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Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone



8.7 | 1122 votes |
Release date: 1 June 2012
Style: Melodic death metal

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01. Abeyance
02. Remnants
03. Fraught
04. Absit Omen
05. To Stir The Sea
06. In Parting
07. The Dream And The Waking
08. By Moon And Star

The best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal album of 2012
Top 20 albums of 2012: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 190

Line-up
George Kosmas - vocals, guitars
Steven Merry - keyboards, piano
Shaun Sykes - guitars
Jimmy Vanden Broeck - drums
John Richardson - bass

Session musicians
Megan Sykes - flute

Additional info
In memory of Dimitris Haitidis (28/12/87 - 29/6/11).

Recorded between the months of December 2011 & February 2012.
Recorded and engineered by Warren Hammond at Pennydrop Audio, Melbourne.
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden in March 2012.
Produced by Be'lakor.

Image on album cover originally painted by Gabriel Ferrier.

All album art selected by Be'lakor and prepared by Costin Chioreanu at Twilight 13 Media. All other album design done by Costin Chioreanu with the assistance of Be'lakor.

Staff review by
Troy Killjoy
Rating:
9.0
In what can only be described as a natural progression of one of the most highly regarded melodic death metal albums of the decade in Stone's Reach, Be'lakor have taken to the studio once more with the hopes of building on their already unrelenting momentum.

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published 23.05.2012 | Comments (90)

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15.11.2012 - 17:01
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by LeKiwi on 15.11.2012 at 16:52
I realise it's a good rating in comparison, but then again most bands' efforts are worthless.

...What? Is this the only good album this year?
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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15.11.2012 - 18:52
Rating: 9
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Written by X-Ray Rod on 15.11.2012 at 17:01

Written by LeKiwi on 15.11.2012 at 16:52
I realise it's a good rating in comparison, but then again most bands' efforts are worthless.

...What? Is this the only good album this year?

I admit to exaggerating the amount of praise this album deserves, but my rating proceeded only after a few spins at which point I had yet to tire of it. I am still in the process of re-rating most of the albums to a lower level But yes, this is the album that had the greatest impression on me this year; I'm a sucker for melodies as opposed to complexity, as much as I love a good amalgamation of the two
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29.01.2013 - 03:02
ScnD361
The best album I've hear in my whole life
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31.01.2013 - 18:07
Rating: 6
Alex F
Written by ScnD361 on 29.01.2013 at 03:02

The best album I've hear in my whole life

That's sad. This is pretty average when it comes to their style
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28.06.2014 - 16:26
Rating: 9
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Can't leave Be'lakor fans without this:

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29.06.2014 - 12:23
Rating: 6
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Just yesterday someone played this album for me on his cell phone as he thought this was a very outstanding and interesting album, but all I thought was that this album was so generic and average
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29.06.2014 - 12:45
Rating: 6
mz
Written by angel. on 29.06.2014 at 12:23

Just yesterday someone played this album for me on his cell phone as he thought this was a very outstanding and interesting album, but all I thought was that this album was so generic and average

If you don't like this album to the core, then you have no ears. Nothing else can explain it
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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29.06.2014 - 12:58
Rating: 6
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Written by mz on 29.06.2014 at 12:45

If you don't like this album to the core, then you have no ears. Nothing else can explain it

But there is nothing special or interesting about it, I could predict how most of the songs would go on, it's repeating the same old style of all the other melo death in the most imitating way, I mean following exactly the same musical path as all the other melo death did
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29.06.2014 - 13:34
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by mz on 29.06.2014 at 12:45

If you don't like this album to the core, then you have no ears. Nothing else can explain it

Be'laBore ran over my dog and punched my daughter. That's my legitimate reason for not liking them.
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29.06.2014 - 14:57
Rating: 6
mz
Written by angel. on 29.06.2014 at 12:58

But there is nothing special or interesting about it, I could predict how most of the songs would go on, it's repeating the same old style of all the other melo death in the most imitating way, I mean following exactly the same musical path as all the other melo death did

I guess you don't waste enough time on MS like me since you didn't get the reference.
I agree with what you said about this album, though I put this band above most other melodeath bands these days.
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29.06.2014 - 14:57
Rating: 6
mz
Written by [user id=4365] on 29.06.2014 at 13:34

Be'laBore ran over my dog and punched my daughter. That's my legitimate reason for not liking them.

legitimate enough
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23.09.2014 - 20:53
Rating: 9
InnerSelf
proofread free
I've been playing this WAY too much lately and it seems to have grown on me to the point where I'd put it in my top 5 Melodeath albums ever.
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to be stared at from across the abyss
is not bold enough
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02.11.2014 - 22:16
Rating: 10
MetalAce
The Eternal
OK, don't look at my rating! Be'lakor is something special, something mystery, I really enjoyed their music. THIS album is outstanding even nowaday I'm still listening to this.
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25.11.2014 - 21:23
Rating: 10
MeloMania
I would describe this band as almost an acquired taste. When I first heard this album, it was different, but I didn't feel anything too special about it. Upon a second listening, I really started taking notice of a few songs that stand out. Remnants, in particular, is a beautifully written song. Asbit Omen also stood out. I listened to it a third time, and really liked it. At this point, I almost can't stop listening to it. I personally like it as much as Stone's Reach, and Be'lakor is really growing on me as a whole. They are in production for their fourth album now and I am eagerly awaiting.
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08.09.2015 - 02:16
Rating: 8
Poat
MMmmm shyea its sort of heavy, not crazy heavy though.
Heavy Score: 6

For ranking system see: Poat's Heavy Ranking System
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03.02.2016 - 21:38
Rating: 9
desire
The Dream And The Waking is awsome.
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04.04.2017 - 23:39
Rating: 10
Himedal
Came here today to change my rating from 8 to 10. these kids are fantastic. the new album is also very good.
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What goes by is life to be taken
The doom calls upon the forsaken
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27.02.2018 - 23:07
Rating: 6
Redel
Moderator
There is not much to dig for me here, it seems.
I tend to say I had a hard time through this.
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23.07.2021 - 15:50
Rating: 9
nonZero
Their best album IMO. An improvement over Stone's Reach.
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24.07.2021 - 04:51
Rating: 9
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Written by nonZero on 23.07.2021 at 15:50

Their best album IMO. An improvement over Stone's Reach.

It took some time for me to come around to that opinion but that's how I feel now. Once I realized my adoration for Stone's Reach had a lot more to do with nostalgia and where I was in my life when it was released, revisiting it after a time away just didn't evoke the same level of feeling it did before.

But this one still stands as one of my all-time favorite albums nearly a decade after reviewing it.
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02.03.2022 - 09:35
Rating: 8
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Very good, but I still prefer Stone's Reach
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19.09.2022 - 23:04
Rating: 6
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Overall not a bad album but again not a great one, oddly I'm getting a Katatonia vibe from the melancholic style and sound. Unfortunately the riffs don't seem very inspiring to me, most of the melodies sound a wee bit generic and the song structures can get too tedious at times, but aswel as that I also find the songwriting a little on the dull side. Stone's Reach was much better imo, the songwriting was much more interesting, and there was certainly more memorable moments throughout that album. The one thing that stands out is the excellent drumming, which for me has completely outshone the guitarwork.

The album does get better towards the end though, I can't say I'm all that impressed with the first half of the album. "In Parting", and "By Moon And Star" are the two tracks that stood out for me most, although there's nothing particularly special about them.
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08.11.2022 - 15:56
Rating: 9
Samot
Written by nonZero on 23.07.2021 at 15:50

Their best album IMO. An improvement over Stone's Reach.

THIS
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