Big mistake, which was almost instantly rectified upon hearing the first minute of the first song. When it went up for preorder I blew it off because there was no preview track. Unlike Saor and Schammasch, I was completely blindsided by this one. Saor has since signed to Season of Mist, and Andy is already working on the next album.
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Three tracks make picking top songs pretty pointless, so I’d like to recommend full volume on the track ‘Forgotten Paths’ at 4:20 (do you hear that crazy rubbing sound that the bass starts doing at 4:28-30?! What the IS that?!) and the chorus’ of ‘Brón’. Did I mention that it is short? Yeah, that’s my only complaint… the album length, as well as more nuanced details like the physical presence of the vinyl (regular sleeve instead of elaborate gatefold with poster like the previous 3 albums) makes me really want to accuse this release of being an EP. Three epic Caledonian tracks and a nice filler outro that I nevertheless bother listening to.
Since it was released early in the year, because it is so short, and because my love of the album was reinforced by seeing Saor live at Fire In The Mountains festival, it almost certainly gets the award for most spin time. This was probably my most anticipated release coming into 2019 except for Schammasch and Fleshgod Apocalypse. Favorite tracks: ‘Wintertide’, ‘A Shimmer In The Darkest Sea’, and ‘The Liberation’. Bottom line, it’s probably my favorite thing that has been released since 2015 except for Schammasch’s Maldoror Chants EP. Just listen to ‘In Waking Hours’ and ‘Wintertide’ (songs 1 & 2) with headphones and no distractions… if it doesn’t resonate with you I get it, but I can’t really adequately express how this album resonates with me, and I’m not going to try. The music?… you will just have to listen for yourself, don’t expect anything too aggressive, and I’m never surprised when other listeners aren’t nearly as hyped about it because so much of my listening experience is wrapped up in subjective contexts. Their 2004 album Back To Times of Splendor is THE album I would choose if I could only choose one album to listen to forevermore (except if I were living in the snow, then it would be The Mantle by Agalloch), and The Liberation is a sequel to Back to Times of Splendor.
Tool), Disillusion can be squarely described as epic progressive metal. Sitting midway between progressive epic death metal (think An Abstract Illusion, Ne Obliviscaris, or Eternal Storm ) and progressive modern rock (i.e. I could write a short novel about my experience with Disillusion, but that would be boring for you, too personally revealing for me, and marginally inappropriate for this forum since Disillusion isn’t black metal. There’s a hierarchy here, but only by tier… those that fall within a given tier are generally interchangeable and honestly even the margins of each tier are a little arbitrary to some extent, but this seems like the most feasible way to provide some sort of structure. 2019 has been a hell of a year for extreme metal, and these are my top 57 picks of the year. Hails to Order Ov The Black Arts, Black Metal Daily, and any readers gracious enough to spend time reading what will follow.
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