01. Mills 02. God Alone 03. A Body Shrouded 04. Burnt Year 05. A Remedy And A Fever 06. Twelve Was Ruin 07. Scald Scar Of Water 08. Found, Oval And Final 09. Reflection Pulse Remains
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1. (Music / Pop Music) a piece of music that is initially unimpressive but becomes more enjoyable after further hearings
After listening to this for half a year I cannot remember a release making such an abrupt 180 degree turn for the better like Altar Of Plagues final album Teethed Glory & Injury. I have dabbled in post-black metal before but my black metal has to be the "light" variety because music tagged with "black" is met with cynicism and hesitation. Alcest and Fen have helped me overcome some of my fears and now Altar Of Plagues can take its place along their side because of consummate use of post-metal guitar textures and arrangements, calm and tranquil yet dark and thick ambient interludes and peerless even flow on a post-metal record.
Flowless, full of noise, repetitive in a lacking of ideas and by far inferior to all their previous releases.
Not to tear you apart, but if anything their old albums were lacking in ideas. I love both but their previous albums are pretty run of the mill (even if they are very well put together). The noise adds depth in my opinion as well. To each his own though.
Almost two years after the release this album keeps growing on me every time i listen it, i think that people cant really see that this is a very special album. Very very good, I love it.
So late to this group, but the battering ram of Malthusian brought me here. Better late than never. This makes all those dreary, dull groups like Drudkh look like a pile of shit. Best fusion of post metal and black metal I have ever heard.
I love the direction they took on this album. Too bad they split up after releasing such an amazing piece of work; I'd like to hear more black metal in this style. Mechanical, harrowing, and oozing with creativity.
Two years already? ...But it's still one of the most frightening and overwhelming sonic experiences I've ever been through. I doubt its status will change with time.
I insanely love this masterpiece. it's not just BM (pure) as it has mentioned in MS, but more than that.i mean there is other genres influence; genres like Electronic and Post-Metal.and it's interesting for me that in some parts vocal reminds me of A Forest Of Stars vocal.
the only thing i don't like about the album is the cover and the video they have made for 'God Alone".
Twelve Was Ruin is a banger. Haven't quite had the breakthrough I'd expect with this album yet but I can definitely see why it's so highly regarded by some people
This is a remarkable album indeed, there's such a hypnotizing dissonance about it. There's also some of the finest moments I've heard in post-black, especially during the three midway tracks "Burnt Year", "A Remedy And A Fever", and "Twelve Was Ruin", and the last track does indeed have a great entrancing riff.