01. Ghouls Of Nineveh 02. Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin 03. Sacred Geometry 04. The Magickan And The Drones 05. Mystics Of The Pillar 06. When Halos Of Candles Collide 07. Defeating The Giants 08. Illumination - The Face Of Shamash 09. Negative Theology 10. A Greater Chain Of Being 11. The Epigenesis
The Epigenesis marks the first we've heard from the Sultans of Sumerian Sonic Slaughter since Emissaries was released four years ago. The band continues pretty much where they left off, playing what is basically at it's core midpaced melodic black metal.
Melodic black metal. Ho-hum. Don't we see enough of this?
The masters of modern Mesopotamian melodic black are back. Epigensis sees Melechesh continuing to put their stamp on melodic bm by incorporating all sorts of exotic scales and instrumentation foreign to many western ears. All the exotic is piled on to a solid foundation of pounding drums, sneering vocals and ripping riffs to create an album that definitely stands apart from and above the crowd.
Finally get it! nice!!! but still emissaries is better than this
The fact is albums like Emissaries increase exceptions, but you must consider that that was a masterpiece and they cannot achieve to compose an album like that every time they release an album.
Anyway, listened to it once, more sounds like Sphynx to me. Didn't catch me like Emissaries did for first time, but for sure I'll try it more. Maybe I found something in it.
With my first listen of this I am really not blown away. Perhaps I should just wait for my physical copy before I listen again to get the best quality.
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As with every melechesh album, my first few listens dont blow me away. But after listening and listening, i love them. Seems like the best albums are the ones that i dont dig at first. Theres alot going on this album, cant wait to hear it more and more
I still need to digest this more, but it's a huge step down from Emissaries. The songs are just way too long - I find myself looking over at my CD player display while I'm driving for almost every track wondering why it got boring, and I do it every time at the 5 minute mark. Shorter versions of most songs would make this much better
Shorter versions of most songs would make this much better.
I agree, but only in the two instrumental songs ("When Halos Of Candles Collide" and "A Greater Chain Of Being"), too long, and besides they are two songs of the same style, for me, two songs in this way in one album can be a bit tedious. On the other hand, it is good folk, and between these two i prefer "A Greater Chain Of Being".
I had no problem with the instrumental lengths, but pretty much the entire first half of the album is too drawn out (especially the first song), except for maybe that one really fast song.
The best "long album" of 2010 (ie over 70 minutes). All the songs just flow very well and they are fairly solid for the most part...a couple in the middle are inferior, but the first four or five songs in the beginning and the last few towards the end are just beyond impressive. This was my first experience with Melechesh and I guarantee it will not be my last. Belongs in my top 10, that's for sure. No way it's beating Shining [NOR] or Alcest, but it's a damn good record.
This was my first experience with Melechesh and I guarantee it will not be my last.
Yeah, to me it also was my first experience, try with "Sphinx" and "Emissaries", you will be impressed =) , specially with "Emissaries" (their best record), but "Sphinx" is tremendous too.