I'm liking this year a little bit.

STREAM

Perfect 10 from me.

By far their best. That nice keys at the end of "Veil Of Transcendence" and the epic choirs on "A Casual Landscape" really make a great advantage. I'm stunned.

Fucking incredible. That's the only way to describe this

Until now it's sounding amazing. The album sounds less intense and more complex than its predecessor. I would probably end up loving this.

Yeah, this is pretty good stuff, but I preferred their second album.

Written by Maco on 22.06.2015 at 20:25

Until now it's sounding amazing. The album sounds less intense and more complex than its predecessor. I would probably end up loving this.

I think it's just complex in a different way. There's a lot of parallels I would draw to Leviathan's latest album. I am stoked about my review for this one. It will be up later this week.

I might end up loving this more than the previous and the previous was amazing. Some of the riffs in this album almost make me wanna get up and dance, especially the one on the final track.

It's overrated as fuck

Great album, might be even better than the previous one.

And that fucking last song, really ? Obliterating everything I've heard lately.

Holy shit. I think I might like this even better than Novit. Wow. This is so very, very good. Gargantuan, terrifyingly melodic, and the production is perfect. It's not too muddy, and it has a lovely smooth sound (at least in my headphones). I'm blown away so far.

Better than Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius.

Written by flightoficarus on 22.06.2015 at 23:51

I think it's just complex in a different way. There's a lot of parallels I would draw to Leviathan's latest album. I am stoked about my review for this one. It will be up later this week.

I didn't see your quote until now lol.

I don't hear any kind of similarities with the new Leviathan, at least when I heard this album, but since you mention it I should check it again.

Written by Maco on 24.06.2015 at 21:39

I didn't see your quote until now lol.
I don't hear any kind of similarities with the new Leviathan, at least when I heard this album, but since you mention it I should check it again.

They are far from the same, but there are plenty of ideas that reminded me of Scar Sighted.

Mentioning Leviathan in an Abyssal thread is distracting. No ideas from Scar Sighted on this one, and the sounds are totally dissimilar.

Also, I understand the appeal of this record, but I'm very surprised most people are rating this higher than Novit... It is more melodious and there are some extra features like choirs and keys, but I thought the sheer density of the predecessor would make it more favoured. Hopefully the rationale behind the higher ratings will make more sense as the thread progresses.

Can their ever be a more crisper and cleaner sound for something so fucking brutal and pulverizing???? Immaculate.

Just pre-ordered my t-shirt I'm hella excited!

Written by tea[m]ster on 13.07.2015 at 22:06

Can their ever be a more crisper and cleaner sound for something so fucking brutal and pulverizing???? Immaculate.

Still have not heard this completely, but I could not see you like this band haha

Written by mz on 16.07.2015 at 21:23

Still have not heard this completely, but I could not see you like this band haha

Yup mz. This type of stuff barely squeezes in at the end of the spectrum for me. Plebeian Grandstand, Alkerdeel, along with Abyssal have just a pinch of "post" to hold my interest.

Can't stand the vocals. I utterly hate when growls are way too low-pitched like that. It bores me to death.
Probably why I hate every band that sounds remotely like Portal.

Written by Lord_Regnier on 19.07.2015 at 09:25

Can't stand the vocals. I utterly hate when growls are way too low-pitched like that. It bores me to death.
Probably why I hate every band that sounds remotely like Portal.

Normally I dislike it as well, but here the vocals just add to the already quite dense soundscapes featured on the album, so I really don't mind the low pitch.

Listened to this in the last two days nonstop during car-rides, this is one hell of an album.

Written by Uldreth on 19.07.2015 at 19:19

Written by Lord_Regnier on 19.07.2015 at 09:25

Can't stand the vocals. I utterly hate when growls are way too low-pitched like that. It bores me to death.
Probably why I hate every band that sounds remotely like Portal.

Normally I dislike it as well, but here the vocals just add to the already quite dense soundscapes featured on the album, so I really don't mind the low pitch.

I know where you're coming from. In this case, I find vocals boring but not annoying. I think they are too low in the mix to be annoying. I've heard much worse than that, for sure. Still, not my style at all.

Written by tea[m]ster on 16.07.2015 at 23:04


Yup mz. This type of stuff barely squeezes in at the end of the spectrum for me. Plebeian Grandstand, Alkerdeel, along with Abyssal have just a pinch of "post" to hold my interest.

Needless to say that these three are barely similar at all, rxcept for the fact that all of them are tucked up intense extreme shitz
I suggest you go for flourishing and owl for a change, too.

Written by mz on 23.07.2015 at 17:27
I suggest you go for flourishing and owl for a change, too.

I violently support both these suggestions. Specially Flourishing.

My second listen of this is faring considerably better than my first (probably wasn't ideal running music tbch). I brushed it off as a dissonant onslaught but it's not really. Quite a decent amount of OSDM and even Triptykon-esque moments in it. Still think the overlayed baby mobile music on 'Veil Of Transcendence' sounds silly and annoying though. The epic, melancholic melody on the final track should ensure a place on Dima's intro / outro list [edit] I see it already has!

Written by [user id=4365] on 02.09.2015 at 23:49

Still think the overlayed baby mobile music on 'Veil Of Transcendence' sounds silly and annoying though.

I'd say that it fits perfectly for the last two minutes of the song. Otherwise it feels kind of forced although I got used to it and do not really mind it anymore.

The translation of the album's name in modern greek (why they used modern and not ancient) is "replacements". I can't get their point.

This and New Bermuda are probably my favourites for best albums with gaze elements. Good stuff.

Blackened death is another hit and miss genre for me, but this album I really like. It's a quality blend of heavy dissonance and striking melodies, and there's some truly remarkable moments on this record, like some of the staggering build-ups. The main build-up riff on the last track is phenomenal.