Waidelotte's "Celestial Shrine" isn't melodic black metal
Waidelotte's 2024 release, 'Celestial Shrine' is tagged as melodic black metal on the site. My view is that it is more of a blackened death metal record with progressive leanings and an element of folk metal also.
I would like to propose that the album
- retains it's place in The North clan
- The Horde and The Infinite clan tags are also added
I've just given this release some listening and a review to continue exploring some progressive-ish melodic black/death after my experience with Shylmagoghnar's Emergence, and while it is a blackened death metal album, there's still enough melody for this still to still be melodic black metal. If this was added to The Horde and I was in that clan, I would vote in the melodic death metal subgenre. I also hear a lot of progressiveness in this offering as well, at times sounding like a blend of the mid-2000s eras of Enslaved, Leprous, and Opeth, so I would definitely vote YES for the entry of adding this album to The Infinite.