Solitvdo

[Eoin McLove]

I checked out this band's new album,  Hegemonikon, on the back of seeing a tshirt design that really caught my attention. Always judge a book by its cover, as a wise man once said. My word, it is exceptional stuff. Essentially modern aggressive black metal but given added depth and strength by the wonderful use of keyboards. It's a cliché these days to say that certain BM tropes have an air of the nostalgic, but in this case it's true. The effect of the trumpet sounds adds a soaring, epic and triumphant quality to all that. And most importantly, the song writing is powerful and catchy. Man, I feel a new obsession growing. He has a heap of releases out but I think I'll enjoy this one for a bit before jumping backwards because I'm always in danger of overloading my senses, doing the dog on it with bands I like and then getting fed up with them.

https://youtu.be/ejFQAXO0xgw

Oops. Link fixed.

[blessed1]

Ya that's a great album. There's a ton of stuff going on underneath it all as well which I like.
It's a just a tad bit short.

[Eoin McLove]

Short is OK by me once the music has substance I'll have to grab the CD (and snazzy tshirt) and play it through good speakers.

[CorkonianHunger]

Riffs are really cool on this.

[Caomhaoin]

Wasn't sure about the keys and brass at first, but it's growing on me. Good find.

[Eoin McLove]

The keys, and especially the brass, is what makes it I think. The vocals sound similar to Circle of Dawn as well.

[Eoin McLove]

I returned to this this evening and it's great stuff. Going to fire in an order tomorrow methinks 

[The Butcher]

10 minutes in and yes this is excellent, need to find some time to listen to the rest but it's right up my alley