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Their post-modern vision of music, consisting of droning, repetitive chords alternated by gut-wrenching howls, make experienced listeners renounce their definitions of music, perhaps even their whole belief systems. Amenra puts heart and soul into every note, word and image, changing the course of peoples' lives in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neurot","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436328128843,"sku":"1061899","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/42b83a34-5cb1-44b2-90d0-a2021f900a33_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726915641"},{"product_id":"de-doorn","title":"De Doorn","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmenra's first release for Relapse Records is at once a departure and a momentous act of deliverance. 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Amenra have always been profoundly bound to their hometowns around Flanders, the weight of that area’s war-torn history. The sacrifice and sense of a larger purpose that bridges the fragility of humanity and the pull of an immaculate ideal is carried as an ever-present resonance. 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