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/:: Artist :: Heir ::\
:: Album :: Au peuple de l'abεme ::
:: Year :: 2017 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Prod.R.date :: 2017.12.12 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: AO-066 Size :: 78,90 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/heirbm/
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:: 01. Au siΦcle des siΦcles 08:40 ::
:: 02. L'Heure d'Helios 08:53 ::
:: 03. Meltem 07:49 ::
:: 04. L'┬me des foules 06:55 ::
:: 05. Cendres 07:43 ::
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:: Heir is a French five piece that formed in 2015 that has ::
:: previously released an EP and a split with In Cauda Venenum ::
:: and Spectrale, though the band hasn't seemed to garner much ::
:: attention over the past two years. French label, Les Acteurs ::
:: de l'Ombre Productions moved the band over from its imprint ::
:: label, Emanations, who released the split, to the label ::
:: proper for the release of their debut full length, Au Peuple ::
:: de l'Abεme. It's a destructively brilliant blending of ::
:: styles, firmly rooted in the grand traditions of the French ::
:: black metal scene, yet with a thunderous voice all its own. ::
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:: Though the album carries with it a propensity for crushingly ::
:: weighty passages and introspective wandering, it would be a ::
:: stretch to consider Heir a stereotypical example of French ::
:: black metal. Sure, the scene's hallmarks of blazing, black ::
:: metal riffing, monstrous walls of rampant percussion, and ::
:: deep, cavernous growls are there, but Heir brings the almost ::
:: whimsical, post-black metal of recent years into sharp ::
:: focus. Even with this penchant for delving into flowing ::
:: post-black metal, and the passing keyboard background, the ::
:: rhythm section tends to fire away offering at these moments, ::
:: yielding a brief glimpse of melody amid a near-constant rain ::
:: of hellfire. There are a few sections that rein in the ::
:: destruction, in favor of staggering groove and minor key ::
:: melody, like the closing track, but these moments stand in ::
:: defiant contrast to the rest of the album. ::
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:: The overabundance of post-black metal bands in recent years ::
:: has certainly soured my taste for the style, yet Heir is ::
:: able to weave these influences into their sound without ::
:: losing their virility. Honestly, Heir is able to provide an ::
:: endless gauntlet of fiery riffing that is blistering and ::
:: technically proficient. It makes those moments of slow- ::
:: burning, post-infused music that much more poignant, being ::
:: surrounded by bursts of frenetic metal. Though the members ::
:: have yet to be associated with any other acts in the scene, ::
:: their songwriting and delivery is rather mature and seasoned ::
:: in scope; this isn't just some hackneyed noodling or blast ::
:: and destroy type album. ::
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:: Au Peuple de l'Abεme has certainly been one of the biggest ::
:: surprises I've stumbled across this year. Heir takes the ::
:: fire and fury of the modern French black metal scene and ::
:: adds a healthy dose of wandering post-black metal for good ::
:: measure. Imagine, if you will, the likes of Aosoth or ::
:: Merrimack crossed with just a dash of White Ward. Heir have ::
:: given themselves a fine foundation, so it will be exciting ::
:: to see where these guys go from here. ::
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