Me
2009-03-29 10:37:06 UTC
Not only that, he has had several other side projects as well (including a 2nd, different version of Anima). So, here's a total list of the projects that I could find out about him:
1996 - Releaed 2 albums as Anima
1997 - Released 2 albums as Anima
1998 - Released 1 album as Anima
1999 - Released 5 albums as Anima
2000 - Released 5 albums as Anima
2001 - Released 2 albums as Anima
2002 - Released 3 albums as Anima
2003 - Released 3 albums as Anima, 1 album as Anima 2
2004 - Released 3 albums as Senmuth
2005 - Released 3 albums as Anima, 1 album as Anima 2, 1 album with Tenochtitlan, 2 albums with neNasty, 9 albums as Senmuth
2006 - Released 1 album with Tenochtitlan, 1 album with neNasty, 3 albums as Senmuth
2007 - Released 1 album as Bitrayer, 1 album with Harmahis, 1 album with Tenochtitlan, 16 albums as Senmuth
2008 - Released 16 albums as Senmuth
2009 - Released 4 albums as Senmuth
The above is not counting compilations, Best Ofs, live DVDs, or EPs. It also doesn't count those side projects in which only a few tracks were released instead of albums. That brings us to a total of *gets out calculator* 89 full length albums!
Now, I know that quantity doesn't equal quality, but damn! I wouldn't even be able to make that many albums period, sh*tty or not! Here are some tags that have been attached to his music:
Experimental rock/metal, industrial metal, doom metal, gothic metal, ambient/industrial, ethnoambient, dark ambient, electro-industrial, electro/electronica, EBM, neoclassical, folk/neofolk
The earlier stuff appears to be more on the doom/gothic metal/industrial side, while the newer stuff is more on the ethnic/ambient side. Here are a few links:
The first song that caught my attention was "Kratu Praja", a song from the 2008 album Sthana Ekanta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJrUzR-iTw
"Morning Swallow", from the 2007 album Morning Depth of the Sunlight & Emptiness Inside Reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOgtGrUSWmc
The funny thing was, it reminded me of Tenochtitlan, which I already liked before ever hearing of Senmuth. Tenochtitlan is a virtual project - meaning the members live in different parts of the world (in this case, just Russia), so they each record their part of the music and send it to each other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SCiPHYHQBE
Soooooo? What do you think?
P.S. He offers many full, free albums online but you have to register with this Russian site first. Figuring out how to register on a Russian site + not being able to read Russian = fun.
http://nnm.ru/register/
Логин - Pick a username. If the one you pick is available, it will turn green. If not, it will be red.
E-mail: Easy enough.
Пароль: Pick a password, I think it has to have both letters and numbers.
Повторите пароль: Repeat the password.
Введите код, изображенный на картинке: Type in the letters/#s you see.
Then click the button. Next, you'll need to go to your email for the activation letter. Careful that it doesn't get marked as spam. Follow the first blue link, then sign in at the left. You're in! Now go to this page:
http://senmuth.nnm.ru/
Pick an album, then click on the Читать далее link underneath it. It gets a bit tricky here. You'll see a couple links to uploading sites, well, I didn't have time to fool around with all of them. I did note that RapidShare probably won't work, as it only allows a file to be downloaded 10 times on a non-premium account. I just tried the Rapidspread link. It'll show you a bunch of websites you can download from, pick the one you like best (I picked Zshare if it makes any difference). There you go! It'll probably be in .rar, so make sure you have the tools to open it. If you don't have WinRAR, I'm sure there's a free demo on their website or something. Good luck!