Album Rating: 4.0

I jammed the previous EP which is essentially a concise intro to this (caught me unawares - yeah I don’t pay much attention to track names, lol) and hmm it was tasty, definitely whetted the appetite for another full run here when I have the opportunity

The previous album is still sinking in but seems to have some great moments too

Album Rating: 4.0

Haelegen II is insane, enjoyed it a lot on revisiting. Disc 1 is going pretty hard overall in fact

Album Rating: 4.0

t/t coming in strong with some post-metal influence I swear, which is so seldom a negative. Very nice

Album Rating: 4.5

It’s such a dense album fs. Defo post metal shenanigans, some djents, all nonsense and fun

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, I think expanding upon all her previous elements into this excessive progressive package is surprisingly logical once you digest it

Considering how reliant certain parts of her music is on repetition (H.A.A.Q went all out on the totalism influence), this is a wonderfully executed change-up that retains those elements but expands upon them massively. Origin as a ‘bridge’ makes a lot of sense too, when I think about

More chamber, choral and glitch elements in BM please. Shit rules

Album Rating: 4.0

one year (+) bump hmm

god the t/t is superb but it is A LOT (even for the ridiculousness of this album) to have a mere 6 minute ish break before another behemoth in Antigone II. The pacing is generally absurdly well executed considering how unwieldy it should be, but my word. Kinda wish this was marginally shorter as much as I do still enjoy it massively. Dejennaration is fantastic too.

Good music. Agreed too long tho.

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah, kinda like my comments (no further analysis / dissection?)

Honestly would need to revisit it to give a detailed or even meaningful analysis, so I suppose that fact in and of itself might be a little telling. It hasn’t stuck with me the way HAQQ has and even though I (claim to) prefer this over ALIMONIES, I can actually hear/remember what ALIMONIES sounds like more clearly in my head than this one, too. I do recall, however, that that was my general consensus though: some absolutely amazing (top tier Liturgy) tracks spread just a tad too thin by a rather unwieldy run time. Will try to get around to it again soon.

How'd I miss this for three years. Goes hard.

Pretty sure that's adagio for strings in Haelegen II around 5:40. WHAT A HACK

Album Rating: 3.0

Cookout has really great milkshakes, yeah

Maybe i need to give this band another whirl

Album Rating: 3.0

It's kinda pretentious, and anti-metal in a way. I can see why it is very divisive.

How does this rank among Liturgy’s discog for you, Cyg?

Album Rating: 4.0

it's definitely pretentious but you don't have to engage with the wacky narrative surrounding it - I just like the way it sounds. And yes, certainly not a very 'metal' metal album in the way it uses uncommon influences (chamber, glitch, totalism etc.) - even structurally, conceptually, it appears to have quite different goals to almost any metal I've heard (and this almost always ends up being a good thing)

Album Rating: 3.0

They're all pretty good, I find that I very slightly prefer each of the newer ones over the older ones so this over HAQQ over Ark Work, but I haven't heard the others. They're all quite "dense" listening, if that makes sense.