hateful and that it never can be beautiful and hypnotizing. To those who adhere to that school of thought I would like to say: Stop reading because ‘Faces Of Insanity’ by the Russian Epitimia from Saint Petersburg is not for you. Anyone else who can appreciate beauty in black metal and has melancholy high on his wish list I urge to ...
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Review from Global Domination

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Global Domination
Published: August 30, 2012
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I saw this shit being tagged as ““atmospheric black metal/post rock”, from muthafucken Russia. I have never heard ““atmospheric black metal/post rock” before but understand from the composition of those genres that this is bound to suck on at least a couple of levels. Not just one. 

You know what? I was correct, didn’t need too many listens to this crap to come to that conclusion. Instead of going into analyzing mode I...

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Review from Lunar Hypnosis

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Lunar Hypnosis Blogspot
Published: August 29, 2012
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Formed in 2008 within Saint Petersburg, Russia, Epitimia is the collective work of Alexander Machtakov (guitars & bass), K. (vocals) and M. (drums) and 'Faces of Insanity' is the bands third full-length release. 

Featuring lyrics in their native Russian language, Epitimia offers up a strange variation of black metal that has its fair share of depressing qualities, but also a strange sense of deep beauty buried within as well a...

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Review from Music of Shadows Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Music of Shadows
Published: August 13, 2012
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Many people these days complain that black metal isn't interesting anymore because artists always do the same shit without creativity. I think that the problem are the listeners because whenever someone creates something a bit different than the "old school black metal" they say "it's not metal", "it's fake" and stuff like that. 

Anyway, here we have a release that's full with new and creative ideas and that doesn't lose the roots of...

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Review from Dead Void Dreams

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Dead Void Dreams
Published: August 12, 2012
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From the first song of this album you cannot be sure of what you will hear: depressive black, ambient black or just an experiment of the three members in a more post-rock sound? What's certain is that you are going to hear a dark innovative album, completely different from any other band in the ambient black metal scene, ideal for those who want to experiment with new sounds. Depression and melancholy is pervasive throughout the who...

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Review from Feedback Magazine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Feedback Magazine
Published: August 11, 2012
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Epitimia are a three piece group originating from St.Petersburg, Russian Federation with quirky named band members A, K and M.  They play atmospheric black metal tinged post-rock with raw aggression and enthusiasm. Together since 2008, this is now their third full length and first to be released through Hypnotic Dirge Records. It is naturally, a far more mature release than debut album ‘To the non-existing shades...’ and its pr...

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From: Teeth of the Divine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Teeth of the Divine
Published: August 6, 2012
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This is the third full-length from St Petersburg’s Epitimia, a band listed as ambient black metal on the Metal Archives. I haven’t heard their previous releases, so I have to assume that’s correct, but on Faces of Insanity, their sound is more like a mix of the lush, melodic death/doom of Swedish and Finnish acts like Katatonia, Swallow the Sun and Rapture, and the rustic, naturalistic black metal of Eastern European acts li...

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Review from Infernal Masquerade Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Infernal Masquerade Webzine
Published: August 1, 2012
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Arriving all the way from Saint Petersburg, Russia via Hypnotic Dirge Records, today we have Epitimia and their latest full-length release titled “Faces of Insanity”. With a very melodic Ambient Black Metal sound, this excellent band pummels through nine highly melancholic tracks not apt for the faint of heart. With such a rich and atmospheric sound, this Russian 3-person outfit is by far one of best bands in the genre...

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Review from ZWaremetalen

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: ZWaremetalen
Published: July 30, 2012
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*Google translation of Dutch review

Sometimes it is really Quatsch what you find on Metal Archives. Epitimia come from Russia, but does not clear with ambient black metal, and it is very doubtful that this band have ever brought. The trio has been around for four years and brings very black melancholy that I feel firmly under the 'suicidal' denominator falls. 

Maybe you can here and there reminiscent of the depressive tissue that a band lik...

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Review from Alternativ-Musik

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Alternativ-Musik
Published: July 30, 2012
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*Google translation of German review

It is claimed that the third album is one of the most difficult ever. By then should a band have found their own sound and his musical maturity. You can make it even more difficult, of course, have just published by a difficult album. And that's what Epitimia have with their third album, Faces of Insanity made. If you listen to the album for the first time, fall on a number of factors: depressive bl...

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Review from MSN Entertainment; Metal Blog

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: MSN Entertainment; Metal Blog
Published: July 10, 2012
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The third album by the trio from St. Petersburg, Russia turns out to be a surprisingly graceful blend of black metal’s iciness and post-metal’s expansive beauty. Never mind the fact that the lyrics are in Russian; the tortured delivery of vocalist/lyricist K. gets the message across. This is forlorn, desolate stuff, yet often as bracing as an icy Baltic Sea wind in January. 

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Review from That Devil Music

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: That Devil Music
Published: June 24, 2012
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The first band I want to go over is Russia’s Epitimia whose album “Faces of Insanity” is out on July 14th. Now, I know a lot of metalheads have a problem with black metal as some of it is, quite frankly, ridiculous. But, take a listen to Epitimia as they break the standard mold of a lot of black metal: Yes the screeching vocals are here and the creepy ambience, but they also combine such things as atmospheric rock and other inte...

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Review from Pure Grain Audio

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 4, 2012, In : Album Reviews 
From: Pure Grain Audio
Published: June 18, 2012
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Russia's Epitimia are a jewel of a band that are just waiting to be discovered by the extreme music scene at large. Their latest release, Faces of Insanity, is a fine album full of atmospheric black metal that is simultaneously both beautiful and ugly. The songs are very ambient-sounding and even pretty at times, while the harsh black metal vocals bring a more sinister twist to the whole package. Check out this three-piece band for so...
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 EPITIMIA - FACES OF INSANITY

Released: July 14, 2012
500 Copies
Atmospheric Black Metal/Post-rock