Written by mz on 21.06.2014 at 01:44

and this is not your typical blackend death metal. It's rather slowed down, mostly focusing on build up and tension.
Track 4 is the best track I've heard this year.

What you said was a bit hard to understand until I actually listened to the album just now. I think I agree with you, but this seems to be the kind of album that needs quite a few spins in order to judge it. After a first spin I honestly have no idea what to think of it other than that it all sounds interesting and original enough for more spins. The album is a bit on the short side though.

Written by Erik M. on 28.06.2014 at 00:21

The album is a bit on the short side though.

That is one of the main reasons this stands out for me, considering a lot of these types of albums are unnecessarily long. When an album clocks 1 hour+, there's a fine line between genius and tedium.

Written by Erik M. on 28.06.2014 at 00:21

this seems to be the kind of album that needs quite a few spins in order to judge it.

Yeah definitely true. I immediately loved it after first complete spit but after each listen my love for it grow gradually.

After the opening track I already knew that it would be my AOTY.

To talk about this one, one does need some time and lots of listens. I mean, It's not really easy to say weather it's bad or not.

Written by Himedal on 28.06.2014 at 18:00

To talk about this one, one does need some time and lots of listens. I mean, It's not really easy to say weather it's bad or not.

I agree it's a rare album that begs for multiple listens before fully grasping it, but I knew by the end of the first track that it was excellent

Having listened to this 5 times now I can say it's not really clicking with me the way I expected/wanted. Sure, it's an original and interesting album, but it's blowing me away by any means. About a 7.5-8 if what I'd give it now, so I still like it.

(Lol, and yet again the same ratings by Joe, Alex and mz)

Written by Erik M. on 08.07.2014 at 22:30

(Lol, and yet again the same ratings by Joe, Alex and mz)

Get a job.

People have similar tastes, deal with it

Written by Paz on 08.07.2014 at 22:38

Get a job.

People have similar tastes, deal with it

I have a fulltime job (40 hours/week), so I don't see why you would say that.

Just wanted to point that out (even though it's pretty obvious). Deal with it.

Written by Erik M. on 08.07.2014 at 22:30
(Lol, and yet again the same ratings by Joe, Alex and mz)

I'm hoping you just happen to look at the album scores and notice their names as opposed to looking at their individual ratings to see what they have in common.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 09.07.2014 at 03:54

I'm hoping you just happen to look at the album scores and notice their names as opposed to looking at their individual ratings to see what they have in common.

It's the former, yes. As I just told mz on a different page, I visited a few album pages and noticed their names and identical scores every time. However, I did, out of curiosity, just check out mz's 9's of 2014 and noticed pretty much every one of those albums got awarded by an 8 or 9 by Joe and Alex as well, hahaha.

We may have a lot of similar scores but we also disagree quite frequently too. If something does happen to get good scores from us all then you know the band in question is doing something right

This one is anyway.

Ignore Ilham. She's not part of the Ordained Sacred Triangle of the Iapetus Organelle.

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That opening track is probably one of the most atmospheric songs released all year. Immediately gave me the chills and a rush of pure melancholy that I got when I first heard Lurker of Chalice. Dark stuff.

Written by moonflash on 14.07.2014 at 18:10

That opening track is probably one of the most atmospheric songs released all year. Immediately gave me the chills and a rush of pure melancholy that I got when I first heard Lurker of Chalice. Dark stuff.

It's my favourite of the album. It's just perfect. I said it before, but to me it's mid-eighties era Killing Joke transposed into black/death.

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Written by Ilham on 14.07.2014 at 18:15

It's my favourite of the album. It's just perfect. I said it before, but to me it's mid-eighties era Killing Joke transposed into black/death.

Killing Joke is one of those bands I sadly never paid much attention to. I've only heard some of the stuff they did with Dave Grohl and I remember liking it. But the comparision you made really motivates me to investigate their discography further! Any starting point you'd recommend?

Written by moonflash on 14.07.2014 at 18:35

Killing Joke is one of those bands I sadly never paid much attention to. I've only heard some of the stuff they did with Dave Grohl and I remember liking it. But the comparision you made really motivates me to investigate their discography further! Any starting point you'd recommend?

Well I might not be the most qualified person to do that, as I am one of the very few people (I think) who prefer their post-punk and darkwave era to everything they ever did. But if you want to understand what I meant, take Brighter Than A Thousand Suns for a spin. It's my favourite.

Written by Ilham on 14.07.2014 at 18:40

Well I might not be the most qualified person to do that, as I am one of the very few people (I think) who prefer their post-punk and darkwave era to everything they ever did. But if you want to understand what I meant, take Brighter Than A Thousand Suns for a spin. It's my favourite.

Cheers!
I'll get on that asap.

Written by moonflash on 14.07.2014 at 18:45


Cheers!
I'll get on that asap.

Hosannas From The Basement of Hell <3

Written by Guest on 14.07.2014 at 18:51

Hosannas From The Basement of Hell <3

Let me mold his tastes the way I want to.

Probably the most likely candidate for album of the year.

Written by Guest on 25.08.2014 at 11:53

Probably the most likely candidate for album of the year.

Interesting. It's a great album, but I think there are about ~10 albums that are better from this year. I'm sure you can guess what my aoty is so far

Written by Alex F on 25.08.2014 at 14:31

Interesting. It's a great album, but I think there are about ~10 albums that are better from this year. I'm sure you can guess what my aoty is so far

Is the only album this year I've heard that feels truly fresh to me. A lot of bands are cottoning on to the whole dissonant thing and it's getting a bit old and predictable, even if they are well done (TGOO for example: very good but about 2 years or so too late). This has the benefit of being something I can't compare anything else to, as well as being extremely enjoyable to listen to, and perhaps most importantly an album that sits at the back of my mind as something I don't fully get yet.

While there are other great albums this year, they tend to exemplify existing ideas, whereas this album feels like a subversion of ideas, almost as though a deconstruction of black and death metal. Being something without actually being something is one the highest accolades I can ascribe and not many bands pull it off (Lurker of Chalice, Murmuüre etc)

I think Joe said something about Ævangelist's new album to be superior than this one. Why so flowerly at this moment?!

Written by Guest on 25.08.2014 at 20:06

It was K7's twin brother saying that, so ignore

Btw I wonder if the upcoming Aevangelist has already leaked. Will be giving it a first spin later tonight.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.08.2014 at 20:08


It was K7's twin brother saying that, so ignore

Btw I wonder if the upcoming Aevangelist has already leaked. Will be giving it a first spin later tonight.

If it has that's the first I've heard about it, so no idea what K7-2 is talking about.

Written by Guest on 25.08.2014 at 20:13

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.08.2014 at 20:08


It was K7's twin brother saying that, so ignore

Btw I wonder if the upcoming Aevangelist has already leaked. Will be giving it a first spin later tonight.

If it has that's the first I've heard about it, so no idea what K7-2 is talking about.

Release is scheduled for somewhere during the seoncd half of September and promos have been sent around, but that's it as far as I know.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 25.08.2014 at 19:41

I think Joe said something about Ævangelist's new album to be superior than this one. Why so flowerly at this moment?!

You mean this?

Written by Guest on 29.05.2014 at 16:34


I think Alex Fenger put me on to the their 2012 album which was really good. Thing is I'm not 100% sure it was that album as the name and album cover is really generic but it sounds like it. It was a good album, just overshadowed by Aevangelist.