Album Review: Aodon – 11069 (Willowtip Records)

Freshly signed with Willowtip Records, French post-black metal trio Aodon will release their sophomore album 11069 on March 27th 2020.

Multi-instrumentalist/composer M-kha has taken Aodon to new heights with 11069. The follow-up to 2016 debut album Sharphood is the full realization of the Aodon sound: dark, atmospheric, and extreme!

Beginning in dark fashion, Les Rayons doesn’t hang about when it comes to delivering a scornful black metal track. It’s not until we’re past the halfway mark that Aodon flexes their post-black muscles to startling effect.

Haunting, heavy yet attractive it turns out to be the equivalent of the beast awakening.

Why? Well, the following L’œuvre and L’écho take what was heard on that opener, expands on it and creates a pair of masterpieces of post-black metal marvels. The end of the latter is emotionally captivating as nothing as heard this year so far.

Expelling nothing but furious and righteous aggression, L’infime rages and rages in spectacular style. Before L’instinct, L’énergie and L’illusion deliver a trio of classy head-bangers that are as brutal as black metal can possible be while being as beautiful as the setting sun over mountains. To say that Aodon has crafted one of 2020’s best black metal releases is not hyperbole. 11069 is a wonderful experience for anyone who loves extreme music.

Capped off with the phenomonal Le parfum des pluies just to put the final stamp of quality on this release.

Aodon – 11069 Full Track Listing:

1. Les Rayons
2. L’œuvre
3. L’écho
4. L’infime
5. L’instinct
6. L’énergie
7. L’illusion
8. Le parfum des pluies

 

 

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Aodon - 11069 (Willowtip Records)
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