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If it&#8217;s not too offensive or hackneyed to state it thus, they are carrying out with black metal the spirit of what Opeth realized with death metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remarkable work, set within raw black metal, which despite its deceptive categorical limits, opens up a musical dexterity and variety that is a wonderful surprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-603","reviews","type-reviews","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wolves in the Throne Room - &quot;Diadem of 12 Stars&quot; - The Outcast Metal Zine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remarkable work, set within raw black metal, which despite its deceptive categorical limits, opens up a musical dexterity...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adkoi.com\/theoutcast\/reviews\/wolves-in-the-throne-room-diadem-of-12-stars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wolves in the Throne Room - &quot;Diadem of 12 Stars&quot; 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