So I'm here listening to all songs available on youtube from this album and I haven't found any I dislike yet. Now I'm here wondering if I will ever find one... In fact they keep getting better.
+James Oh neat my name is James too. And Im almost certain that was intentional. I really don't like this song. All it does is rip on Necrophagist and Death. Steffen is nowhere near as original as Hannes, Chris or Tom...
+H. H. I keep throwing money at my monitor but the album isn't appearing!!!! I tried to stuff a wad of bills into my cd drive, but that didn't work either. T_T
+James Peterson Yeah that sucks. I've listened to it probably a hundred times already or so. I don't like listening to music through UA-cam and shit so I never listened to it on here that much. It's actually a really awesome album.
+Simone Cioppa retribution isn't bad, it is something quite different. Had a different approach, more about being brutal than bringing Death Metal to a new level. But I understand if people who are into their recent stuff don't get along with the first record.
So bad ass! I was disappointed with the first two singles for sounding pretty bland and I figured it was just because Hannes and Christian arent in the band anymore but this totally turns it around for me. I'm impressed
Akroasis is probably one of the best songs on this album next to Weltseele. Just because it isn't heavy doesn't make it bad. It's a lot more dynamic and there is a lot of musicality behind it.
+vZZenn Bland doesn't equal not heavy. He didn't really get into why the song didn't hit him and one can't help that regardless of the reasons... Glad you have an open mind about this record without Hannes being at the compositional helm anymore. Btw, what do you think of Alkaloid and Radial Covenant? just curious
+Zyborggian I know bland doesn't necessarily mean heavy but I've come across tons of people who think that way which really bothers me when some one thinks just because it's not super heavy, it's bland and not good. But ya, I just made an inference Improbably shouldn't have. Personally Radial Covenant is slightly above this record for me and The Malkuth Grimoire is a great step above Radial Covenant. I mean you not only have Hannes but Danny, Christian, Linus, and Morean's vocals. Rating wise I'd give Akroasis(the album) a light 8/10 while Radial Covenant a strong 8/10 and I thought Alkaloids release was so good it deserved a sturdy 9/10. (I don't go around giving everyone 8's and 9's, I sincerely think these releases were that good.
I'm not saying it wasn't heavy! I just like all the different types of grooves such as in songs like centric flow, Euclidean elements...etc. whereas akroasis felt like one big rhythm, more like a melodic death metal song. Of course it will take more listening, as I'm definitely getting this album. Everything takes time to grow on you, I'm speaking of just 1-2 times of listening
Tom (Fountainhead) is responsible for a lot of the leads and almost all the solos and the whole Weltseele track. Thank him not Steffen the asshole who almost didn't give Tom any credit for his work on the album and caused a huge scene
+David G. A. Go listen to the Radial Covenant. Like. Right now. Hannes Grossmann wrote like 80% of Omnivium. The Radial Covenant album consists of songs that WERE SUPPOSED TO BE on this record initially. And it's even proggier than Omnivium. You're welcome.
I read somewhere that steffen wanted more songs like anticosmic overload and hanes wanted progier songs like septuagint and that's at least part of the reason he left
True. Its very much in terms of the depth of the song structure and arrangement and having more frantic "notey" parts, which are totally things Hannes explored further on Radial Covenant. But Steffen I imagine wanted the songs to catch on to the average listener and translate better live. As much as I love songs like Vortex Omnivium.... it doesn't translate well live... like at all.
***** True but Prismal Dawn without him wouldn't exist. All of the chordal harmonies in that song were written by Steffen first and Hannes made it crazier. Steffen wrote the backbone of that song. Also almost all of Noospheres and a significant chunk of Anticosmic, Desolate and obviously all of Incarnated were him. He's way less prolific than Hannes (and so is Chris in extreme metal writing) but I honestly thought all of them are capable of writing gorgeous passionate melodies. And so is Tom. Thats why Im happy, even though it turned sour and downright ugly, he was able to give his touch on the new album.
+Cory Dun (Loon313) It's funny you said that, because at the beginning I thought necrophagist - epitaph more than anything, like usually I don't like comparing songs but I felt the influence almost immediately, however that's just my interpretation.
+Dracei Genét I mean he did write most the leads on both those albums so it makes sense. Its kinda like if michael jackson was put into some random boy band and people start saying that group, is too influenced by him.
The 5:3 polyrhythms and arpeggios just sound amazing and phenomenal!
