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Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current



8.2 | 277 votes |
Release date: 14 April 2023
Style: Avantgarde black metal, Industrial black metal

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01. Et Smelter
02. Tankespinnerens Smerte
03. Interstellar Nexus
04. It Does Not Follow
05. Voyager
06. Halow
07. Det Tomme Kalde Morke
08. Abyss Perihelion Transit
09. Requiem Aeternum

The Best Avantgarde / Experimental Metal Album Of 2023
Top 20 albums of 2023: 6

Additional info
Released via Peaceville Records

Staff review by
RaduP
Rating:
N/A
I first listened to Black Medium Current on the day of its release, and since then it has eluded me putting it into words. More than a month later, I'm still fighting its elusive form, but eventually I did have to sit down and write about it. Now is that time.

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published 20.05.2023 | Comments (4)

17.05.2023
What if Pink Floyd played atmospheric black metal? Doesn’t Black Medium Current’s cover art vaguely remind of The Dark Side Of The Moon? Doesn’t its music have this progressive structure, this floating feeling, where one song bleeds into the next, securing a flow that most albums don’t even come close to achieving? Doesn’t it sound immaculate? Aren’t the vocals infectiously quirky, despite the departure of Aldrahn? Don’t the electronics give that familiar avant-garde touch? Doesn’t the piano sound as demented as it has ever been? Is this album a surprise? No, it is not. Dødheimsgard have proved time and time again that they are capable of mind-bending music. Black Medium Current is both mind-bending and earwormingly accessible. An excellent entry point for the uninitiated, and my personal favourite of this spectacular band.

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14.04.2023 - 01:56
Rating: 10
Duck Dodgers
Album of the Year. No further comment.
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14.04.2023 - 10:54
Rating: 8
Jacob Butcher
Written by Duck Dodgers on 14.04.2023 at 01:56

Album of the Year. No further comment.

One further comment: it's too long.
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14.04.2023 - 12:13
Rating: 10
Duck Dodgers
Written by Jacob Butcher on 14.04.2023 at 10:54

Written by Duck Dodgers on 14.04.2023 at 01:56

Album of the Year. No further comment.

One further comment: it's too long.

...and you are entitled to your wrong opinion.
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14.04.2023 - 13:00
Rating: 9
Ball Fondlers
I'm only up to track 3, and it's CRAZY!... good crazy
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14.04.2023 - 16:46
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Not liked singles, its hard to advantage or industrial to me, just one time listen to me.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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15.04.2023 - 11:53
Rating: 9
Nightmare^
Do you like your music weird? This is another masterpiece then from DHG.

The fact that Aldrahn is missing though is noticeable.
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15.04.2023 - 15:22
terroriser
Account deleted
Do I like it? Yes I do. Is it black metal? No. Can this be called avant-garde music? No. Weird? Not much. Industrial? Definitely not.

DHG succeed where many other bands failed miserably. They managed not only to blend so many genres and influences from other bands but also made it into coherent, deeply and thoroughly thought about package.
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15.04.2023 - 16:45
Rating: 7
Bjamm
Even though I dislike the vocals, this album admittedly sounds amazing!
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15.04.2023 - 19:01
Vombatus
Potorro
Incredible. What a ride.
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16.04.2023 - 02:46
Rating: 9
mikeprado30
Written by Duck Dodgers on 14.04.2023 at 01:56

Album of the Year. No further comment.

Next week I'll tell you if could overcome in my heart the Lovebites' last one, the Ne Obliviscaris' last one and the Enslaved's last one (my favorite ones of this year).
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BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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16.04.2023 - 03:47
Rating: 9
hyper
Listened to it nonstop today. I struggled to even listen to previous records, but on this one I can't stop listening to it
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16.04.2023 - 03:50
Rating: 6
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Trying to identify the spectral lines on the cover art... I guess the closest match is helium (second row in this image):
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16.04.2023 - 08:17
Daniell
_爱情_
Elite
Written by Duck Dodgers on 14.04.2023 at 01:56

Album of the Year. No further comment.

