Origin of the Alimonies
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CRITIC REVIEWS
90
Hunt-Hendrix cares about everything – the state of black metal, the nature of the universe, the meaning of life… the whole shebang. You can hear the size of her thoughts and desires on this truly stunning record, this genuine opera.
3mo
85
This is how Liturgy were always destined to end up – producing a work of such complete and utter, bewildering wonderment. But nobody expected it to be this good.
3mo
80
Liturgy's latest is a metaphysical big bang, turning Hunter Hunt-Hendrix's theological philosophy into a multifaceted experimental metal opera.
3mo
80
There is no better branding for Origin of the Alimonies than operatic. It’s a titanic work that runs just under 40 minutes and is frightening in its originality.
3mo
78
The black metal firebrands achieve a rapturous synthesis of Hunter Hunt-Hendrix’s philosophical pontifications and musical obsessions.
2mo
70
The quieter moments on Origin are far from delicate. This is a story of pain, transformation, redemption and love.
3mo
Late into last year, Liturgy came through with a late contender for the decade’s best black metal record. That record saw Liturgy take us through this black metal odyssey that sounded like the soundtrack to the apocalypse. Incredibly hyper and loud riffs alongside some blood-curdling vocals landed all across that project. The whole thing felt like it was telling a story with its crushing guitars and glitch-infused elements. The reason why I’m talking so much about H.A.Q.Q. is ... read more
I don't really know what to make of the new Liturgy album 'Origin of the Alimonies', on one hand I can respect what this album tries to achieve with its avant-garde nature, there are some pretty solid moments in its tracklist and all in all it sounds good, but a lot of this just seems like a forced aesthetic, by that I mean it's avant-garde for the sake of being avant-garde. Not much of what Liturgy does on here really sticks with me and it feels like monotony to the next degree, it mostly ... read more
Uh... hmmm. Yeah... hmmmmmmmmm.
Yeah, I'm not too sure how to feel about this one. I've heard a lot about Liturgy these past couple of years, with their insanely popular HAQQ coming out last year and taking the music community by storm. I still need to check that thing out, but after listening to this, I'm not sure I want to... while I did enjoy some of the ideas present here, man this was a hard listen, and I usually don't feel that way about stuff like this. Take Xiu Xiu's Girl With Basket ... read more
Yeah, I'm not too sure how to feel about this one. I've heard a lot about Liturgy these past couple of years, with their insanely popular HAQQ coming out last year and taking the music community by storm. I still need to check that thing out, but after listening to this, I'm not sure I want to... while I did enjoy some of the ideas present here, man this was a hard listen, and I usually don't feel that way about stuff like this. Take Xiu Xiu's Girl With Basket ... read more
Liturgy return just a year after H.A.Q.Q. with Origin of the Alimonies, which from what I can gather is their most varied, strange and overall least constrained album to date. There is just so much stuff going on in this album; flutes, strings, trumpets, random glitch effects, TRAP BEATS; it's an interesting album more than anything. Just by looking at the tags this band's been given they sound like something I'd love, but for some reason out of what I've heard I haven't been able to get into ... read more
i’ve never heard anything like this.
there are no lyrics. instead, inaudible screams are pure energy for the music to feed off of.
the main highlight to me is the drumming. honorable mention to the song-craftsmanship and combinations of sounds used; however, the drumming is central to the music, as rhythm carries the tunes.
the music contains these peaceful aspects such as harps, horns, soft piano, piercing/swelling orchestration, etc.
there are also complexities, such as the glitch ... read more
there are no lyrics. instead, inaudible screams are pure energy for the music to feed off of.
the main highlight to me is the drumming. honorable mention to the song-craftsmanship and combinations of sounds used; however, the drumming is central to the music, as rhythm carries the tunes.
the music contains these peaceful aspects such as harps, horns, soft piano, piercing/swelling orchestration, etc.
there are also complexities, such as the glitch ... read more
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Track List
- The Seperation of HAQQ from HAEL
- OIOION's Birth
- Lonely OIOION
- The Fall of SHIEYMN
- SIHEYMN's Lament
- Apparition of the Eternal Church
- The Armistice
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Added on: October 21, 2020