Style: orchestral black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: absolutely incredible drama filled orchestral black metal
Thoughts: I put the record on my turn table in anticipation. The needle drops and I eagerly await what is one of my favorite introductions to any album in my collection. Omega Arcane has begun.
Said intro belongs to the song Ruins, and there is not a better way to start the album. Stings start building tension and melody until everything releases about a minute in. The way the band handles this first song is perfect. It's eight minutes long and covers almost all of the major themes of Omega Arcane: intense black metal paired with strings and horns.
Normally I would pass a band like this off as a Dimmu Borgir clone, and for the first few album's that's exactly what I did. In fact I never really gave Omega Arcane the chance it was due because of my experience with the earlier albums. Needless to say that when I did I was blown away.
Omega Arcane is one of the better albums to come out in the last fifteen years or so. The intensity of the music paired with the majesty of the orchestra is a rare pairing. Elite stuff.
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