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Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel



8.5 | 644 votes |
Release date: 7 November 2014
Style: Extreme progressive metal

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01. Painters Of The Tempest (Part I): Wyrmholes
02. Painters Of The Tempest (Part II): Triptych Lux
    1 - Movement I: Creator
    2 - Movement II: Cynosure
    3 - Movement III: Curator
03. Painters Of The Tempest (Part III): Reveries From The Stained Glass Womb
04. Pyrrhic
05. Devour Me, Colossus (Part I): Blackholes
06. Devour Me, Colossus (Part II): Contortions

The Best Extreme Progressive Metal Album Of 2014
Top 20 albums of 2014: 4

Additional info
Produced by Troy McCosker and Tim Charles.

Staff review by
Mattybu
Rating:
N/A
I find Citadel to be a very special album. There is a sort of checklist you can go down when preparing to listen to this kind of modern extreme progressive metal, and Ne Obliviscaris basically hit everything on it... But they go a bit further than that.

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published 13.01.2015 | Comments (18)

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18.08.2014 - 17:03
Karlabos
Oh? A full length? Wasn't expecting that

Let's see what this turns out to be
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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18.08.2014 - 17:12
Can't wait for it!!!
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Here at the edge of this world... Here I gaze at a pantheon of oak, a citadel of stone. If this grand panorama before me is what you call God...
Then God is not dead.
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18.08.2014 - 17:32
Rating: 7
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Looking forward to hearing this. That artwork looks really plastic though...
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18.08.2014 - 18:19
!J.O.O.E.!
Account deleted
Third time's a charm. Maybe they'll make something actually worth sitting through this time.
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18.08.2014 - 18:53
Rating: 6
Alex F
Written by [user id=4365] on 18.08.2014 at 18:19

Third time's a charm. Maybe they'll make something actually worth sitting through this time.

Highly doubt it. This is one of the most overrated bands on MS in my opinion
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18.08.2014 - 19:27
Rating: 10
BloodJuNkie
Of Egypt
Can'y wait can't wait!
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18.08.2014 - 20:03
Rating: 6
Ilham
Giant robot
Okay stop talking about this or I'll listen to it.
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18.08.2014 - 21:21
mz
Written by Ilham on 18.08.2014 at 20:03

Okay stop talking about this or I'll listen to it.

please don't check this band
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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18.08.2014 - 21:28
Rating: 6
Ilham
Giant robot
Written by mz on 18.08.2014 at 21:21
please don't check this band

And I will go on threatening you with this until the hype goes down.
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18.08.2014 - 22:26
mz
Written by Ilham on 18.08.2014 at 21:28

Written by mz on 18.08.2014 at 21:21
please don't check this band

And I will go on threatening you with this until the hype goes down.

I fucking hate you.
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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18.08.2014 - 22:32
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Back on-topic
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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19.08.2014 - 01:55
Fallen Ghost
Craft Beer Geek
Written by Ilham on 18.08.2014 at 21:28

Written by mz on 18.08.2014 at 21:21
please don't check this band

And I will go on threatening you with this until the hype goes down.

Check out Portal Of I, I completely love it. Definately going to buy this
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19.08.2014 - 06:02
Rating: 8
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Yes, I'm excited for this one!
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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19.08.2014 - 10:24
angel.
Evil Butterfly
I want, I wait.
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The Fangirl.
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19.08.2014 - 19:13
Diverge
Haha I'm moderately looking forward to this one.
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20.08.2014 - 12:36
Zap
Tried listening to the debut again, but I got bored about halfway through the first song. This one will be even harder to please me I expect, but I hope the band has improved.
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20.08.2014 - 13:10
Rating: 9
Risto
Wandering Midget
Written by Zap on 20.08.2014 at 12:36

Tried listening to the debut again, but I got bored about halfway through the first song.

Which so happens to be the weakest track on the album
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20.08.2014 - 13:32
Zap
Written by Risto on 20.08.2014 at 13:10

Which so happens to be the weakest track on the album

I disagree, though I actually only ever thought Forget Not and the one after that were worth my time.
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20.08.2014 - 13:32
Zap
Written by [user id=142921] on 20.08.2014 at 13:20

Just skip to track 3.

