![]() A curveball that really makes the album for me.Īhead of the release of her new, tenth album (which I’ve not got round to yet), Björk started a podcast going through her albums in order and explaining the sounds and circumstances surrounding each, helping me to fully realise my true form as an adorer of both her music and her Icelandic speaking accent. Well, throw that idea out the window when you get to this closing track on their new album Evidence of Immortality: it’s a 14-minute instrumental track that is part drone metal and part 80s-horror-soundtrack, driven by some big synth leads. ![]() I have often stated my controversial opinion that Conan are the best doom band, but whilst there are subtle yet important differences between all their albums, you usually pretty much know what you’re getting with a Conan record. ![]() ![]() Crushing in all the best ways without being inaccessible. Genre-wise it’s more in Thou’s doomy ballpark, but Mizmor’s black metal tendencies influence things to make them even more nasty, counterbalancing the monolithic, melodic riffs very nicely. Whilst I do really like both of these artists, I somehow wasn’t expecting their collaboration to be as good as it is, and sometimes middling expectations really work in your favour – Myopia is in contention for my AOTY now.
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