One further comment: it's April.
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17.04.2023 - 11:34
nikarg
Staff
The sound/production of this album is stellar. The music is challenging and requires repeated listens. It makes me want to spend a lot of time with it.
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17.04.2023 - 18:29
Rating: 8
Reaper_Redeemer
Very interesting album. Its originality/production convinces me.
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18.04.2023 - 12:42
Rating: 7
Anghellic67
This is really interesting stuff. I especially liked Interstellar Nexus. Vocals could be better though.
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18.04.2023 - 20:13
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
This is truly and wholly brilliant.


Production is fantastic like previously stated. Wow. Vocals are a little too high in the mix for me personally but I got used to it halfway through the second song. I love the electronic additions.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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19.04.2023 - 16:30
Rating: 8
Vellichor
Fantastic, really enjoying this one. There’s some weird vocal delivery in parts that adds to the atmosphere really well imo
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20.04.2023 - 09:33
mz
Seems like I need to check this.
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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20.04.2023 - 09:38
Nejde
Written by nikarg on 17.04.2023 at 11:34

The sound/production of this album is stellar. The music is challenging and requires repeated listens. It makes me want to spend a lot of time with it.

Not on the hype train yet. I gave it one playthrough but it didn't click with me at all. Maybe it is as you say, it may require more playthroughs. Production is spotless though.
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Liebe ist für alle da.
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20.04.2023 - 09:53
nikarg
Staff
Written by Nejde on 20.04.2023 at 09:38

Not on the hype train yet. I gave it one playthrough but it didn't click with me at all. Maybe it is as you say, it may require more playthroughs. Production is spotless though.

Well, it is not exactly supercomplex, but it definitely unfolds more the more you play it. It's progressive and avantgarde, and emotional and melancholic, but also the most accessible DHG album of their avantgarde era. At times, it's not even metal at all. An album of the year contender for me, along with the new Sermon.
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20.04.2023 - 11:39
Rating: 8
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
My only real AOTY candidate so far, loved it
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20.04.2023 - 21:55
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
In this album there's several moments of pure genius, it's wonderfully crafted and has quite a remarkable blend of genres, yet it's structure is never overly complex.
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20.04.2023 - 22:11
Daniell
_爱情_
Elite
I'm pretty sure that if I compiled some things said in this thread into a review, it would be as preposterous and over the top as Rupophobic's verbal fellatio that was his Blackwater Park review.

After 4 listens I seem to be standing outside this impromptu circle of unfettered (I almost wrote unadulterated) praise, wondering whether I'm listening to the same album as everyone.
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21.04.2023 - 00:00
Karlabos
Written by Daniell on 20.04.2023 at 22:11

I'm pretty sure that if I compiled some things said in this thread into a review, it would be as preposterous and over the top as Rupophobic's verbal fellatio that was his Blackwater Park review.

After 4 listens I seem to be standing outside this impromptu circle of unfettered (I almost wrote unadulterated) praise, wondering whether I'm listening to the same album as everyone.

I listened to the first and a half songs or so. I have the same impression.
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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23.04.2023 - 01:28
Rating: 9
mikeprado30
Just a word. FASCINATING.

I'll be spinning it more times, because it was a very complex but entertaining listening for me.
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BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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23.04.2023 - 20:54
Rating: 6
Archie 666
If it wasn't for the vocals this would have been an absolutely brilliant album.
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03.05.2023 - 18:22
OsirisVilla
I might need to give it another listen because I couldn't get it. Hopefully is one of those albums that grows on you over time.
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16.05.2023 - 11:45
Rating: 9
annodomini
These days almost nothing surprises me anymore in metal scene. But this album is soooo gooood, mesmerizing. Wow, what a great discovery.
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the riddle wants to be...
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21.05.2023 - 06:44
VileVick-Bryant
Looks interesting I might check it out.
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