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Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum



8.6 | 197 votes |
Release date: 1996
Style: Symphonic doom metal

Owners:

192 have it
27 want it


01. Des Naechtens Suss' Gedone
02. Somnium Obmutum
03. As Autumn Calls
04. Ode To Solitude

Top 20 albums of 1996: 19

Staff review by
KwonVerge
Rating:
9.0
Estatic Fear hail from Austria, a country with a big history in the world of classical music, and believe me, their ancestors would be proud if they had the chance to listen to their compositions.

When classical music, doom/death metal and folk references came together Estatic Fear were born, harmonizing so beautifully together all these elements in the most appropriate way. Keeping either the bombastic or fragile atmosphere classical music can evoke, but lending it a metal edge in a doom/death metal manner, with grunting vocals and distorted guitar riffing along with some folk passages as well, Estatic Fear managed to form quite a personal sound back in 1996 with their debut album, "Somnium Obmutum".

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published 22.12.2005 | Comments (12)

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26.10.2012 - 01:48
Rating: 9
Druss

Really amazing album, simply cannot stop listening to "Somnium Obmutum" lately in particular, what a song.
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17.08.2016 - 16:15
Rating: 10
cobrapel
Concept One
After 20 years is still very difficult to find an album with same intensisty and atmospheres. Thank you Calix!
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16.10.2016 - 00:14
Rating: 10
Redel

Aaaahhhh! Very overlooked, this album. It is perfect, in my ears -- from beginning to end. It has so many turning points, never gets boring.
Exactly, also hard for me to find sth comparable these days.
This album has kept its place in my Top 5 all-time fav since that day in 1996 when I picked it up.
Their second album is also a hightlight but it doesnt compare to SO at all.
Too bad we didnt get to enjoy more albums by these Austrian guys.
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13.02.2020 - 20:15
Rating: 10
TheRisen8

Thanks to this masterpiece i started appreciating symphonic music more, and now I am listening to other genres too, like neo folk or neo classical which I adore.

Also I created this account just to rate this album here and display my signature with pride.
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"Dreams of sweetest emotion touch my heart and smother my daily suppressed cries, while a vision of beauty, pure and dear inspires me with a glimpse of paradise."

Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
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13.02.2020 - 20:18
Rating: 10
TheRisen8

Written by cobrapel on 17.08.2016 at 16:15

After 20 years is still very difficult to find an album with same intensisty and atmospheres. Thank you Calix!

found many other gems here that i like which share similarities with Somnium Obmutum

https://antonsaysdotcom.livejournal.com/9176.html
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"Dreams of sweetest emotion touch my heart and smother my daily suppressed cries, while a vision of beauty, pure and dear inspires me with a glimpse of paradise."

Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
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13.02.2020 - 23:03
Rating: 10
Redel

Written by TheRisen8 on 13.02.2020 at 20:15

Thanks to this masterpiece


Congratulations, you definitely discovered a masterpiece.
For me it is among the most remarkable opuses in the entire wide spectrum of Metal that I listen to, if not my single most worshipped album of all time.
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10.06.2020 - 18:56
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Tage Westerlund
How can ignore such death/doom classic, its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember , yuou dont forgoit such classic. Grunts, death/doom riffs, female guest vocal parts, marnful melodies , calmer melodies all mix and made in 90's , period of time what mattered, those who lived, will remember
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10.06.2020 - 21:37
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Written by Bad English on 10.06.2020 at 18:56

How can ignore such death/doom classic, its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember , yuou dont forgoit such classic. Grunts, death/doom riffs, female guest vocal parts, marnful melodies , calmer melodies all mix and made in 90's , period of time what mattered, those who lived, will remember

Agree. Pretty overlooked.
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10.06.2020 - 23:07
Rating: 10
Redel

Written by Bad English on 10.06.2020 at 18:56

How can ignore such death/doom classic, its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember , yuou dont forgoit such classic. Grunts, death/doom riffs, female guest vocal parts, marnful melodies , calmer melodies all mix and made in 90's , period of time what mattered, those who lived, will remember


