Pleroma

How this hasn't gotten more attention is just absolutely beyond me. Pleroma is reminiscent of Colors by BTBAM in the sense that it's highly eclectic yet simultaneously extremely cohesive. The composition is incredible, stitching together all sorts of ideas into a smooth and organic flow. Everything this album tries, it's good at. Violins, Saxophone, clean vocals, long instrumental stretches, sub two-minute songs, nearly 20-minute songs... Orgone manage to make them all work ... read more

Really impressive progressive death metal record, mixes softer and harsher moments masterfully for a very moody experience, where the soft and harsh parts can often even be one and the same rather than having a clear softer moment go into a clear harsher moment like often in this kind of music. The biggest example of this being the two-parted opener of Silentum/Approaching Babel, which sets the tone really well. The added instrumental flourishes such as violins or flutes add an extra layer of ... read more