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Atoma - Skylight



8.4 | 357 votes |
Release date: 4 March 2012
Style: Post-rock, Post-metal

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01. Atoma
02. Skylight
03. Hole In The Sky
04. Highway
05. Bermuda Riviera
06. Resonance
07. Solaris
08. Rainmen
09. Saturn & I
10. Cloud Nine

The Best Post-Metal Album Of 2012 / The best debut album of 2012
Top 20 albums of 2012: 13

Line-up
Ehsan Kalantarpour - vocals, keyboards
Markus Hill - guitar
Siavosh Bigonah - bass

Additional musicians:
Jari Lindholm - guitar
Oscar Borgenstam - drums

Additional info
Skylight" was recorded during eight weeks in 2010 at The Panic Room and was created with AtomA's official sound-engineer partner Thomas 'Plec' Johansson (Watain, Torchbearer, Scar Symmetry).

Staff review by
R'Vannith
Rating:
8.6
We're all still alive it seems. There was no apocalypse for us as 2012 came to a close but the year did treat us with a premeditated glimpse of how things may have turned out in its aftermath with this compelling piece of post metal by Atoma.

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published 04.01.2013 | Comments (28)

31.12.2012
Leaving the Earth behind and exploring uncharted worlds and all the star systems rarely sounds this decisively passionate. Like kissing the world goodbye with the explosive romanticism of a mushroom cloud, Skylight offers vocal lines and guitar solos that echo the beauty of a nebula, all while letting us travel with them in the warmth of their journey afar. Like a tear with a smile beneath it.

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06.07.2012 - 16:57
John Shock
It is Post-Metal, i want it!
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06.07.2012 - 20:44
Rating: 9
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Elite
Been listening to this album a lot lately. It's definitely interesting but I am surprised with all of the 10's and first place on the charts right now.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


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06.07.2012 - 21:49
Rating: 9
PocketMetal
Written by BloodTears on 06.07.2012 at 20:44

Been listening to this album a lot lately. It's definitely interesting but I am surprised with all of the 10's and first place on the charts right now.


well Iranian people are probably proud of this band and are over-rating it , as an Iranian I'm quite familiar with this concept xD
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06.07.2012 - 23:21
Rating: 10
VienReich
You mean to say THIS album is overrated ? what planet are you living in.. ? nobody knows of them, completely in the dark. Compared to the rest of the crap on that top 20 list this one stands tall. It has some genuine musicianship and imagination to it that can't be found on any other of those records. Well deserved! This is my album of the year by far
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06.07.2012 - 23:27
John Shock
Written by VienReich on 06.07.2012 at 23:21

You mean to say THIS album is overrated ? what planet are you living in.. ? nobody knows of them, completely in the dark. Compared to the rest of the crap on that top 20 list this one stands tall. It has some genuine musicianship and imagination to it that can't be found on any other of those records. Well deserved! This is my album of the year by far

You seem to understand about this album a lot...tell me, how does this sounds like? Can you explain me?
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07.07.2012 - 00:19
Rating: 10
VienReich
It's a daring mix of metal, rock, post rock, shoegaze, ambient and so on. I really have no idea what to call it. It's a journey, not a product of a genre.
One of the most stunning things about this album is actually how they made all these styles blend into one cohesive album. I've never heard anything like it.
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07.07.2012 - 00:23
Rating: 9
PocketMetal
Written by VienReich on 06.07.2012 at 23:21

You mean to say THIS album is overrated ? what planet are you living in.. ? nobody knows of them, completely in the dark. Compared to the rest of the crap on that top 20 list this one stands tall. It has some genuine musicianship and imagination to it that can't be found on any other of those records. Well deserved! This is my album of the year by far


I'm not saying they are overrated , actually they deserve the attention they are getting . I just said it's no wonder people are giving it 10s ...
well it's "your" album of the year .. not everyone's .
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07.07.2012 - 02:05
Rating: 8
Spacerunner
Written by John Shock on 06.07.2012 at 23:27
You seem to understand about this album a lot...tell me, how does this sounds like? Can you explain me?

I can.
It's vast. Like interstellar spaces.
It's colossal. Like billions of stars in the distance.
It's multilayer. Like giant web of galaxies.
It's unhurried. Like double star spinning around it's own axis.
It's majestic. Like tens of satellites rising above horizon.
It's cold. Like dead worlds where no life will ever be.
And it's personal. Like last glance at your own home.
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07.07.2012 - 02:10
Rating: 8
Spacerunner
By the way, I've just remembered a classic soliloquy from Blade Runner:
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."
Pretty much describes this music too:)
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07.07.2012 - 14:34
John Shock
Written by Spacerunner on 07.07.2012 at 02:05

Written by John Shock on 06.07.2012 at 23:27
You seem to understand about this album a lot...tell me, how does this sounds like? Can you explain me?

I can.
It's vast. Like interstellar spaces.
It's colossal. Like billions of stars in the distance.
It's multilayer. Like giant web of galaxies.
It's unhurried. Like double star spinning around it's own axis.
It's majestic. Like tens of satellites rising above horizon.
It's cold. Like dead worlds where no life will ever be.
And it's personal. Like last glance at your own home.

