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| | Decibel Magazine |
 | | Nonetheless, that era produced some fine albums by the likes of Ulver, Borknagar, Covenant, and perhaps finest of all, Arcturus' La Masquerade Infernale, the 1997 release which essentially defined the creative possibilities of what Norwegian post-fl metal might be. |
 | | The magic of that late '90s moment was more or less that these bands didn't play live, so to see Arcturus onstage like any other workaday band takes some getting used to. |
 | | In keeping with the song's sinister, carnivalesque mood, Arcturus are surrounded by an ever-increasing number of jesters in face-masks, jugglers, men in top hats, someone in a white wolf suit, a peasant girl waving balloons, a strongman with cartoon dumbbells, a fat lady in a tutu dancing with a skeleton, and a bearded-lady belly-dancer. |
| www.decibelmagazine.com /reviews/dec2006/arcturus.aspx (315 words) |
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