I love that they added a sped up version of the intro of death's "the philosopher" at the end, beautiful.
Also origins of a primal expression has a death bit as well (without judgment).
voice of the soul and without judgement basically
2:30 amazing solo
A R C A N E the outro dueling solos are great
those solos are heaven
This is MY best band out there. Just so talented. Every song is awesome.
The bass lines are so good. In 20 years we will wish for albums like this the way we wish for 80's metal nowadays.
Except the 80's were 40 years ago lol
it's the beginning of the year, but It's obviously the best Metal Album of the year, Period.
So I'm here listening to all songs available on youtube from this album and I haven't found any I dislike yet. Now I'm here wondering if I will ever find one... In fact they keep getting better.
The sound is great and the song awesome!
awesome song. really cool because our universe is created out of fractals. this existence is the 'fractal dimension'
4:47 sounds like Sounds like Death - Without Judgement (from 3:21). Faint but similar.
+James Oh neat my name is James too. And Im almost certain that was intentional. I really don't like this song. All it does is rip on Necrophagist and Death. Steffen is nowhere near as original as Hannes, Chris or Tom...
+Zyborggian It's not the most original, but I still like it. Got a weakness for fretless bass.
Check The Origin of Primal Expression, is the bonus from this album and it's a tribute to Without Judgement and Voice of the Soul
won't you all talk about how original 1:31 is? fountainhead's playing is really unique
4:47 nice rock feel, and from 5:16 nice solo
4:47 its a Death feel....
every song is awesome!!
THE SLIDES !!
I LOVE THIS BAND!!
this is really fantastic
Necrophagist detected in 0:40-0:50 ;p
Which is why that part is horrible. To me.
+James Peterson but not to me haha
+James Peterson It's pretty retarded calling that piece of melodic solo horrible...
no one care
Doesn't mean I'm gonna shut up haha. I don't give a fuck if anyone listens I still speak my mind. Thats how I fuckin roll in this bitch.
This sounds amazing!!!
The first solo Tom dedicated to Christian, very Necrophagisty!
Very horrible and boring but eeyyyyyy Im in love with most of Toms other leads on here and the lead at the end is OHMYGODSOGOOD
Imo
damn this solo sounds like all of the Necrophagist songs we never got to hear, I'm in love
1:57
Shut up and take my money
+H. H. I keep throwing money at my monitor but the album isn't appearing!!!! I tried to stuff a wad of bills into my cd drive, but that didn't work either. T_T
Awesome
My favorite obscura song ! That polyrhythm at the end is so sexy, idc what people say this song is great !
4:00 This melody is hypnotic
damn so melodic and evil
La mejor banda de death tecnico progresivo por lejos !
Jesus Fucking Christ, this is awesome! all hail Obscura \m/
Pensaba que era una rola de fractal dimension del grupo de Eddy :,0 jaja
Suena brutalisimooooo
Love this
Holy shit this first riff !
Got my album two days early from Relapse with the shirt. Already got it nubs git rekt.
Ordered the Weltseele design from the Euro store MINUTES before midnight album release thats why mine still hasnt come in yet
+James Peterson Yeah that sucks. I've listened to it probably a hundred times already or so. I don't like listening to music through UA-cam and shit so I never listened to it on here that much. It's actually a really awesome album.
I can't help but think of Sonic the Hedgehog when I hear their bass
February 5 it will be a great day \m/
They're unable to record bad music
Retribution?
+vZZenn Its a decent record. Nowhere near bad. Has a handful of bad songs tho
+Simone Cioppa retribution isn't bad, it is something quite different. Had a different approach, more about being brutal than bringing Death Metal to a new level. But I understand if people who are into their recent stuff don't get along with the first record.
+vZZenn Retribution is pretty good
+vZZenn retribution is my fave obscura album... its rather diff to what they are doing now... but its certainly not a bad album!
I hear a lot of Cynic influences on that album.
They were pretty hugely influenced by Cynic's Focus on most of their work.
cough necrophagist cough
Every album
Sick \m/
Such a sick band didn't even know they dropped a new album till now lol oops
The ending part of this song and ethereal skies sounds like ragnarok "monastery in disguse" bgm
Nice
Obscura its the evil son between Necrophagist and Beyond Creation
I don't think a son can be older than a parent though.
