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Ea - A Etilla



7.3 | 33 votes |
Release date: 13 January 2014
Style: Funeral doom metal

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01. A Etilla

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The first 100 copies of the album come as a strictly limited digipack.

Returning in full force with the band's distinct signature, A Etilla is a massive journey through a single slab of sorrowful doom landscapes. Builds up great in its pacing, and strikes an excellent balance between dark melodies and an entrancing ambient touch.

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14.01.2014 - 14:22
!J.O.O.E.!
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Ominous?! That's one word I would never use to describe Ea, or dark. Far too warm and floaty for that
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14.01.2014 - 14:26
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Oh God not another generic fluffy warm a dime a dozen funeral doom album by Ea.

Like JOOE says ominous is the last word I'd associate with Ea. As would dark be. This is about as funeral doom light as Shape Of Despair, I'd even dare say this is lighter stuff than Shape Of Despair.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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14.01.2014 - 16:10
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
A bit of a step behind Au Ellai, but still offers exactly what you'd expect from an Ea release. Slow and sorrowful while easy to digest.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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14.01.2014 - 19:32
Rating: 7
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Nothing special. Au Ellai is way better.
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15.01.2014 - 01:40
Rating: 7
Chobo_jokeR

Listened to it today at work. I'll give it a second spin, but there was certainly nothing wrong with the album. It's very light, but it was exactly what I expected it to be.
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16.01.2014 - 15:53
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Troy Killjoy on 14.01.2014 at 16:10

Slow and sorrowful

What would thus be "dark" and "ominous" by my interpretation. Apparently those labels rustled some panties, however
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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16.01.2014 - 15:57
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Auntie Sahar on 16.01.2014 at 15:53

Written by Troy Killjoy on 14.01.2014 at 16:10

Slow and sorrowful

What would thus be "dark" and "ominous" by my interpretation. Apparently those labels rustled some panties, however

But slow and sorrowful are not synonyms of dark and ominous
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16.01.2014 - 16:21
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Guest on 16.01.2014 at 15:57

Written by Auntie Sahar on 16.01.2014 at 15:53

Written by Troy Killjoy on 14.01.2014 at 16:10

Slow and sorrowful

What would thus be "dark" and "ominous" by my interpretation. Apparently those labels rustled some panties, however

But slow and sorrowful are not synonyms of dark and ominous

Never said they were, but it's that slow and sorrowful pacing of the music that, to my ears, creates a dark and ominous atmosphere. I know we can compare Ea to Evoken, Tyranny, Wormphlegm, etc. and say that in contrast they sound like wandering through a field of dandelions, but taking this release as itself, that's what I hear.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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17.01.2014 - 18:02
Ornusashas

Dude, awesome awesome awesome
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17.03.2014 - 18:48
Rating: 7
Erik M.

Not bad, but I'm not that intrigued by this album. I might not even give this more spins.
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03.05.2014 - 19:09
Rating: 7
Erik M.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.01.2014 at 14:26

Oh God not another generic fluffy warm a dime a dozen funeral doom album by Ea.

Like JOOE says ominous is the last word I'd associate with Ea. As would dark be. This is about as funeral doom light as Shape Of Despair, I'd even dare say this is lighter stuff than Shape Of Despair.


Your friend Pim from Officium Triste gave it a 85/100 on Lords of Metal though.
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03.05.2014 - 19:50
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Erik M. on 03.05.2014 at 19:09

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.01.2014 at 14:26

Oh God not another generic fluffy warm a dime a dozen funeral doom album by Ea.

Like JOOE says ominous is the last word I'd associate with Ea. As would dark be. This is about as funeral doom light as Shape Of Despair, I'd even dare say this is lighter stuff than Shape Of Despair.


Your friend Pim from Officium Triste gave it a 85/100 on Lords of Metal though.


So?
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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04.05.2014 - 00:38
Rating: 7
Erik M.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.05.2014 at 19:50

So?


Good point.
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15.02.2019 - 22:18
Amin

Masterpiece
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