AEON ARCANUM — Monuments (review)

AEON ARCANUM — Monuments album cover Album · 2011 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Monuments" is the debut full-length studio album by Macedonian death metal act Aeon Arcanum. The album was released through Alatir Promotions in October 2011.

The music on "Monuments" is death metal with some occasionally semi-progressive ideas and a great flair for melody. But that´s actually not what I thought upon listening to the first track on the album called "Dyshoria". "Dyshoria" is a full blown melodic doom/death metal track and while there are certainly other heavy doomy riffs on the album that track does set itself apart from the rest of the tracks on the album. Fortunately Aeon Arcanum are not a one-trick pony and they master all styles they explore on the album. Melodic lead guitar themes play a big role in Aeon Arcanum´s music. The leads are melancholic and darkly beautiful. The rythm section is really well playing and make quite a few shifs in the tracks, from doomy slow beats to blast beats. The growling vocals are convincing and well executed.

upon conclusion "Monuments" is a very impressive debut album by Aeon Arcanum. The songwriting is generally on a very high quality level, the musicianship are excellent and the delivery convincing. The only issue here is the sound production, or more precisely the drum production, which has an artificial digital sound that doesn´t suit the rest of the music very well. Still this is a quality release fully deserving a 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating.
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