Clarísimo los toques de Necrophagist, pero que brutal que suenan¡¡¡¡
Chingonaaaaaa
So bad ass! I was disappointed with the first two singles for sounding pretty bland and I figured it was just because Hannes and Christian arent in the band anymore but this totally turns it around for me. I'm impressed
Akroasis is probably one of the best songs on this album next to Weltseele. Just because it isn't heavy doesn't make it bad. It's a lot more dynamic and there is a lot of musicality behind it.
+vZZenn Bland doesn't equal not heavy. He didn't really get into why the song didn't hit him and one can't help that regardless of the reasons... Glad you have an open mind about this record without Hannes being at the compositional helm anymore. Btw, what do you think of Alkaloid and Radial Covenant? just curious
+Zyborggian I know bland doesn't necessarily mean heavy but I've come across tons of people who think that way which really bothers me when some one thinks just because it's not super heavy, it's bland and not good. But ya, I just made an inference Improbably shouldn't have.
Personally Radial Covenant is slightly above this record for me and The Malkuth Grimoire is a great step above Radial Covenant. I mean you not only have Hannes but Danny, Christian, Linus, and Morean's vocals.
Rating wise I'd give Akroasis(the album) a light 8/10 while Radial Covenant a strong 8/10 and I thought Alkaloids release was so good it deserved a sturdy 9/10. (I don't go around giving everyone 8's and 9's, I sincerely think these releases were that good.
I'm not saying it wasn't heavy! I just like all the different types of grooves such as in songs like centric flow, Euclidean elements...etc. whereas akroasis felt like one big rhythm, more like a melodic death metal song. Of course it will take more listening, as I'm definitely getting this album. Everything takes time to grow on you, I'm speaking of just 1-2 times of listening
Is that a fretless guitar?!
STAAAABWOOOOOUUN...oh wait
hahah I had to come and see whether someone had commented about this :D
is it just me or does this song seem like a vague discription of a DMT experience?
Fuckin GODS!!!!
7u7 oh shi♥
Something sounds a bit off with the mix... lacking in top end o.O
I wish Colin Marston could master every metal record ever..... Lol
I think you should buy a new pair of headphones
sound quality is bad, whyyyyyyyy ?¿
because youtube
I was expecting more prog composition, Steffen! Like in Omnivium.
Tom (Fountainhead) is responsible for a lot of the leads and almost all the solos and the whole Weltseele track. Thank him not Steffen the asshole who almost didn't give Tom any credit for his work on the album and caused a huge scene
+David G. A. Go listen to the Radial Covenant. Like. Right now. Hannes Grossmann wrote like 80% of Omnivium. The Radial Covenant album consists of songs that WERE SUPPOSED TO BE on this record initially. And it's even proggier than Omnivium. You're welcome.
I read somewhere that steffen wanted more songs like anticosmic overload and hanes wanted progier songs like septuagint and that's at least part of the reason he left
True. Its very much in terms of the depth of the song structure and arrangement and having more frantic "notey" parts, which are totally things Hannes explored further on Radial Covenant. But Steffen I imagine wanted the songs to catch on to the average listener and translate better live. As much as I love songs like Vortex Omnivium.... it doesn't translate well live... like at all.
***** True but Prismal Dawn without him wouldn't exist. All of the chordal harmonies in that song were written by Steffen first and Hannes made it crazier.
Steffen wrote the backbone of that song. Also almost all of Noospheres and a significant chunk of Anticosmic, Desolate and obviously all of Incarnated were him. He's way less prolific than Hannes (and so is Chris in extreme metal writing) but I honestly thought all of them are capable of writing gorgeous passionate melodies. And so is Tom. Thats why Im happy, even though it turned sour and downright ugly, he was able to give his touch on the new album.
Still liking more ouroboros
Was thinking this album sucks cause main songwriters left... well it doesn't suck but is clearly my least favorite in the discography
Hahahaha this band said _periphery_
I LOL'D
they sound like beyond creation now. its solid but I don't like it as much as the last two albums.
+Cory Dun (Loon313) It's funny you said that, because at the beginning I thought necrophagist - epitaph more than anything, like usually I don't like comparing songs but I felt the influence almost immediately, however that's just my interpretation.
+Dracei Genét this.. I thought same.
+Dracei Genét I mean he did write most the leads on both those albums so it makes sense. Its kinda like if michael jackson was put into some random boy band and people start saying that group, is too influenced by him.
+Cory Dun (Loon313) This sounds nothing like Beyond Creation...