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Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods



7.1 | 41 votes |
Release date: 27 February 2015
Style: Avantgarde metal, Black metal, Technical death metal

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01. From Palaces Of The Hive
02. Abyssal Gods
03. Dead Heaven
04. Celestial War Rape
05. Opposing Holiness
06. Krokodil
07. Twins
08. Vatican Lust
09. Black Psychedelia
10. Metropolis

Guest review by
Alex F
Rating:
7.3
On this album, a dizzying array of complex instrumentation beats repulsive dissonance into your ear for just over 40 minutes until you finally finish the journey that is Abyssal Gods. This experience is not for the faint of heart nor easily distracted. To me this is a record which requires full focus in order to grasp the intent and nuances behind each song.

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published 10.12.2015 | Comments (6)

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16.05.2015 - 11:41
Joe Zombie

Chaotic and dizzying, but damn good. Great production as well. You can definitely hear Pyrrhon in this.
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07.10.2015 - 11:10
!J.O.O.E.!
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So, this band has two drummers going on at the same time then? Not many people seem to have picked up on it if it's true.

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It's not bad actually, pretty good even. They should have called themselves Blackguts, because of the clear Gorguts-ian nature of it. Seen a lot of people compare them to Deathspell Omega but I'm not really seeing / hearing it for the most part (maybe in 'Krokodil' at points). People seem to think that DsO have a monopoly on dissonant music these days, but this dissonance is quite different to my ears. But yeah, unlike a lot of bands *cough* Krallce *splutter* they seem to have the chops to turn this type of thing into something listenable. Batshit discordant, but still actually musical.

One complaint / future improvement suggestion: splice in the cool cinematic instrumentals into the actual songs (in a natural way). Would help break them up, and give them a bit more individual personality. I think the soloing in 'Black Psychedelia' was rather nice, and could have also been employed a little more in other songs to act as a counterpoint to the maelstrom. Probably the track of the album at any rate, although I could quite happily sit through an hour of 'Metropolis' type stuff too.

I very much approve of Krzysztof Penderecki being cited as an influence, too.

Very return-to-able stuff, probably because it's one of those rare records that really require more than one play to fully get.

The art is also quite clever, and features more detail and objects than one initially might spot.

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14.11.2022 - 09:43
Rating: 7
tintinb

This one sounded a bit weak compared to their previous releases. But the dissonance is strongest here and I think this is the band's first diversion into proper jazz by the song Metropolis which we will see in latter albums
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