This is Gaerea at their most vulnerable and fragile emotionally but strongest musically, not just reaching but exceeding everyone’s hopes and leaving your heart shattered in the best possible way.
Coma finds Gaerea at the top of its game, delivering a black metal utterly unique and compelling.
Coma offers up plenty of the weapons-grade, baroquely dynamic, inky venom, awash in the melodic charge responsible for the popularity explosion of its predecessors ... But at times, their exploration of sounds, moods and tones presents as willy-nilly and dilutes the album’s overall impact.
Is 2024 one of the best years for music ever? Yes, at least for me it is. Did every band ever just decide to release peak this year or what๐ญ. I haven't gotten a break because of the amount of new releases this year alone i swear
Once again, GAEREA delivers in style. The band has become one of the most refined and recognized representatives of modern black metal. Still signed with Season of Mist, the Portuguese group is incredibly well-honed, knowing exactly how to develop and enrich their compositions to make them epic, dynamic, and full of diverse sensations—all without dragging on! *Coma* contains 10 tracks, yet only totals 51 minutes, averaging 5 minutes per track. The album kicks off powerfully, leaving no ... read more
Gaerea é uma banda que estava no meu radar já fazia um bom tempo, citada por muitos como o ‘’a melhor e superior versão do Sleep Token’’ entre outras palavras que degeneram a excelente banda e desta vez focando apenas em Gaerea e em que o seu material é capaz de oferecer, o que ouvi em ‘’Coma’’ é um trabalho realmente intrigante, que parece evoluir e melhorar a cada nova ouvida que você dá, sua ... read more
A clever fusion of post-black metal, blackgaze and post-metal with some metalcore influence?
I really like the lyrics and the image the band created of themselves. No filth, occultism or satanism, just pure emotional suffering and introspection. It's no wonder that Gaerea stood out from the rest of the BM scene.
FAVORITE: The Poet's Ballet, Wilted Flower, Unknown.
| 1 | The Poet's Ballet 7:39 | 85 |
| 2 | Hope Shatters 4:05 | 86 |
| 3 | Suspended 5:02 | 85 |
| 4 | World Ablaze 3:29 | 84 |
| 5 | Coma 5:19 | 85 |
| 6 | Wilted Flower 5:50 | 83 |
| 7 | Reborn 3:51 | 79 |
| 8 | Shapeshifter 6:24 | 79 |
| 9 | Unknown 4:24 | 85 |
| 10 | Kingdom of Thorns 4:45 | 86 |