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Atoma - Skylight



8.4 | 356 votes |
Release date: 4 March 2012
Style: Post-rock , Post-metal

Owners:

289 have it
33 want it


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

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)

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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14.08.2012 - 07:21
oblong
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After giving this a few more playthroughs, it's a good album + worth a look.

I wanted to give it a 6.5, but it still remains fairly interesting - so a generous 7
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16.08.2012 - 14:26
Rating: 9
HaaskAksaaH

Proud of being persian ...
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01.09.2012 - 20:26
Rating: 10
Nachtland

This album gets better and better everytime i hear it!
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11.10.2012 - 11:29
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
Just amazing (!)
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25.10.2012 - 11:43
Rating: 9
emperor666

This is the kind of album that I always hope to find. Amazing atmosphere.
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30.10.2012 - 17:57
Rating: 9
DelightfulJim

Holy fucking shit this is amazing.

I mean..

Fuck. I'm only on the fourth track and I am completely smitten with this album.
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03.11.2012 - 22:57
Rating: 8
exnihil

Not the best but most listenable album of the year with the ornaments of the space-elements yeah
The sound is very friendly and addictive.
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22.12.2012 - 16:28
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
Yesterday someone asked me "what is better for you, music or sex?". My answer: "Atoma".
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24.12.2012 - 00:19
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Written by Góral on 22.12.2012 at 16:28

Yesterday someone asked me "what is better for you, music or sex?". My answer: "Atoma".

Your hand wasn't angry for this choice?
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28.12.2012 - 13:42
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
Written by Paz on 24.12.2012 at 00:19

Your hand wasn't angry for this choice?

No, because the next question was: "what do you think about sex + Atoma?"...
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04.01.2013 - 11:27
Fredd
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I've finally fell in love with this album.
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05.01.2013 - 18:13
Rating: 8
Erik M.

What a great album, love the atmosphere.
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20.02.2013 - 10:31
Rating: 9
beyondtehdarksun

Wow, this album is plain awesome and unique! And the music is perfectly fitting to the concept. At first listen I thought "this sounds like space travel".
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"We are blind to the world within us, waiting to be born"
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02.05.2013 - 16:15
Rating: 9
Himedal

Not really metal. pop rock suits it better.
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What goes by is life to be taken
The doom calls upon the forsaken
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02.05.2013 - 16:59
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Written by Himedal on 02.05.2013 at 16:15

pop rock

You're wrong man, it's pure Indie Folk.
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02.05.2013 - 18:07
Uldreth

Written by Himedal on 02.05.2013 at 16:15

Not really metal. pop rock suits it better.

I have a feeling you have absolutely no idea what makes something poppy.
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02.05.2013 - 18:12
Fritillaria
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Written by Himedal on 02.05.2013 at 16:15

Not really metal. pop rock suits it better.


Do you really have any ears ?
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02.05.2013 - 22:58
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
Written by Himedal on 02.05.2013 at 16:15

really metal

Really metal.. I've never heard. Is this some new porn genre ?
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04.05.2013 - 10:30
Rating: 8
Monolithic
♠♠♠
Minus the huge hype it got, I can say it's a good album.
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08.05.2013 - 11:26
theembryo

Checking it out right now - very pleased, wish I had discovered it sooner, good sounds!
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22.05.2013 - 19:26
Rating: 9
IronArkadius666

Persian post metal from Sweden, gotta fucking love it.

Very keen to hear Enshine's new album, since Enshine seems to be the other Slumber offspring, Atoma's twin brother if you will.

BTW is Atom A as in the particle? Or is it Atoma, one word?
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22.06.2013 - 00:04
IronAngel

Can't say I'm a huge fan of Slumber, and Enshine didn't impress me overmuch. But I finally got around to hearing this album, and it's pretty impressive. I would normally whine about the glossy production, but it serves the expansive, soaring aesthetic very well.
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20.07.2013 - 00:31
Rating: 7
Atrus

Its good album, original. I think its grower, but after many listens still I dont feel this album
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29.09.2013 - 19:14
Rating: 10
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Been listening to this so much recently and still can't get enough of the beautiful atmosphere of the album. Skylight, Hole in the Sky and Rainmen are just...
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05.03.2014 - 12:37
Gawain
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Written by CyberSymphony on 29.09.2013 at 19:14

Been listening to this so much recently and still can't get enough of the beautiful atmosphere of the album. Skylight, Hole in the Sky and Rainmen are just...


totally agree, atmospheric greatness
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04.07.2014 - 12:25
Rating: 10
matai65

Absolutely magnificent,like a cross between Fields of the Nephilim and If These Trees Could Talk.Unbelievably good!I must of played it 10 times or so in the last few days!
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01.03.2015 - 17:03
Shinkirō
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Great album. so glad it got the award
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29.09.2015 - 18:23
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
That's what I call a perfect fanvid.

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25.12.2015 - 10:55
Rating: 9
Kuroboshi

I so much prefer this moniker over Enshine, which I find pretty stale. I hope they get around to releasing another album soon.
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27.09.2017 - 14:48
Rating: 10
frequenzangriff

I loved slumber, and Atoma just blows me away every time i listen to it. Skylight is one of those rare albums that really gets me to travel to a world far away and messes with my emotions. 5 years after i bought the album it still has the same strong effect every time, and thats quite rare to happen as strong as with this album, that's why i gave it a 10.
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