Very nice description thanks, i see that this is amazing! at least you love it, but i see people saying that this is overrated, but i guess that's for haters or closed-mind babies! This music is for men, not for children!
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07.07.2012 - 16:13
Rating: 10
deepinside
Good album but i missed slumber....
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07.07.2012 - 18:58
Night Sight
I dont like this dont think that it should be at fist place of the chart
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Alone in birth
Alone in the darkness
Alone in death
Alone in the daylight
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07.07.2012 - 20:24
Rating: 9
Melkor
I was expecting a lot caz i just love fallout....i doesnt have that slumber feel so im a lil disappointed..but a nice album..
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07.07.2012 - 20:29
Rating: 10
Sojgenske
This kind of music is hard to define indeed, but I like it very much ! Even more than what the bandmembers did with Slumber actually.
"Resonance" is a bit boring, but the rest is truly amazing. "Rainmen" is just majestic !
I can't wait for the follow-up.
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08.07.2012 - 14:35
Azoic
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Written by Behdaad on 18.05.2012 at 20:31

"With axes on our heads,
we march through the night.
Bring down the Sun."

On Facebook, they translated it like this:

"An axe to the head,
We walk to the night,
Bringing down the sun."
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08.07.2012 - 14:54
Rating: 7
SSM
Massacred
Almost an average one to me.
Of course there are adsorbent moments for me through the album,
but overall it's not the best it could be IMO.
Anyway, you can just feel the "slumber-taste" here and there.
The melodies, mix and mastering, intervals and many other things,
but this album is more smoother than Fallout.
It has more electronic-generated sounds and less real instruments.
(I consider keyboards an electronic instrument.)
Anyway, overall it's good,
but there are few parts that you'll remember somewhere in your mind.
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09.07.2012 - 09:00
Rating: 10
Behdaad
DEAD
Written by Guest on 08.07.2012 at 14:35

Written by Behdaad on 18.05.2012 at 20:31

"With axes on our heads,
we march through the night.
Bring down the Sun."

On Facebook, they translated it like this:

"An axe to the head,
We walk to the night,
Bringing down the sun."


Oh well, thanks.
The translation I posted here, was my translation of the original Farsi lyrics.
So I guess the one you wrote is a better one
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As tyranny becomes normality;
We hang at the end of the rope.
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12.07.2012 - 07:01
Cassian
Totally impressed! Even though I no longer listen to Fallout or doom metal in general, this debut from post-Slumber band is really amazing.
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12.07.2012 - 19:57
Bigpaul
"He said it is written by his 7 year old cousin when he asked her to describe her feelings about the end of the world. It's exactly her words.

And for our non-Persian friends, i would translate the words:

"With axes on our heads,
we march through the night.
Bring down the Sun."

That is one bleak outlook from a 7 year old!!!!!!!
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15.07.2012 - 23:52
Rating: 9
PocketMetal
After a proper listen I must say it's a great album , really enjoyable . but not a masterpiece
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26.07.2012 - 13:35
Pankar95
Written by Behdaad on 18.05.2012 at 20:31

Well, after sending an email to Ehsan, he posted me the lyrics.
Here it is:

تبر به سر
می ریم به شب
خورشید را بیار پایین

He said it is written by his 7 year old cousin when he asked her to describe her feelings about the end of the world. It's exactly her words.

And for our non-Persian friends, i would translate the words:

"With axes on our heads,
we march through the night.
Bring down the Sun."


Wait were these written by a 7 years old?
Man maybe they should keep an eye on that kid...
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30.07.2012 - 23:49
Rating: 9
Hooman
Rate this album people!!!
This is just awesome, some tracks are really unforgettable.
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02.08.2012 - 15:21
Rating: 7
Sonic MrSumo
I like this, but really this album is about as metal as wood! It surprises me that something like this is on MS when considering some of the blacklisted bands.
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All the bridges in the world won't save you, if there's no other side to cross to.
- Rock poetry from Silverchair.
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03.08.2012 - 11:37

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Written by Sonic MrSumo on 02.08.2012 at 15:21

I like this, but really this album is about as metal as wood! It surprises me that something like this is on MS when considering some of the blacklisted bands.

+1
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03.08.2012 - 14:17
Rating: 8
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
I'd say these guys are considerably more relevant than almost every blacklisted band.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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04.08.2012 - 01:28
Rating: 9
tea[m]ster
Au Pays Natal
Contributor
Written by Troy Killjoy on 03.08.2012 at 14:17

I'd say these guys are considerably more relevant than almost every blacklisted band.


THIS!

If you can't "hear" the metal in this, put the brutal death metal down and expand your metal genre(s) tastes...
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rekt
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04.08.2012 - 11:04
oblong
Account deleted
Liking this album, always a sucker for anything relevant to 'Space' or space inspired atmospheres etc.

Interested in listening to the mentioned 'Slumber' as well...
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06.08.2012 - 04:41

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Written by tea[m]ster on 04.08.2012 at 01:28

If you can't "hear" the metal in this, put the brutal death metal down and expand your metal genre(s) tastes...

I'm not saying that should be removed. This is metal, not denying that. But some stuff on the blacklist is just as metal as this. So why add AtomA and not, say, "Fejd"? Both have metal roots and heavy non-metal influences.
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06.08.2012 - 20:39
Rating: 9
tea[m]ster
Au Pays Natal
Contributor
Written by Guest on 06.08.2012 at 04:41

I'm not saying that should be removed. This is metal, not denying that. But some stuff on the blacklist is just as metal as this. So why add AtomA and not, say, "Fejd"? Both have metal roots and heavy non-metal influences.


Ahhh, sorry for sounding so rash their man. Agree with your reply. Sometimes myself I don't get the rules or guidelines on this site for what constitutes metal or non.
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rekt
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06.08.2012 - 21:12
Abel
I swear; the band picture was the same one of The Chant some time ago. did the staff messed up???
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