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Track List
01) Lend Me the Eyes of Millennia
02) Arcana Imperii
03) Sámr
04) One Less Enemy
05) Where You Are Lost and I Belong
06) In Rites of Passage
07) Marble Soul
08) Twin Black Angels
09) Wake
01) Lend Me the Eyes of Millennia
02) Arcana Imperii
03) Sámr
04) One Less Enemy
05) Where You Are Lost and I Belong
06) In Rites of Passage
07) Marble Soul
08) Twin Black Angels
09) Wake
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2018
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"Ámr" is the seventh studio album by Norwegian progressive metal artist Ihsahn. The album was released on 4th May 2018 on the Candlelight label.
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Building on Arktis.’ use of 80’s synth, Àmr is one of Ihsahn‘s darkest albums in recent memory, but often not typically so, relying increasingly on those insistent electronics to emphasize emotion. In fact, the inclusion of three pseudo-ballads are very much where the heart of the songwriting lies. “Sàmr” and “Where You are Lost and I Belong” deal in electro-enhanced balladry and uneasy atmosphere respectively, the former responsible for a colossal chorus. The classic rhythms of the album’s predecessor have been further melted down and re-forged into a distinctly radio-friendly compound – as such, “Twin Black Angels” is as retro as they come with a chorus riff and guitar tone that absolutely belongs on a Night Flight Orchestra record. While these inclusions may serve to be divisive – an issue I suspect Ihsahn is entirely ambivalent about – they only cement his skill as a songwriter.
Progressive by nature and very much by design, Àmr, albeit subtly, acts as something of a career retrospective, conspiring to both unite and progress Ihsahn‘s ever-changing body of work whilst maintaining his lofty compositional standards. The album’s shifting genre-play reflects its author’s approach to music, never backing down from a challenge to broaden any and all horizons yet still tempted with that petulant urge to set them alight. Undoubtedly, Àmr is one of the strongest entries in Ihsahn‘s solo discography for quite some time, and while not perfect, the material’s burgeoning creativity and lack of any apology for it, is just about the best example of black metal’s malcontent this side of the nightside eclipse. Recommended for the black wizards with the cosmic keys to an open mind.
Reviewed by Ferrous Beuller for angrymetalguy.com.
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"Ámr" is the seventh studio album by Norwegian progressive metal artist Ihsahn. The album was released on 4th May 2018 on the Candlelight label.
User Album Review
Building on Arktis.’ use of 80’s synth, Àmr is one of Ihsahn‘s darkest albums in recent memory, but often not typically so, relying increasingly on those insistent electronics to emphasize emotion. In fact, the inclusion of three pseudo-ballads are very much where the heart of the songwriting lies. “Sàmr” and “Where You are Lost and I Belong” deal in electro-enhanced balladry and uneasy atmosphere respectively, the former responsible for a colossal chorus. The classic rhythms of the album’s predecessor have been further melted down and re-forged into a distinctly radio-friendly compound – as such, “Twin Black Angels” is as retro as they come with a chorus riff and guitar tone that absolutely belongs on a Night Flight Orchestra record. While these inclusions may serve to be divisive – an issue I suspect Ihsahn is entirely ambivalent about – they only cement his skill as a songwriter.
Progressive by nature and very much by design, Àmr, albeit subtly, acts as something of a career retrospective, conspiring to both unite and progress Ihsahn‘s ever-changing body of work whilst maintaining his lofty compositional standards. The album’s shifting genre-play reflects its author’s approach to music, never backing down from a challenge to broaden any and all horizons yet still tempted with that petulant urge to set them alight. Undoubtedly, Àmr is one of the strongest entries in Ihsahn‘s solo discography for quite some time, and while not perfect, the material’s burgeoning creativity and lack of any apology for it, is just about the best example of black metal’s malcontent this side of the nightside eclipse. Recommended for the black wizards with the cosmic keys to an open mind.
Reviewed by Ferrous Beuller for angrymetalguy.com.
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