Vril

Article summary

VRIL is the sixth official album by SCH. Following a seven-year hiatus, Teno resumed activity in 2002, with a new electronic sound. According to the official SCH discography, "VRIL is a concept album that deals with the occult, space, aliens, secret societies, high politics, VRIL energy and other 'dangerous matters'." Ognjen Tvrtković, in Ljiljan, describes how SCH's previous "guitar noise" has been replaced by electronic instrumentation and sampling: "Once again we face an exploration of monotony, a minimalist research into rhythmic and melodic forms, tracks infused with a maximally claustrophobic atmosphere, and surreal imagery adopted from science fiction tomes...[t]ake Nazi UFO, [for example] a veritable little electronic symphony during which Hadžimusić develops his minimalist aesthetic of endless repetitiveness of rhythmic and melodic lines to the outer limits, a method he resorts to on a number of tracks here."

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1. date of foundation: 1925 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1871 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1871 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 1871 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. publication date: 1871 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. publication date: 1872 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. publication date: 1895 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. publication date: 1969 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1925". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "1871". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1871". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "1871". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the publication date is "1871". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the publication date is "1872". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the publication date is "1895". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the publication date is "1969". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
11. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376793575