Agreed with almost each word here.
Except for: "its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember"
I am not so sure that everybody knows this, owns a copy of it and will always remember it (if I understood correctly).
I rather consider it pretty overlooked.
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11.06.2020 - 12:12
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Redel on 10.06.2020 at 23:07

Written by Bad English on 10.06.2020 at 18:56

How can ignore such death/doom classic, its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember , yuou dont forgoit such classic. Grunts, death/doom riffs, female guest vocal parts, marnful melodies , calmer melodies all mix and made in 90's , period of time what mattered, those who lived, will remember


Agreed with almost each word here.
Except for: "its one of those what all know, all have and all will remember"
I am not so sure that everybody knows this, owns a copy of it and will always remember it (if I understood correctly).
I rather consider it pretty overlooked.

If you lives as adult or even Teenager in that period you will understand what i mean
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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11.06.2020 - 13:40
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by Bad English on 11.06.2020 at 12:12

If you lives as adult or even Teenager in that period you will understand what i mean

You were 11 years old when this album got released, right?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but where in the world are eleven-year-olds considered to be teenagers, let alone adults?
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11.06.2020 - 14:13
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Written by Starvynth on 11.06.2020 at 13:40

but where in the world are eleven-year-olds considered to be teenagers

Technically teenager means that your age is something with ten. Hence 11 would count.
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One day there will be no heart at all?
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11.06.2020 - 14:19
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by RaduP on 11.06.2020 at 14:13

Technically teenager means that your age is something with ten. Hence 11 would count.

Nope.
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11.06.2020 - 14:33
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Written by Starvynth on 11.06.2020 at 14:19

Written by RaduP on 11.06.2020 at 14:13

Technically teenager means that your age is something with ten. Hence 11 would count.

Nope.

Understandable
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One day there will be no heart at all?
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11.06.2020 - 15:59
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Starvynth on 11.06.2020 at 13:40

Written by Bad English on 11.06.2020 at 12:12

If you lives as adult or even Teenager in that period you will understand what i mean

You were 11 years old when this album got released, right?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but where in the world are eleven-year-olds considered to be teenagers, let alone adults?


I was born 85. Well Yes, but still i remember How all was before i net whit tape trading and How hard was get music and its value. I bought this album from friends friend in 98 few days about Zidane head job against yellow ones. But i apriciate ir in 00 01
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Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!

Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
apos;'
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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11.06.2020 - 16:55
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by Bad English on 11.06.2020 at 15:59

I bought this album from friends friend in 98 few days about Zidane head job against yellow ones.

Offtopic as f#ck, but let me just say one last thing: I clearly remember Zidane's two headed goals but I fail to remember him giving any member of La Seleção a head job.
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22.08.2022 - 03:33
Rating: 9
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Redel on 16.10.2016 at 00:14

Aaaahhhh! Very overlooked, this album. It is perfect, in my ears -- from beginning to end. It has so many turning points, never gets boring.
Exactly, also hard for me to find sth comparable these days.
This album has kept its place in my Top 5 all-time fav since that day in 1996 when I picked it up.
Their second album is also a hightlight but it doesnt compare to SO at all.
Too bad we didnt get to enjoy more albums by these Austrian guys.

What beautiful music! Having now finally listened to it, I understand why this is one of your all-time favorites. Totally epic, melancholic, and divine!

I'm really liking this style of gothic/doom (I'm somehow reminded of my instant affinity for Virgin Black's debut).
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22.08.2022 - 08:43
Rating: 10
Redel

Written by F3ynman2000 on 22.08.2022 at 03:33

What beautiful music! Having now finally listened to it, I understand why this is one of your all-time favorites. Totally epic, melancholic, and divine!

I'm really liking this style of gothic/doom (I'm somehow reminded of my instant affinity for Virgin Black's debut).

Great! I see it is in your Currently Listening... list. Keep on digging it, it is worth it.
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