Saor - Guardians
| Release date: | 11 November 2016 |
| Style: | Atmospheric black metal, Folk metal |
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Review
Lyrics Andy Marshall - all instruments, vocals
Additional musicians:
Bryan Hamilton - drums
Meri Tadić - fiddle
Johan Becker - strings
Reni McDonald - bodhrán
Kevin Murphy - highland bagpipes
Additional info
Mixed and mastered by Spenser Morris.
Vocals and drums recorded by Reni McDonald Hill at The Cottage Studio, Cairndow, Scotland.
Guitars recorded by Martyn Moffat at Seann Druim Cottage, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Strings recorded and guitars re-amped by Spenser Morris at Decade Music Studio, Chicago, US.
Fiddle recorded by Meri Tadić.
Highland bagpipes recorded by Kevin Murphy.
Front and back cover painted by Sebastian Wagner.
Rating:
8.4
8.4
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Rating: 8.4 |
Bracing winds blow heavy mists across the ancient hillocks, vertebrae of soil trodden and venerated over millennia rising and falling like waves. Distant crows balefully cast their distinctive, corvine calls toward daybreak. Slowly, the weary earth awakens from its slumber. Cloistered somewhere in the verdant valley, bagpipes skirl into life, and the song begins anew. Saor returns. Read more ›› |
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| Oykan Övgü Posts: 27  |
Considering the songs released so far, this album seems to have already guaranteed to be one of the top albums of the year.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62060  |
I knew this one before, because 3 songs was shared in MS news, anyway nice what I expected, nice sound
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| boo-boo Posts: 208  |
Just beautiful.
---- World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7574  |
Next up on my tab. Anytime I can spin the disc and see what implementation they have done. I'll be certainly looking over what they have done differently from "Aura".
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| Dark Cornatus Powerslave Elite Posts: 4330  |
I preferred Aura personally... no standout songs yet on Guardians. Very good conistent album all the same though.
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| Nick Carter Posts: 257  |
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| Reaper_Redeemer Posts: 747  |
Written by Sword_Chant on 02.12.2016 at 20:36 Exactly, in some parts it was good (I liked the final track) but Aura was definitely a better inspiration.
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| Dark Forever Ruído Sonoro Posts: 706  |
This would be so much better with proper growls. It has beautiful moments though, especially Tears Of A Nation.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Its a decent album. Not great. I'd give it a 7.5
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| SageBlackMetal Posts: 111  |
This is the best album of the year, in my opinion. The production is a lot less harsh than Aura (most notably in the drums). I think it allows the melodies and the atmosphere to shine through a lot more. I was driving down state and listening to this. One of the best drives of my life. Favorite track: Tears of a Nation
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| Gurablashta Posts: 39  |
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| Zyk Posts: 165  |
Aura and Roots definitely had more to offer, but this album was a solid release. It's grown on me the more I listen to it and I liked the fact that each song was better than the one that came before it, so listening all the way through is rather easy. However, all the songs are about the same length which makes them blend together, not a lot really stands out, and I find it much easier to get distracted from than its predecessors.
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| In Bone Factory Posts: 381  |
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1083  |
Some great melodies in the closer, but unfortunately each song sounds like a few riffs repeated for 10-12 minutes. Forgotten Paths is my personal favourite by this guy.
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