Never liked that song even back when it came out, so I doubt I'll like it now.
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20.08.2014 - 13:45
Zap
Written by [user id=142921] on 20.08.2014 at 13:41

ok then how about tracks 4 5 and 7 are the highlights imo?

4 and 5 are definitely the highlights for me. And the only songs I'll ever revisit probably.
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21.08.2014 - 07:41
Stoned Crow
Quote:
Just skip to track 3.

So ignore 28 percent of the album, track wise, not length? I once felt that way, but those first two tracks grew on me. I haven't listened to Portal of I in approx 3-4 months, but it's decent enough. I'm a personal fan of track 6- As Icicles Fall.
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21.08.2014 - 21:19
Rating: 6
Erik M.
Never had an experience like with their debut before I think. At first I was totally blown away and rated it a 10. After multiple spins I downvoted it to a 9 since I realized it's not really a masterpiece. Then after even more spins the sound even got a bit annoying to me (for some reason) and downgraded it to an 8. Haven't listened to it in over a year and when I do I might downvote it yet again.

Despite all that I'm still a bit curious to hear their new effort.
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24.08.2014 - 23:37
Ganondox
Looking forward to this, do they have any singles or anything off it yet?
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04.09.2014 - 11:47
EW
New Song

http://themusic.com.au/music/streams/2014/09/04/premiere-ne-obliviscaris-movement-3-curator/
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04.09.2014 - 12:49
Zap
Written by Erik M. on 21.08.2014 at 21:19

Never had an experience like with their debut before I think. At first I was totally blown away and rated it a 10. After multiple spins I downvoted it to a 9 since I realized it's not really a masterpiece. Then after even more spins the sound even got a bit annoying to me (for some reason) and downgraded it to an 8. Haven't listened to it in over a year and when I do I might downvote it yet again.

Haha yeah, sounds familiar. I really enjoyed their album at first but that enjoyment turned into annoyance really quickly for some odd reason.
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24.09.2014 - 20:48
Rating: 10
azry3L
New song - Reveries from the Stained Glass Womb

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/article.php?sid=2875
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26.10.2014 - 14:15
Rating: 8
Grind Magus
Weak Cunt
Went to the listening party of Citadel today at Melbourne. The album was played twice.
As a fan of their first album I really liked with what I've heard.
I find that the the album is a bit to short, clocking at 49 min but at the same time I find that they sound tighter that their debut.
Quite possibly one of my top 10 of 2014.
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26.10.2014 - 18:35
Rating: 8
Grind Magus
Weak Cunt
Written by [user id=142921] on 26.10.2014 at 15:01

Written by Grind Magus on 26.10.2014 at 14:15

Went to the listening party of Citadel today at Melbourne. The album was played twice.
As a fan of their first album I really liked with what I've heard.
I find that the the album is a bit to short, clocking at 49 min but at the same time I find that they sound tighter that their debut.
Quite possibly one of my top 10 of 2014.

That is a tad short. Like most I was expecting closer to an hour. Did you talk to them at all? I had a lengthy face to face experience with them and they were all such great people.

Yeah, I was expecting to be around an hour as well.
Not really. I saw Tim and Xen but they were talking to other people.
They were all very nice people but since I just didn't have any question to ask so I didn't talk to them.
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28.10.2014 - 14:08
Rating: 9
Xylem
This is so much more consistent than Portal of I. Bar some really standout tracks, the first album tended to bore me, this one kept my attention all the way through.
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29.10.2014 - 07:24
Rating: 10
azry3L
Written by Xylem on 28.10.2014 at 14:08

This is so much more consistent than Portal of I. Bar some really standout tracks, the first album tended to bore me, this one kept my attention all the way through.

Yeah, the only gripe I had with Portal of I was the first track. It wasn't cohesive like the other songs. Other than that I loved Portal of I. I also love this new album. It's really amazing. I just wish there were 1 or 2 more songs...
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