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Shylmagoghnar - Convergence



8.3 | 326 votes |
Release date: 10 November 2023
Style: Atmospheric black metal, Progressive black metal, Melodic death metal

Owners:

121 have it
26 want it


01. I Hear The Mountain Weep
02. Follow The River
03. Threshold
04. Strata
05. Gardens Of The Erased
06. Egregore
07. Infinion
08. Convergence
09. The Sea
10. Becoming

Top 20 albums of 2023: 3

Additional info
Produced, Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nimblkorg at Nimblkorg Productions.
Artwork by Minghao Xu at Void Visuals.

Staff review by
AndyMetalFreak
Rating:
8.7
For most metalheads, Shylmagoghnar are held on quite a high pedestal for their remarkable sound and style. Can Convergence show some indication for those unfamiliar with this band as to why that is? And can this third offering build on the impressive foundations laid by their previous two highly acclaimed releases?

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published 11.11.2023 | Comments (12)

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13.11.2023 - 23:18
Rating: 9
Uxküll
Had no idea this was coming out! Incredible album!
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17.11.2023 - 20:40
Rating: 9
miekka18
Incredible stuff. All songs are different to each other but still manages to stay coherent.
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20.11.2023 - 10:16
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Decent abm album, my cup of tee, but I think its to long 1 hour 6 minutes is way to long for album.
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20.11.2023 - 22:21
Rating: 8
Nightmare^
Very good album, less "catchy" than the previous ones but more interesting and intricate melodies.
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25.11.2023 - 11:39
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Thought I would share this rather appreciative comment Shylmagoghnar has wrote about this site

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27.11.2023 - 15:18
Rating: 8
Claudric
Written by Nejde on 10.11.2023 at 14:45

Written by Oldy86 on 10.11.2023 at 14:35

It's pretty ridiculous that people are taking shots for people rating this album a 9 or 10 when they seem to say nothing with the abuse of low ratings. I see that way more in here. I mean just look at this years top 20. Oh wait... we still haven't managed to get a top 20 this year and it's November. One of the best years for metal in god knows how long. Well at least not this strong. Not a single albums rating is in the green. So many deserve those high 8s and 9s.

FYI, rate boosting is way more common than tanking is. I come across users with several hundred 10s on a daily basis. The most 1s I've come across is around 70 and those were deleted accordingly since it was tanking of entire discographies from certain bands.

Then I'm sure you will do something about this account who's tanking the whole top of 2023 albums with 1 rates...
https://metalstorm.net/users/album_votes.php?user_id=336480&r_order=year
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27.11.2023 - 15:30
Nejde
Written by Claudric on 27.11.2023 at 15:18

Then I'm sure you will do something about this account who's tanking the whole top of 2023 albums with 1 rates...
https://metalstorm.net/users/album_votes.php?user_id=336480&r_order=year

Nice catch. The user is taken care of. You can report any rating abuse you come across in the Rating abuse thread in the General website discussion forum.
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11.12.2023 - 21:27
mikeprado30
Really an amazing album. Nimblkorg keeps releasing top notch stuff.
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BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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20.12.2023 - 06:29
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 25.11.2023 at 11:39

Thought I would share this rather appreciative comment Shylmagoghnar has wrote about this site

He sounds like a really decent guy, especially in that last paragraph. Its always great to hear the humility in (some) chart-topping artists.
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20.12.2023 - 07:35
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Written by 24emd on 20.12.2023 at 06:29

He sounds like a really decent guy, especially in that last paragraph. Its always great to hear the humility in (some) chart-topping artists.

He does sound a decent bloke, and his produced yet another brilliant record. It's always heartwarming when artists acknowledge and show appreciation for what we do.
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20.12.2023 - 09:57
John doe
I have listened to all three albums, the debut I enjoyed the most and then the new one.
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24.12.2023 - 01:30
A Real Mönkey
That is literally the Ubisoft logo.
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26.12.2023 - 06:19
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by Oldy86 on 10.11.2023 at 14:35

I mean just look at this years top 20. Oh wait... we still haven't managed to get a top 20 this year and it's November. One of the best years for metal in god knows how long. Well at least not this strong. Not a single albums rating is in the green. So many deserve those high 8s and 9s.

I was just thinking about this the other today, since there's about two albums yet to be released this year, and we only have 16 in the top 20. This, however, doesn't really bother me because I think the ratings are fairly accurate and encompassing considering 8+ is 'very good'. There are albums I think deserved 8.5+ this year, but I wouldn't expect them to settle on that rating because it is the average of all metal-lovers here, not just fans of the band, or what I think it deserves.

Imo this was a much worse year in music than 2022, and I've also listened to 8x as many releases this year compared to '22. The albums on the top 20 of 2022 have, on average, similar or lesser amounts of votes than 2023's, so I don't see how something's wrong here.

The top 20 rarely reflects what I thought was the best on each year, so I don't really give it much concern. User lists and the MS awards are much better and give better recognition to the bands that deserve it.
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"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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31.12.2023 - 22:17
Rating: 9
Samot
This is AOTY ......just Fucking Awesome!!
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18.01.2024 - 05:08
Rating: 10
metalbrat
Damn.....this is too good......I don't find a single black spot in the whole album. Perfect AOTY.
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18.01.2024 - 05:11
Rating: 10
metalbrat
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 25.11.2023 at 11:39

Thought I would share this rather appreciative comment Shylmagoghnar has wrote about this site

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For me it's a perfect score. Nice of you to post this here.
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30.01.2024 - 15:43
Rating: 9
Lulucifer
Ive recently got into this band, this album has some of the sounds they did back in the past albums but also something new like that song that feels a lot like a horror synth or darkwave. Pretty good stuff, will give this more spins for sure!
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08.02.2024 - 15:01
Rating: 6
Liafev
Interestingly it's the second year in a row that what seems to be THE album of the year in my favourite genre does nothing to me.. I eventually got into An Abstract Illusion a little, but for this one I don't even have a rational understanding of what makes it good tbh, even less an emotional one.

It feels pretty standard, and rather flat overall. I think the flatness comes from the production with is quite compact, but also the dynamics in songwriting. There's no clear peaks, no moments that got my full attention and made my fist tighten from intensity.
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22.10.2024 - 20:01
Rating: 8
tintinb
Quite like this album. The opening track and Gardens of the erased are my favourite tracks here. I love his mixture of electronic elements here and there, gives an unusual perspective to the usual humdrum of melodeath.
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