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in 2012. Over the next several years, Thulcandra wrote surreptitiously and performed at the Baden in Blut
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was, by and large, a different animal than its predecessors. Very much in the spirit of the movements that influenced
Thulcandra, the album—spearheaded by "The First Rebellion," "The Second Fall," and lead single "Exalted Resistance"—featured a more refined approach. The shivering riffs and brumal
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Grandeur," and the title track, A Dying Wish signified Thulcandra'slatest chapter, one marked by an increased infusion of traditional heavy metal against a backdrop of melodic blackened death metal. The group changed up the
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