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Akhlys - Melinoë



8.2 | 198 votes |
Release date: 14 December 2020
Style: Black metal

Owners:

88 have it
20 want it


01. Somniloquy
02. Pnigalion
03. Succubare
04. Ephialtes
05. Incubatio

The Best Black Metal Album Of 2020
Top 20 albums of 2020: 15

Staff review by
RaduP
Rating:
8.5
Akhlys having to follow-up The Dreaming I sure is a massive task.

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published 26.11.2020 | Comments (7)

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Comments: 17   Visited by: 628 users
26.10.2020 - 12:45
Rating: 9
Koen Smits
Really something to look out for! The already released songs promise a great record.
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Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05

but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ...
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11.11.2020 - 21:07
Rating: 8
koob
This is absolutely fantastic
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16.11.2020 - 15:59
Doge of Venice
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28.11.2020 - 00:47
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
I shouldn't have listened to this before the previous album. The production is so much denser on this release (I can't tell if it's lower tuned guitars or better mixed bass) and it ruined the experience of the other release. Looking forward to hearing the whole thing.
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28.11.2020 - 17:37
tea[m]ster
Au Pays Natal
Contributor
Written by LeKiwi on 28.11.2020 at 00:47

I shouldn't have listened to this before the previous album. The production is so much denser on this release (I can't tell if it's lower tuned guitars or better mixed bass) and it ruined the experience of the other release. Looking forward to hearing the whole thing.

Haven't seen you in awhile
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28.11.2020 - 18:00
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by tea[m]ster on 28.11.2020 at 17:37

Haven't seen you in awhile

I'm around, but definitely less active. Definitely a lot less free time in the last few years
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28.11.2020 - 18:14
Rating: 9
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
Written by LeKiwi on 28.11.2020 at 18:00

Written by tea[m]ster on 28.11.2020 at 17:37

Haven't seen you in awhile

I'm around, but definitely less active. Definitely a lot less free time in the last few years

You're still one of my best sources of adding new bands.
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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28.11.2020 - 18:17
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by RaduP on 28.11.2020 at 18:14

You're still one of my best sources of adding new bands.

Always happy to contribute here. This site is like home in a way...
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Album Release day (December 14, 2020)
18.12.2020 - 12:29
Rating: 8
Gothic Metalhead
Pro Introvert
There's definitely some dark ambience present on this album, but this is actually a good album. Truly disturbing stuff from the music and the album cover. I'll have to hear the rest of their music.
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22.12.2020 - 04:13
Rating: 8
tintinb
A very good black metal album, I didn't care for the dark ambience aspects. The 2nd and the fourth track give me goosebumps everytime I listened to them. Great, superb riffs.
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Leeches everywhere.
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31.12.2020 - 13:43
Rating: 8
Skl3ros
Written by tintinb on 22.12.2020 at 04:13
A very good black metal album, I didn't care for the dark ambience aspects.

Same, the drawn out atmospheric parts are a bit too much. I can see why they put them in as it creates a nice dark atmosphere but I would have preferred if they weren't as long or just didn't exist. Would be an easy 9/10 without them and I probably won't relisten this album as much because of those parts.

Still overall this is a great album. The moments where it's good it's REALLY good. Some passages remind me of nightbringer at their best.
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07.01.2021 - 07:30
Rating: 9
Lord Slothrop
A wonderful follow-up to an amazing album. And I'm a big fan of the dark ambient parts so this is easily a nine for me.
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14.02.2021 - 00:43
LordFezzington
Lost To Apathy
Slowly working my way through a 2020 backlog for the MS awards - got to say this made me sit up and pay attention. Love the atmosphere throughout, some really intense moments. Production's great too.
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27.03.2021 - 23:14
Rating: 10
Tomci
Written by LordFezzington on 14.02.2021 at 00:43

Slowly working my way through a 2020 backlog for the MS awards

Found this gem the same way, absolutely loving it.
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01.06.2023 - 21:34
Rating: 10
Sigil
Written by Skl3ros on 31.12.2020 at 13:43

Written by tintinb on 22.12.2020 at 04:13
A very good black metal album, I didn't care for the dark ambience aspects.

Same, the drawn out atmospheric parts are a bit too much. I can see why they put them in as it creates a nice dark atmosphere but I would have preferred if they weren't as long or just didn't exist. Would be an easy 9/10 without them and I probably won't relisten this album as much because of those parts.

Still overall this is a great album. The moments where it's good it's REALLY good. Some passages remind me of nightbringer at their best.

For me it's the other way around. I love the atmospheric parts in BM, as long as it has good atmosphere. Which this definitely does.
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04.12.2023 - 11:49
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
One of the most disturbing and sinister atmosphere's in black metal, this album is pure evil
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22.11.2024 - 17:19
Rating: 9
gavdann
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 04.12.2023 at 11:49

this album is pure evil

I couldn't have said it any better.

It's a terrific album that I still come back to regularly, and it really does sound like pure evil.
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