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║ Aegaeon-Age-2018-UTP ║
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║ ARTiST......: Aegaeon ║
║ ALBUM.......: Age ║
║ TYPE........: Digipack ║
║ LABEL.......: Independent ║
║ GENRE.......: Death Metal ║
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║ LANGUAGE....: English SOURCE.....: CDDA ║
║ RiP.DATE....: 06-14-2018 GRABBER....: EAC 1.0beta3 (Secure Mode) ║
║ RETAiL.DATE.: 06-09-2018 ENCODER....: LAME3.98.4 with preset -V0 ║
║ CATALOG.....: n/a QUALiTY....: 247kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo ║
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║ URL.........: http://aegaeon.bandcamp.com/ ║
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║ Age, as an open-ended album title, bears a plethora of ║
║ possibilities. First and foremost, a sense of timelessness-something ║
║ Aegaeon's prior releases have already established, as they've aged ║
║ excellently. Second, a sense of solemn, stoic introspection; again, ║
║ not taken likely by the band's atmospheric, sullen and spacious take ║
║ on progressive deathcore. Third, the fact that it's been a damn age ║
║ since we've heard any new music from the deathcore juggernauts whose ║
║ early music helped define and mold the tastes of many. Put it all ║
║ together and you get something worth being incredibly excited about, ║
║ even if the name doesn't give you much to go off of. Fortunately for ║
║ the listener, Aegaeon have never done anything but deliver, and that ║
║ remains true with their 2018 full-length record, Age. A pummeling, ║
║ pounding display of relentless, riveting aggression broken up by ║
║ ethereal, lofty moments of unease-inducing calm, the group are back ║
║ and better than ever with heaviness that doesn't sacrifice a damned ║
║ thing to pulverize the listener, even as it sounds mature, ║
║ intelligent and carefully crafted as ever. ║
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║ When Aegaeon (likely jokingly) describe themselves as 'depthy ║
║ music', they're really being much more honest than their ║
║ tongue-in-cheek manner might imply. Age is a masterful display of ║
║ murky, grim atmosphere painted with visceral shades of ruthless, ║
║ ravaging intensity. From start to finish, the release steeps the ║
║ listener in heaviness that defies the knee-jerk notion of ║
║ breakdowns, chugs and slams. Percussionist Matthew Paulazzo serves ║
║ as the band's backbone-and where there are breakdowns and heavy ║
║ grooves aplenty, Paulazzo creates a foundation that occurs for so ║
║ much more than that. Songs like 'Ruination' and 'Existence' show off ║
║ the grisly aggression Aegaeon are capable of, but 'Devolve' and ║
║ 'Age' are more multifaceted, wherein Paulazzo combines technically ║
║ savvy fills with careful, mellow work that allows bassist Nick Scott ║
║ and guitarist Sebastian Brown to create the winding, labyrinthine ║
║ and immersive music Aegaeon are synonymous with. The trio are ║
║ tremendously talented and it shows in every track that comprises ║
║ Age, even during the many atmospheric breaks (perhaps too many ║
║ atmospheric breaks given how long the listener has been kept in ║
║ wait, but that's neither here nor there). Brown's fretwork is ║
║ nothing short of dazzling, combining spacey, far-out leads with ║
║ dissonant, gut-busting grooves and breakdowns that make downtempo ║
║ deathcore bands sound like The Wiggles. Meanwhile, Scott's bass adds ║
║ heft, punch and a thick, smooth feel to every groove and lead while ║
║ beefing up the already chunky breakdowns. In fact, beefy might be a ║
║ great way to describe the more straightforward components of ║
║ Age-because while there is a lot more to the release than heaviness, ║
║ when it's at its heaviest, there is damn near nothing that can top ║
║ it. ║
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║ Where Aegaeon's instrumentation is as monstrous as ever, frontman ║
║ Jim Martin follows suit. Martin's voice remains the thundering, ║
║ echoing and immense force that defined the band's earlier works, ║
║ confidently striding the border between catchy and crushing, his ║
║ work throughout Age is nothing short of unstoppable. While every ║
║ song brilliantly displays his booming voice and slick candor, ║
║ 'Existence' kicks the album off with Martin's expertise excellently. ║
║ As Age continues, Martin's roar only gets more and more oppressive, ║
║ constantly wearing down on the listener-but in a good way. While the ║
║ band's instrumentation often takes turns for the ethereal, Martin ║
║ isn't having any of it-his voice remains an anchor, keeping every ║
║ track grounded in a gritty, thick firmament of fury and aggression. ║
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║ Age has been ages in the making, so to say it's worth the wait is ║
║ praise enough-but it's honestly more than worth it. While many ║
║ constituents of the heavy music community might not have been around ║
║ for the band's early efforts, those who remember Aegaeon's debut ║
║ work will rejoice with Age's true-to-form atmospheric, ║
║ progressively-tinted deathcore. Even those who didn't catch the band ║
║ originally will release Age is exactly what they wanted, even if ║
║ they didn't know they wanted it. While it might be a little too ║
║ atmospheric at points, and could do with a couple minutes less ║
║ ambience and more aggression, Age is an awe-inspiring release, and ║
║ nothing can take away from that. ║
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║ FFO: Depths, Oceano, Martyr Defiled, Nexilva ║
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╠═══════════════════════════════[TRACK.LiST]══════════════════════════════╣
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║ 01 (I) Existence 3:10 ║
║ 02 (I) Encounter 2:27 ║
║ 03 (I) Devolve 4:03 ║
║ 04 (I) Ruination 5:02 ║
║ 05 (II) Vision 1:01 ║
║ 06 (II) Void 3:19 ║
║ 07 (II) Silence 4:51 ║
║ 08 (II) Presence 1:11 ║
║ 09 (II) Metamorphosis 8:15 ║
║ 10 (III) Life 3:35 ║
║ 11 (III) Age 5:49 ║
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║ TOTAL SiZE.: 11 Files/80.71MB/42:43 min ║
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