Monday, April 21, 2025

Entry 1105 - Mgla - Age of Excuse


Style: Hypnotic black metal

Primary Emotions/Themes: All things evolve, as simple as the band once was they now have evolved and matured their style to near perfection

Thoughts: Ever since their second album Mgla has played a consistent style. Some albums are better than others, but the formula has remained the same: create excellent music through as few riffs as possible. Repeat those riffs for minutes on end and draw the listener into a trance.

Age of Excuse continues on these very principles. The album is obviously more mature than the early works as the band has now had nearly a decade to perfect their art... but the core of the music is very much the same. These riffs... there is no band that does the hypnotic style of black metal as well as Mgla these days. 

Everything about Age of Excuse is polished to perfection. No riff overstays it's welcome. No drum beat or fill is out of place. Everything works together in such a way that it all contributes to the greater whole. Every song on here shares the same name as the album. This is perfect as the album is best consumed as a whole rather than individual parts. Just as the music's sum is greater than it's individual parts.

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