Liturgy

my answer to that admittedly pertinent question is simply 'more'

The glitches are at once awful and so so perfect. They felt a bit gimmicky on Ark Work, and now they feel like an essential part of the style.

lmao from the first track i love it

This one also benefits tremendously from being the correct length for a Liturgy album

as with the ark work i'm kinda loling through every song in a good way

This one also benefits tremendously from being the correct length for a Liturgy album

― Simon H., Wednesday, November 13, 2019 12:19 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Abso-fucking-lutely.

wonder if this album syncs up with end of evangelion

So glad they are still making music. Always seemed like the rest of the band was annoyed with Hunter in interviews and such but they always get back together and make these crazy great albums. id be fine if I never heard the term transcendental black metal ever again but I do love this. Also, Greg is a really good dude who just loves making music and art. New album rules. The first track and the title track are beyond excellent.

Brad otm, this feels equally of that show as The Inalienable Dreamless.

Greg is long gone!

wow. I should have really looked that up. I thought he was still in the band. I take that part back

all of the riffs in "pasaqalia" make me think of emo a lot

I take it all back. Different bass player too. Damn. Didn't realize all of the personnel changes but the music is still great.

much as i love the ark work for being perversely intractable (until you adjust and figure out it’s very catchy), pretty sure this is the populist (as much as it ever could be) masterpiece that also stretches their music way out

Rereading the Transcendental Black Metal manifesto, it's still so so annoying - and kinda racist towards Norwegians - but it honestly makes a lot of sense and explains a lot of what goes into these last few albums. Took ten years, but he delivered on his thoughts, lol.

Ok this is sounding much better with fresh ears

Love all the bell tones

lol this is bespoke lj fodder. Enjoying it so far.

Also it helped to skip the first track, that one is just a lot. Every other track has some kind of unexpected element, or at least a break in the assault.

Nah the first track is great too.

First track is huge, kicks it all off proper.

This record is fucking crazy

I think I love it

Awww no physical release till the end of February.

Definitely AOTY material here, at least for me

This record is zany as hell and probably their best, I'm on board. Dude's vocals are still terrible though, this should've been an instrumental record.

Gargantuan record. One might mistake the operatic flirtations and overcautious 'building up to a climax' for a flaw, but it's done so charmingly, so damn coy, while at the same time being integrated in their sound so very well. The opening notes leading up to the disarming nue of Exaco III and the beginning of the title song, man... Sincerity overrides pretentiousness, again and again. A masterpiece.

^^ my blurb for the AOTY albums poll rollout lol

this slaps

I need to get this.

i was a nonbeliever before this one but this is just really well done

Hunter is a woman

pic.twitter.com/xpaKA5lPy3

— Liturgy (@LITVRGY) May 12, 2020

wow <3 <3 <3

wow, beautiful ;_;

:)

knew this was coming but v glad to see how it's expressed :)

congrats to hunter

Rereading the Transcendental Black Metal manifesto, it's still so so annoying - and kinda racist towards Norwegians

― Frederik B, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:29 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink

you think that's bad? check this vile shit out

http://www.uffdahhh.com/ole---lena-jokes.html

I'm sick of BM bands not getting called out for their anti-Norwegian racism

When is HAQQ being physically released? Still not available here in Germany it seems.

https://liturgy.bandcamp.com/album/origin-of-the-alimonies-2

aaaahhhh

AAAAHHHH

uhhh, wow.

astonishing, beautiful track

Wow

I'm discovering H.A.Q.Q. with great interest. Some people seem to imply there's a "scene" of those black metal records that the genre in the most unconventional directions. Do you have recommendations ?

When the fuck can I buy this on CD? An old man writes.

It seems available in the US, but not in Germany

December release date. It keeps slipping back.

Nabozo: There's no scene as such, the bands that push things forward tend to be on their own.

That said, if you like Liturgy but are not into black metal per se I'd say give Krallice a go, they're similarly overwhelming; Krallice don't have the eclectic influences/instrumentation but the guitars and bass are more technical, complex, and melodic. Years Past Matter is their best record but it might be best to start with the S/T debut.

Oranssi Pazuzu are another band who have crossover appeal, given that they're rooted in black metal but are kind of evil space-rock.

There's also 'A Northern Meadow' by Pyramids, which has almost exclusively sung vocals (rather than screamed/rasped) and is unusually nuanced and brings up conflicting moods, it manages to be somewhat unique despite sounding quite a lot like another band, Blut aus Nord (who are also good but kind of hard to get into in my experience).

Sorry if any of this comes across as condescending, I don't know how familiar you are with any of this stuff!

Relating to Krallice, I'd also really recommend guitarist Mick Barr's solo albums as Octis/Ocrilim and duo albums as Orthrelm as well--they're a bit more of a hybrid btw metal and other repetitive riff-based genres like minimalist classical music and post-hardcore

i have potentially many, many recommendations but it seems important instead to note that the other advance song off the new Liturgy is maybe even crazier than the first