Browsing Archive: October, 2012

Review from Hymnes Funeraires

Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, In : Album reviews 
From: Hymnes Funeraires
Published: October 24, 2012
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 Netra is a strange and unique entity in this obscure and underground metal scene. The influences vary from depressive black metal, moody jazz passages, black metal to trip hop. Yeah, I know … black metal and trip-hop, that’s new.
Sørbyen, released in September 2012 by Hypnotic Dirge Records continues the experimental path of the previous full length album and it still is a very exotic, yet strange release, even for 2012.
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Review from ZWareMetalen

Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, In : Album reviews 
From: ZWareMetalen
Published: October 23, 2012
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*Google translation of Dutch review

 The quirky Frenchman Netra is back. This time with an album named after a district in Norway, his new home. The preference for concrete and urban areas in his music remains, just like predecessor Mélancolie Urbaine . Also remaining is completely alien character of the music. The mixture of depressive black with trip hop, breakbeat and even techno.

Although there is somewhat surprising is when they he...

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Review from Lunar Hypnosis Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, October 19, 2012, In : Album reviews 
From: Lunar Hypnosis Webzine
Published: October 17, 2012
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Netra, the solo project of one, Steven Le Moan from Brittany, France surprised me in a big way back in 2010 through his debut album, 'Mélancolie Urbaine.' Essentially combining trip hop with portions of depressive black metal, it was a unique and memorable release, which sounds odd in writing, but somehow the formula worked quite well. Named after a neighborhood in Gjøvik, Norway where Steven recently lived, 'Sørbyen' buil...

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Review from Black Belle Webzine

Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, October 13, 2012, In : Album reviews 
From: Black Belle Webzine
Published: October 11, 2012
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 One of the most unusual and unique offerings ever to be encountered here at Black Belle Music would have to be the sophomore full length album 'Soerbyen' from French one man entity Netra.

Another project on the versatile Hypnotic Dirge Records roster Netra is the work of Steven LeMoan-all music and vocals- and where this remarkable creation plys its trade is in the very incongruous meld of genres between experimental black metal...

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Review from Metal.de

Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, October 13, 2012, In : Album reviews 
From: Metal.de
Published: October 10, 2012
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*Google translated version of German review

 That for reasons of ill-feeling from France relocates to Norway, I can understand that. The slightly sweet life in Brittany against the exchange in the wilderness of Scandinavia is a cultural balancing act, which is reflected both in the only on second glance very cool cover, and in the music of entertainer NETRA. In any case it is one that works well. This second NETRA album "Sørbyen" of epic 7...
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                       NETRA - SØRBYEN 


Released: September 29, 2012
1000 Copies
Alternative Black Metal/Trip-hop