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Monday, May 14, 2012

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I (2012)


Ne Obliviscaris
Album:  Portal of I
Genre:  Progressive/Melodic/Symphonic Black/Death Metal

Track Listing:
1. Tapestry Of The Starless Abstract
2. Xenoflux
3. Of The Leper Butterflies
4. Forget Not
5. And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope
6. As Icicles Fall
7. Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise

Preview:  “Xenoflux”

God damn.  I don’t even really like black metal, and this is pretty amazing.  Maybe because it’s light on many of the usual black metal elements and concentrates a little more on death/progressive metal?  Anyways, a few of the guys in Ovid’s Withering, John from Oscillator, and Magero of Slice the Cake (who cites NO as one of his greatest musical influences and a reason for the existence of Slice the Cake’s latest album),  seem to agree – Ne Obliviscaris has created one of the best albums of 2012 so far.  “Portal of I” is a monstrous hour-plus musical journey which takes you through soundscapes of a variety of death, black, progressive, folk, orchestral, and technical metal genres with a tendency towards a symphonic deathy-type atmosphere without actually being symphonic death – there’s lots of subtle piano parts and just oodles upon oodles of other shit going on…and I don’t know, you just have to experience it yourself!  There’s so many layers, it’s impossible to describe.

6 comments:

  1. these guys always blow me away

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  2. I loved the violin parts, it blended in beautifully. A great album

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  3. This album is seriously amazing and very well composed, absolutely love it. Even the songs are really long I find myself listening to all of it because it stays interesting

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  4. Who is NO? Ive seen the name thrown around a couple times, and I can't find a thing on it. Thanks in advance! :)

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  5. Been an ass for neglecting this for a long time and now i cant believe what iam hearing .......... cant think of a more satisfying listen right now. 5/5 EPIC

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