01. The Promise Of Snakes 02. Million Year Summer 03. The Resonance Of Goodbye 04. We All Die Laughing 05. Dying In A-Minor 06. Weighing Souls With Sand 07. Mouvement - World Deafening Eclipse 08. Burning In The Undertow Of God 09. Mouvement - The Smoke Of Her Burning 10. How To Build A Time Machine [bonus] 11. Sleepwritten [bonus]
This review is dedicated to the late K. Angylus, mastermind of The Angelic Process and husband of M. Dragynfly, may he rest in peace.
Overwhelming. That is what this The Angelic Process are. Nothing more, nothing less. Almost everything around this band is completely oblivious to me: why I even bought it in the first place, how long they have been around, where they are from. And frankly, I don't even care. My usual unsatisfiable hunger for information has been laid to rest for a while, at least until that which is Weighing Souls With Sand is fully digested.
This week we commemorate the passing of The Angelic Process mastermind K. Angylus, who died two years ago. As a tribute, this staff pick is dedicated to one of the most phenomenal albums ever recorded. Weighing Souls With Sand is nothing short of a masterpiece. Period.
What is going on here? I'm not going to rate this because I didn't like it at all when I heard it. This overly distorted music is almost unlistenable for me.
What is going on here? I'm not going to rate this because I didn't like it at all when I heard it. This overly distorted music is almost unlistenable for me.
I know but give some more time and be patient and I assure you'll get rewarded.
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He who is not bold enough
to be stared at from across the abyss
is not bold enough
to stare into it himself.
This is one of the four albums that has ever made me cry. That alone warrants a 10, but the pure innovation, emotion, musicianship, and production mastery poured into this quite literally necessitates it. Among my five favorite albums of all time, and really the best thing to listen to when in a state of emotional distress. Every time I listen to this I am stunned
This is one of the four albums that has ever made me cry.
Just curious, what are the other ones?
Why do I keep track of this shit, but here: Gris - Il Etait Une Foret, Agalloch - The Mantle, Arcana Coelestia - Le Mirage De L'Ideal. Keep in mind that was during a pretty shit point of my life, so depressive music resonated rather deeply with me.
Why do I keep track of this shit, but here: Gris - Il Etait Une Foret, Agalloch - The Mantle, Arcana Coelestia - Le Mirage De L'Ideal. Keep in mind that was during a pretty shit point of my life, so depressive music resonated rather deeply with me.
That's okay, I was mostly asking to get some recommendations that might be similarly emotional to this. Sadly, I already know all of these and I don't think any of them could have the same effect on me that they had on you. They're all good albums though.
Why do I keep track of this shit, but here: Gris - Il Etait Une Foret, Agalloch - The Mantle, Arcana Coelestia - Le Mirage De L'Ideal. Keep in mind that was during a pretty shit point of my life, so depressive music resonated rather deeply with me.
That's okay, I was mostly asking to get some recommendations that might be similarly emotional to this. Sadly, I already know all of these and I don't think any of them could have the same effect on me that they had on you. They're all good albums though.
Maybe you shouldntry Seirom then. IMO the closest thing in terms of atmosphere and feeling to tAP.
Maybe you shouldntry Seirom then. IMO the closest thing in terms of atmosphere and feeling to tAP.
Recently listened to almost all of Mories' stuff, Seirom doesn't even come close to this for me. The man is much better at fucked up, dark, twisted, nightmarish music. Thanks for the suggestion though, I can see the connection, it just wasn't as interesting for me.
Maybe you shouldntry Seirom then. IMO the closest thing in terms of atmosphere and feeling to tAP.
Woah, thanks for the rec. I love this shit, never heard about them before. Indeed, very close to tAP in style and feeling, though more on the ambient side and less desparate energy. I don't know why this should be compared to Mories, there's nothing dark or twisted about tAP either.
But yeah, this album. Not the greatest album ever, but it's certainly the rawest emotional experience I get from music. Every time it teases me out, plucking at my exposed nerves. Or whatever. It's not pure musical genius and mastery (it is somewhat crude), but it has such a sincere purity of vision.
Maybe you shouldntry Seirom then. IMO the closest thing in terms of atmosphere and feeling to tAP.
Woah, thanks for the rec. I love this shit, never heard about them before. Indeed, very close to tAP in style and feeling, though more on the ambient side and less desparate energy. I don't know why this should be compared to Mories, there's nothing dark or twisted about tAP either.
But yeah, this album. Not the greatest album ever, but it's certainly the rawest emotional experience I get from music. Every time it teases me out, plucking at my exposed nerves. Or whatever. It's not pure musical genius and mastery (it is somewhat crude), but it has such a sincere purity of vision.
Cheers man. And yeah, as karlo said, seirom is a side project of Mories. He does it to cheer himself up from the regular fucked up stuff he does in his other bands. Makes him more of a genius, qnd yet another reason for us fanboys to adore him.
I went for two weeks of Seirom/tAP circle earlier this year and love them both.
Woah, thanks for the rec. I love this shit, never heard about them before. Indeed, very close to tAP in style and feeling, though more on the ambient side and less desparate energy. I don't know why this should be compared to Mories, there's nothing dark or twisted about tAP either.
But yeah, this album. Not the greatest album ever, but it's certainly the rawest emotional experience I get from music. Every time it teases me out, plucking at my exposed nerves. Or whatever. It's not pure musical genius and mastery (it is somewhat crude), but it has such a sincere purity of vision.
Cheers man. And yeah, as karlo said, seirom is a side project of Mories. He does it to cheer himself up from the regular fucked up stuff he does in his other bands. Makes him more of a genius, qnd yet another reason for us fanboys to adore him.
I went for two weeks of Seirom/tAP circle earlier this year and love them both.
Ooh I see. Figures he has yet another project I don't know about. It was phrased strangely, "I am looking for something like The Angelic Process but I don't like this stuff because it isn't as dark and twisted as Mories", but it makes more sense now.
Mories I imagine listens to a lot of music. He clearly understands modern music in its various obscure forms and his genius, if we want to call it that, lies in successfully adopting whatever style he sets himself to do (with some personal spin on it, of course). I don't think Seirom would exist without tAP and Nadja. I am not sure if, for me, he's ever quite reached the peak of whatever style he does, though. Always consistently good or great, never quite brilliant.
Ooh I see. Figures he has yet another project I don't know about. It was phrased strangely, "I am looking for something like The Angelic Process but I don't like this stuff because it isn't as dark and twisted as Mories", but it makes more sense now.
I just mentioned Mories to indicate that I had listened to Seirom. The fact that I feel he's better at dark stuff was just sort of thrown in there to express that I didn't like it too much.
Also, just to be clear, I actually never intended to ask for something that sounds like The Angelic Process, just something that has a similar effect on people. But I guess that was phrased strangely as well. Hope I got all this clarified now
Nadja are a bitch to tackle. I still have no idea about half their albums. But this is a pretty good place to get started for something aTP-esque and darker: